Blanket Granny Squares
Granny Square Blanket: How to Plan, Join and Finish One
How to plan a granny square blanket from the finished size backward: choosing a square size, counting squares, placing colors, joining and adding a border.
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Flower Granny Squares
Daisy Granny Square: Yellow Center, White Petals, Step-by-Step Pattern
A daisy granny square with twelve narrow white petals worked on short chains around a yellow center, then squared off with a colored background in three rounds.
Flower Granny Squares
Flower Granny Square: An Easy Flat Petal Pattern in Four Rounds
A flat eight-petal flower in the center, squared off with two rounds of granny clusters. Includes the full pattern with stitch counts and color swaps for different flowers.
Granny Square Patterns
Mitered Granny Square: A Corner-Start Pattern With L-Shaped Stripes
A mitered granny square grows from one corner in turned rows, so its stripes form nested L shapes. Here is the row-by-row pattern with stitch counts and stripe ideas.
Granny Square Patterns
Sunburst Granny Square: A Four-Round Pattern With Puffs and Clusters
A round, three-color center of puff stitches and clusters, squared off with treble corners in the fourth round. Written in US terms with a count for every round.
Joining Granny Squares
Granny Square Border: 3 Easy Edgings for Squares and Blankets
How to add a border to a single granny square or a joined blanket, starting with an evening-out round and finishing with plain single crochet, granny clusters or scalloped shells.
Joining Granny Squares
Join As You Go Granny Squares: Step-by-Step Tutorial
Attach each granny square to its neighbors while you crochet its final round. Two simple moves handle the sides and the corners, including the point where four squares meet.
Joining Granny Squares
How to Join Granny Squares: 4 Easy Methods Compared
Four reliable ways to join granny squares, with step-by-step instructions for each and a comparison table to help you choose.
Granny Square Techniques
How to Weave in Ends on Granny Squares So They Stay Put
Secure yarn tails by weaving them in three directions with a yarn needle, learn when crocheting over ends works, and keep multi-color squares manageable.
Granny Square Techniques
How to Change Colors in a Granny Square: Three Clean Methods
Join a new color in a corner space with a slip stitch or a standing double crochet, switch mid-round in the last yarn over, and decide when to carry or cut the yarn.
Granny Square Techniques
Granny Square Size Guide: How to Measure and Match Your Squares
How to measure a granny square, what makes it bigger or smaller, and how to get a whole stack of squares to come out the same size.
Granny Square Patterns
Types of Granny Squares: 7 Styles and Who Each One Suits
From the classic cluster square to sunbursts, flowers and mitered designs, here are the main granny square families and how to pick between them.