Granny Squares - A freebie pattern

Having taught a million and one peeps over the last couple of years on the art of granny squaring I have found that finding a good pattern for the basic granny square suitable for my class has not been easy. Of course there are fabby tutorials out there but many are in either US terminology (not good as we live in ol blighty) or have a million pictures which is great if you are learning online but not great to print out and this poor ol earth is feeling the pain from printing out so much bits of paper. So I gave up and wrote me own version of the pattern, taking parts i liked of one and adding in bits of another plus my own titbits I found useful during class.

Hope you like and understand it, tis the result of the many manyt feedbacks of at least 2 years worth of granny square students!

Enjoy. x

Abbreviations

Sl st – Slip Stitch

Ch – chain

DC – double crochet

Tr - treble

This pattern uses UK terminology.

Ch 4, sl st to first ch to make a ring

Round 1: ch3, 2tr into the centre of ring, (ch2, 3 tr into the centre of ring) x 3, ch 2, join with a sl st to to top of first ch3. Sl st in next 2 tr, sl st in corner space.  *square base is now completed, ch2 spaces form the corners of the square*.

Round 2: ch3, 2 tr in corner space, ch 2, 3 tr in same corner space. Ch 1, ( 3 tr in next corner space, ch2, 3 tr in same corner space, ch1) x 3. Join with a sl st to the top of the ch3 from the start of the round. Sl st in next 2 tr, sl st in corner space.

Round 3: ch 3, 2 tr in corner space, ch 2, 3tr in same corner space. Ch1, 3 tr in side space, (ch1, 3 tr in next corner space, ch 2, 3 tr in same corner space, ch1, 3 tr in side space) x 3. Ch 1, join with a sl st to the top of the ch3 from the start of the round. Sl st in next 2 tr, sl st in corner space

Round 4: ch3, 2 tr in corner space, ch 2, 3 tr in same space. Ch 1, 3 tr in next side space, ch 1, 3 tr in next side space. (ch 1, 3 tr in next corner space, ch 2, 3 tr in same corner space. Ch 1, 3 tr in next side space, ch 1, 3 tr in next side space ) x 3. Ch 1, join with a sl st to top of ch 3 at the start of the round. Sl st in next 2 tr, sl st in corner space. Fasten off.

You can continue in this pattern for larger squares or continuous blanket. Remember that there is a ch 2 for corner spaces, ch 1 for side spaces. There is 3 tr in each cluster.