classic granny square

Project Note: Here are a few crochet stitches and techniques you’ll need to know to make these granny squares:

• Chain Stitch
• Slip Stitch
• Double Crochet
• Fastening Off
• Whip Stitch.

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With an H/5 mm crochet hook and your yarn, chain 5; join the chain with a slip stitch to form a ring.

Round 1: Chain 3 (counts as double crochet here and throughout); 2 double crochet into ring; *chain 2, 3 double crochet into ring; repeat from * 2 more times for a total of three 3-double crochet clusters. Chain 2, join to top of beginning chain-3. Fasten off.

Round 2: Join next color of yarn to any chain-2 space in previous Round. Chain 3, 2 double crochet into chain-2 space, chain 2, 3 double crochet into same chain-2 space [corner-space made]. *Chain 2, 3 double crochet into next chain-2 space; chain 2, 3 double crochet into same chain-2 space [corner-space made]; repeat from * two more times. Chain 2, join to top of beginning chain-3. Fasten off.

Round 3: Join next color of yarn to the center chain-2 of any corner-space in previous Round. Chain 3, 2 double crochet into chain-2 space, chain 2, 3 double crochet into same chain-2 space [corner-space made], chain 2, 3 double crochet into next chain-2 space. *Chain 2, [3 double crochet, chain 2, 3 double crochet] in next corner-space; chain 2, 3 double crochet in next chain-2 space(s) until you reach next corner-space. *Repeat from * until you work all the way around. Chain 2, join to top of beginning chain-3. Fasten off.

Repeat Round 3 as many times as desired.

Finishing: To join multiple granny squares together, place two grannies with their right sides together, aligning the stitches of their final rounds. With a tapestry needle threaded with a length of yarn, sew the two granny squares together through the back loops only of the outer crochet stitches, using a whip stitch. When you’re done, weave in any remaining tails and trim away the excess yarn.