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How to crochet a granny square afghan
Granny square is of the most famous crochet patterns I have ever known! Not only is it easy to crochet but there are many variations to it. You can make afghans, throws, pillow covers and many things out of it.
Chain = ch
Double crochet = dc
- Make a slip stitch.
- Ch 4.
- Make a ring by joining the chains by a slip stitch.
- Ch 3. This will be considered the first dc
- Make 2 dc in the loop
- Ch 2
- Make 3 dc in the loop.
- Ch 2.
- Make 3 dc in the loop.
- Ch 2.
- Make 3 dc in the loop.
- Ch 2.
- Slip stitch in the ch of ch 3.
Thus the first round of the granny square is complete. Now you can continue making the second round with the same color yarn or change color of yarn.
- Ch 3, turn
- Make 2 dc in the same loop
- Ch 2
- Now 3 dc in the same loop (there are 4 loops / holes )
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the second loop
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the same second loop.
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the third loop.
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the same third loop.
- ch 2
- 3 dc in the fourth loop
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the same forth loop.
- Ch 2
- Slip stitch at the first of Ch 3
This completes round 2. After the second round there will be 8 new loops. We will work on these new loops.
For round 3,
- ch 3 and turn
- Make 2 dc
- Ch 2
- Make 3 dc on the same loop. Note that this process is only done in the corner loops.
- Ch 2
- Make 3 dc in the second loop.
- Ch 2.
- Make 3 dc in the third loop.
- Ch 2
- Make 3 dc in the same third loop.
- Make 3 dc in the fourth loop
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the fifth loop
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the same fifth loop.
- Ch 2
- 3 dc in the sixth loop.
- Ch 2.
- 3 dc in the seventh loop.
- ch 2
- 3 dc again in the seventh loop.
- ch 2
- 3 dc
- slip stitch with the first of ch 3 in the first loop.
You can keep increasing your granny square like this. Just keep in mind that the corners have 6 dc separated by ch 2 ( 3 dc - ch 2 - ch 3).
- To find out more about granny square patterns read http://dipsmi.hubpages.com/hub/Granny-square-wall-decor
- http://dipsmi.hubpages.com/hub/Crochet-magicmy-first-granny-square-Afghan
