Granny Squares Blanket – Free Crochet Pattern

Inside: Free Granny Squares Blanket crochet pattern. Includes written instructions for 2 styles of granny square, tools to help you design your blanket and links to fully captioned tutorial videos.

Granny squares are absolute classics in the crochet world!

They are easy to make and you can make loads of small ones or one large one to make a blanket. It’s all up to YOU.

The Granny Squares Blanket pattern is set up to help you become the designer. I’ve laid out the steps below to help you plan out your own blanket. Then I’ve included tutorial videos teaching you how to crochet the granny squares and how to seam granny squares. The squares are no good if you don’t know how to put them together, right?

The Granny Square Blankets pattern teaches you how to create a custom blanket using two methods and two styles of granny squares. The project was designed to go with Lessons 6 and 7 of my How to Crochet series. 

Pattern includes written instructions for 2 styles of granny squares, guides to help plan your blanket and links to fully captioned tutorial videos for both left and right handed crocheters teaching both granny squares and how to seam them.

Granny Squares Blanket Pattern

By Kristen Mangus

A downloadable PDF of this pattern is available in my Etsy store or from Ravelry at the links below:

MATERIALS

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Yarn
Medium (#4) weight yarn
Premier Everyday Anti-Pilling (3.5 oz/100 g, 180 yds/165m) used in sample.

Hook
US Size H (5 mm) hook
Furls Odyssey hook in Black & Nickel used in sample.

Tapestry needle

ABBREVIATIONS
beg – beginning 
ch – chain
ch 1 space – chain 1 space 
dc – double crochet
sl st – slip stitch

If you need a refresher, be sure to check out my How to Crochet series! You’ll definitely want to take a look at Lessons 6 and 7: How to Crochet Granny Squares

GAUGE
14 sts x 8 rows in 4” (10 cm) in double crochet stitch

SKILL LEVEL Easy

NOTES 

This pattern includes 2 styles of granny squares: classic and solid.  The classic granny square uses clusters of stitches with eyelets in between to make a light, airy square.  This is the traditional granny square you’ve seen.  I also included a solid square that only has eyelets at each corner.  This one makes a solid square with diagonal lines of eyelets from corner to corner.  It’s a warmer, cozier option.  Choose one style to use for your blanket or combine both!

There are also two methods for making your blanket: one giant square or several squares sewn together.  The beauty of the granny square is that you can just keep going and make a square as large as you want.  But if you want to mix and match colors or have an easy project when you’re on the go, you can make small squares and sew them together to make the blanket.

1. Choose your shape:  Square or Rectangle
   1. Square: Decide if you want one large granny square or several smaller ones.  
   2. Rectangle, you will be making squares to seam together.

3. Choose your style: Classic or Solid.
4. Decide the size of your finished blanket*.
5. Square:  Get started crocheting and stop your square when you reach the finished size!
   Rectangle:  Decide how big you want your squares to be and how many you need.  Example:  For a 20 x 30 stroller blanket, you could use either of these layouts:  20 5” squares or 6 10” squares.

*My Blanket Sizes Chart gives common sizes for a variety of blankets from baby loveys to king size beds.

INSTRUCTIONS

Classic Granny Square

Ch 4. Slip stitch into the 4th chain from the hook to form a ring.

Round 1: Ch3, 2 dc into center circle. Ch3.*3 dc, ch3 into center.* Repeat from * to * two more times. Join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Round 2: Ch4, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in corner. Ch1. *(3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in corner, ch1.* Repeat from * to * once. (3 dc, ch3, 2 dc) in last corner. Join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Round 3: Ch3, 2 dc in ch 1 space. Ch1. *(3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in corner, ch1, 3dc in ch 1 space, ch1.* Repeat from * to * two more times. (3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in last corner, ch1. Join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Round 4: Ch 4, 3 dc in next ch 1 space, ch1. *(3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in corner, ch1. [3 dc in ch 1 space, ch1.] Repeat instructions in [ ] until next corner.* Repeat from * to * two more times. (3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in corner, ch1, 2 dc in ch 1 space. Join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Round 5: Ch3, 2 dc in ch 1 space, ch1. *[3 dc in ch 1 space, ch1.] Repeat instructions in [ ] until next corner. (3 dc, ch3, 3 dc) in corner, ch1.* Repeat from * to * three more times. [3 dc in ch 1 space, ch1.] Repeat instructions in [ ] until end of round. Join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Repeat Rounds 4 and 5 until your granny square is the size you desire.

Classic Granny Square Video Tutorials

Right handed

Left handed

Solid Granny Square

Ch 4. Slip stitch into the 4th chain from the hook to form a ring.

Round 1: Ch5, 3 dc into center circle. Ch2. *3 dc into center, ch2.* Repeat from * to * once more. 2 dc and join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Round 2: Ch3, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner. *Dc in each stitch until the next corner. (2 dc, ch2, 2 dc) in corner.* Repeat from * to * two more times. Dc in remaining sts and join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Round 3: Ch3. *Dc in each stitch until the next corner. (2 dc, ch2, 2 dc) in corner.* Repeat from * to * three more times. Dc in remaining sts and join with sl st to the 3rd stitch of beg chain.

Repeat Round 3 until your solid granny square is the desired size.

Solid Granny Square Video Tutorials

Right handed

Left handed

Make the number of squares needed for your Granny Squares Blanket then seam them together.

Tips for seaming granny squares:

• Lay all the squares (right-side up) as you need them for your blanket design.
• Choose ONE of the colors from your blanket for seaming. The seam will be mostly invisible so any of the colors will work.
• Make sure you have enough yarn to work 3 times the length of your seam.
• Seam your squares with the right sides together.
• Seam one row (or column) at a time, then seam those long pieces together.

Did you know this technique works with more complex squares too? Try it with my Garden Party Square!

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