Floral Granny Square - FREE crochet pattern

Hey everyone, hope this finds you surrounded by yarn, books, a cuppa, telly on, phone by your side, bad of sweeties nearby. Let's go!

Floral Square crochet motif

Grab four colours of yarn: Ochre, Pink, Green and Cream.  I used double knitting and a 4mm hook, but just use what you have to practice.

NB. Pattern is written in UK crochet terms

SPECIAL STITCHES

• Magic Ring - (for a Video Tutorial visit https://youtu.be/ag2qkyzaNAE)
• Htr (half treble) - yarn over hook, insert hook and draw up a loop, yarn over and draw through all three loops
• Large Puff = *yarn over hook, insert hook and draw up a loop to the height of a treble; rep from * five times more, then yarn over and draw through all 13 loops on hook
• Small Puff = *(yarn over hook, insert hook and draw up a loop to the height of a treble), twice, then yarn over and draw through all 5 loops on hook
• LT (Long Treble) = yarn over hook, insert hook and draw up a slightly longer loop than usual, then (yarn over hook and draw through two loops) twice

BEGIN

Using Ochre, make a Magic Ring (For a Video Tutorial visit https://youtu.be/ag2qkyzaNAE) (or else ch4 and join with a ss to form a ring)

Round 1: Ch2, 1htr into the ring (counts as first Small Puff made - see Special Stitches), *ch2, 1Small Puff into the ring; repeat from * 6 more times, then ch2, join with ss to top of first Small Puff, fasten off Ochre [8 Small Puffs]

Round 2: Join Pink to any ch2-space, ch2, 1Large Puff (see Special Stitches) into the same space, *ch3, 1Large Puff into next space; repeat from * around, ending with ch3, join with ss to top of first Large Puff, fasten off Pink [8 Large Puffs]

Round 3: Join Green to any ch3-space, ch3, (2tr, 2ch, 3tr) all into same space (= Corner made), *ch3, skip next ch3-space, (3tr, 2ch, 3tr) all into next ch3-space; repeat from * around, ending with ch3, join with ss to top of beg-ch3, fasten off Green.

Round 4:  Join Cream to any corner space, ch3, (2tr, 2ch, 3tr) all into same space, *1tr into each of the next 3tr, 3Long Trebles (see Special Stitches) into the next space between Puffs on Round 2 (enclosing the 3ch from the round below), 1tr into each of the next 3tr, (3tr, 2ch, 3tr) all into next corner space; repeat from * around, join with ss to top of beg-ch3, fasten off Cream.

Round 5: Join Ochre to any tr, ch1 (does not count as stitch), 1dc into each st around, working 3dc into each corner space, join with a ss to first dc, fasten off Ochre.

Sew in all ends.

Ta-dah!  You've now made a lovely square!  You're cordially invited to show it to anyone with eyes, then make another cuppa to celebrate.

You could make many of these and join into a blanket, cardigan, cushion cover, handbag, glasses case, waistcoat, tablecloth, basket, gloves, scarf...oh my there is no end of designs!

Here's a handy video tutorial for one of my favourite ways to join Squares https://youtu.be/tTLsg_LkcFQ

I hope you've enjoyed this.

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Enjoy the rest of your day!

Nina x

Happy crocheting everyone!

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