“Granny squares” are special crochet blocks made by making double crochet stitches in chain spaces, and seem to be growing in popularity. Where before you only saw them in your great-grandmother’s house in north-central Texas (or Ohio, or Minnesota, or Florida, or Arizona or wherever your great-grandparents came from), you can now spot them all over the world. And they don’t just look like blankets or Pillows, oh no. They are showing off firewood stoves, pot holders, hats, handbags, trapeze tops, and more (if you don’t believe me, ask Etsy).
granny squares is undeniably kitsch. Ancient elegant? Perhaps. What’s wrong with the crocheting world? I don’t want to touch it. If you want to embrace the rustic, retro look of granny squares, or you’re interested in reclaiming bad stereotypes and giving new life to them, you’ll enjoy making a granny square scarf. Should we?
Pattern!
The change here is not too big of a deal, but using a weighted yarn and a size G hook. And unless you are committed to a particular color scheme for this, it is perfect to use this scarf over. dyed
Chain six stitches. Connect them into a ring with a slip (you can also use a “magic ring” to start with this method, but I want open circles in the middle of my holes).
Chain 3 counted cross stitches as one double crochet. Double crochet two stitches, then chain two. Double crochet three stitches and chain two. Do this twice more so that you have four sections of double crochet stitches. Finish with a round slip stitch.
Add a new color if you feel like it at the beginning of each new round.
Chain three stitches into the first chain 2 space, then two double crochets. Chain two, then make three double stitches in the same space. One chain. In the next space, make three double crochet stitches, chain two, make three double crochet stitches, then chain one. Do this in the next two spaces of the chain as well. Finish with a round slip stitch.
This next round will be repeated as many times as you want, until the scarf square reaches the desired size.
Chain three stitches into the first chain space. You will sew two stitches, then make three stitches in the same space. One chain. Make three double crochet stitches in the chain following one space (and all subsequent chain single spaces in subsequent rounds), then sew one chain. In the second chain two space of the corner, make three double crochet stitches, chain two, make three double crochet stitches, then make one chain SUO. Continue this until you come to the end of the round (the last space will be a chain of one space, not a corner) and join it with a slip.
Work until the first square reaches the desired size. Finish and remove the care package.
Make all the following squares exactly the same, EXCEPT before you finish, join the edge of the last stitch to the edge of the stitch made earlier in the square. Do this by sewing the slips through the loops of the lip on the back, making sure that they look outwards on the left side and on the right side.
Continue crocheting and adding squares until your scarf reaches the desired length. Personally, I found 12 squares made into a scarf that wasn’t too short or too long.
Enjoy!
