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I designed this variation of a traditional granny square in order to make a sweater. Here you’ll find a downloadable, written pattern with chart as well as an instructional video. The pattern will make a crochet motif of between 6cm/2.36″ and 9cm/3.54″, depending on the yarn thickness and hook size used. See image below.
Tools & Materials
You can use any yarn weight and corresponding hook size to make this motif but for these instructions (see above), I am using a Light DK / Sport weight yarn in three colours – A, B & C with a 4mm / G hook. I like to recommend Clover Amour, Tulip or Lykke wooden hooks.
I have used:
Vanilla – DK Rare Breed Wensleydale and Bluefaced Leicester in colourway “Sunrising Hill”
Yellow – Naturally dyed fine pure British Wensleydale light DK in “Sunset Gold” from The Outside Dyers
Orange – Naturally dyed fine pure British Wensleydale light DK in “Melon” from The Outside Dyers
Green – Falkland Poldale DK in Lichen from WitchCraftyLady
Twinkling Granny Square Crochet Pattern – Download
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Twinkling Granny Square Crochet Pattern – Video
Granny Square Sweater
I’ve used this motif to make a granny square sweater, which you can read more about here: Twinkling Granny Square Sweater Layout & Assembly – Mezzacraft – Sharing the Art of Crochet
Border and Joining Ideas
Would you like border and joining ideas for this crochet motif? Check out this post for downloadable instructions for the hdc border join shown below.
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Hello ! I tried the pattern out, it’s really nice. But i would like to make a 4th and maybe 5th round. Can you help me with the pattern? I tried this, but I’m not sure…
Round 4: ch5 (counts as 1dc & a ch2sp), 4dc in same sp; [(3dc between 2dc clusters from prev rnd) x3; in ch2 sp, make a corner –4dc, ch2,4dc]3 times; (3dc between 3dc clusters from prev rnd) x3; finish off the 1stcorner –in 1st ch3 sp, make 3dc; finish with a sl st join in 3rd ch of beg ch 5.
I’m hesitating to add a sc between the corner and the 3dc –> 4dc, 2ch, 4dc, 1sc, (3dc)x3, 1sc, corner (4dc, 2ch, 4dc).
What do you think?
Thank you for your help; and also thank you for the free patterns!
Kind regards,
Lisa
Hi Lisa,
Thanks for your message and I’m glad you like the motif!
Traditionally, the way a granny square in increased is by increasing 4 sts each round. I think you’re going in the right direction with your first suggestion, except you will be increasing from 10 sts to 17sts – this will result in ruffling and the motif not lying flat, especially if you are adding extra rows on afterwards.
I have tried this: Round 4: ch6 (counts as 1trc & a ch2sp), 2dc in same sp; [(3dc between 2dc clusters from prev rnd) x3; in ch2 sp, make a corner –2dc,1trc,ch2,1trc,2dc]3 times; (3dc between 3dc clusters from prev rnd) x3; finish off the 1st corner –in 1st ch2 sp, make 2dc; finish with a sl st join in 4th ch of beg ch 6.
This gives 15 sts per side… slightly off with 1 st too many but it actually looks good, I think, and the trebles in the corner help to really square it off.
For round 5 I would then consider switching to a traditional granny square sequence.
After adding the additional row(s) are you still thinking of adding the hdc join row? In which case I would have to do some further experimentation for you.
Merrian
Hi. Thank you for so many instructions on your site and I have made enough squares to make my jumper but I cannot find the video I watched to show how to join the squares together. Could you help me please
Hi, how many balls of yarn did you end up using from each colour? I intend on using Aran and wanted an estimate before ordering online.
Hi Josephine – honestly I wouldn’t recommend using anything thicker than DK for this sweater. Aran would be fine if you were using the motif to make a blanket or bag. For a sweater it won’t drape properly and will be too bulky and unbearably hot to wear.
Yardage for DK is discussed on the layout & assembly page: https://mezzacraft.com/granny-square-sweater-layout-assembly/
Hi!
I am in fact making the blanket if you can guide me for that.
I have never made a blanket with this motif. If you already have some Aran (even if it’s not the colours or brand you want to use), you should make 4 motifs. Weight them together on a set of digital scales after each round & make a note of how many grams you used. Then make a swatch with the border join. Weigh again and subtract from the total of the 4 motifs to determine how much yarn you need for the border. Divide all calculations by 4 to discover how much yarn you will need per motif. Use the dimensions of the 4-motif-swatch to calculate how many motifs you will need to make a blanket of your desired size. Now that you know how many motifs you want, you can multiply that by your calculations for the motifs so you’ll know how much yarn to order.
I love this pattern, it’s just a bit fresher than classic granny squares. I also appreciate that you use wool yarns that are high quality. The outcome is gorgeous.
Thank you Jennifer! I appreciate you taking the time to comment! Yes, I agree that using natural fibres gives a much nicer look. Mezza