How to Crochet a Granny Square (2024)

Here’s a step-by-step guide on How to Crochet a Granny Square:

Foundation:

1. Start witha slip knot on your crochet hook. (I have slip knot tutorial here).
2. Make a foundation ch 4. (To make a chain, wrap the yarn over the hook and catch it with the barb. Pull it through the loop on the hook. Repeat 3 times to get 4 chains in total)
3. Insert the hook into the 4th chain from the hook. Slip stitch to crate a circle.(To slip stitch – wrap the yarn over the hook, and pull it through both loops on the hook).

Row one:

1. Ch 3 – yarn over the hook and pull over through the loop. Repeat this 2 times to get 3 chains in total.
2. Find the center of the circle. Now we will make the first double crochet (dc). How to make a double crochet stitch: wrap the yarn over the hook and insert the hook into the circle. Grab the yarn again and pull it through. You have 3 loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull it through the 2 first loops. Yarn over again and pull it through those second 2 loops.
   
3. Make one dc more. Our starting 3 ch will counts as our first double crochet. So now we have 3 dccrochet stitches starting from the same loop (a cluster). Those stitches create one side of our granny square. Making dc stitches each time insert the hook in the middle of the circle.
4. Chain 3 which crates a corner space of our square.
5. 3 dc and ch 3 – repeat 3 times to get 4 sides of the square.
6. To close the first round, insert the hook into the third chain of our starting chains (see step 1).You should catch 2 loops, so that you now you have 3 strands of yarn on your hook. Yarn over and pull through. You’ve made a slip stitch (sl st). Now, make a slip stitch into the next dc space and slip stitch into the corner space. We finished the first round of our square.

Round two:

1. Chain 3.
2. 3 dc into the corner space of the first round.
3. Chain 3 and 3 double crochet stitches more in the same corner space.
4. *Chain 1 and make a cluster of 3 double crochet stitches into the next corner space. Chain 3 and make a cluster of 3 double crochet stitches into the same corner space. * Repeat this step twice.
5. Ch 1 and connect with the beginning of the round by making a slip stitch into the third chain of our chain 3 from the beginning of the round. It the end of the round 2.

Next rounds:

If you want to make the square bigger, follow the steps from round 2. Slip stitch into the corner space, and start making a cluster of 3 double crochet stitches into the corner space, chain 3 and another cluster of 3 double crochet stitches into each corner space. On each side, make a cluster of cluster of 3 double crochet stitches on the side space created by chain 1 (in between 3 dcs clusters) from the previous round.

Finish off:

Yarn over and pull through. Cut the yarn end and pull the hook out. Pull the yarn to tighten the knot.

Congratulation, you have just made your first granny square!

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