Crocheting granny squares is very therapeutic! A simple granny square can take away your stress even before you have finished making one! Have you tried making granny squares? You simply cannot make just one!
Granny square day is celebrated on August 15th every year and it also coincides with the Indian Independence day! In August 2020 , we released our first Blanket pattern , Mazhaikaalam. This was made up of 5 different granny squares with the designs based on the monsoon! You can check out the blanket pattern on Ravelry . The squares are available individually as well from both Ravelry(click the image below to go to the individual squares and Payhip – Kaatru (meaning breeze), Megam (meaning cloud), Thooral (meaning drizzle), Saaral (meaning downpour) and Thulir(meaning shoots).
The next year(2021) saw us designing a plethora of granny squares and you can check them all out in our Ravelry or Payhip stores! The same year saw the birth of the pattern based on the Indian Tricolour but it is yet to be written out:( It will be too long a post to list them out here hence leaving you with a collage of the collection! Would love to hear your thoughts on our square patterns, do drop in a line!
Last year went by in a blur that we didn’t do much in terms of designing a square for the Granny Square day!
However , we are back this year and bring you all a versatile granny square , Crown’s Court, quick to make and best of all one can make use of any weight of yarn and get a varied collection of squares to suit one’s needs! You can download an ad-free PDF version of the pattern for free for the next 24 hours starting at 19:00 hrs Wednesday 16th August 2023 and ending at 19:00 hrs Thursday 17th August 2023.Use the coupon code GSD for ravelry. Coupon code is already embedded for the Payhip store!
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The pattern will remain free here on the blog!
Crown’s Court Granny Square
Materials:
Yarn : Any 4-ply worsted weight cotton in 4 colours. Each colour approximately less than 10 gms. Quantity sufficient for one square.
The sample above was made using Vardhman Cotton Dreamz in celery green, light rose, plum and beige.
Hook : 4.0 mm
Additional materials
Pair of Scissors
Yarn needle
Blocking mat
Blocking pins
Gauge: round 1 diameter = 2”
Finished size: 7” square after blocking.
Stitches and Abbreviations:
Beg Beginning
Yo Yarn over
Ch Chain
Sp Space
St Stitch
Sk Skip
Sl st Slip stitch
Sc Single crochet
Dc Double crochet
Shell Shell worked as (3dc, ch2, 3dc) in the st or sp indicated.
Mshell MiniShellworked as (sc, ch2, 2 dc) in the st or sp indicated.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Notes:
1: Please pay attention to placement of stitches. All stitches are worked into ch spaces other than those
of the Shell or MShell unless otherwise stated.
2: Ch3 counts as dc unless otherwise stated.
3: Ch1 does not count as stitch.
4: Stitch count is given at the end of each round.
Pattern Instructions
Round 1: Using CA, in a magic circle, ch3(counts as first dc), 1 dc, ch2, 2dc, (Ch1, 2dc, ch2, 2dc)3 times, ch1, join with sl st to the top of beg ch3. Fasten off CA. Close magic circle – 16 dc, 4 ch2 sp, 4 ch1 sp.
Round 2: Using CB, join with sl st in any ch2 sp, ch1(does not count as st), (sc, ch3, sc) in same sp, [ch1, (sc, ch3, sc) in next ch sp]7 times, ch1, join with sl st to the first sc – 16 sc, 8 ch1 sp, 8 ch3 sp.
Round 3: Sl st into the next ch3 sp, ch1(does not count as st), Mshell in the same sp, (ch1, Mshell) in each ch3 sp around.Join with sl st to the sc of the first Mshell. Fasten off CB – 8 Mshells, 8 ch1 sp.
Round 4: Join CC with sl st in any ch1 sp, ch1(does not count as st), (sc, ch3, sc) In same sp, * ch3, (sc, ch3, sc) in next ch1 sp* repeat from *..* around, ch3, sl st to the first sc – 16 sc, 16 ch3 sp.
Round 5: Sl st into the next ch3 sp, Ch1(does not count as st), Mshell in same sp, (ch1, Mshell) in each ch3 sp around ending with ch1. Join with sl st to the sc of the first Mshell. Fasten off CC – 16 Mshells, 16 ch1 sp.
Round 6: Join CD in any ch1 sp, ch1(does not count as st), Mshell in the same sp, (ch2, Mshell) in each ch1 sp around. Join with hdc to the sc of the first Mshell (this creates the last ch2 sp) –
16 Mshells, 16 ch2 sp.
Round 7: Ch3(counts as first dc), 2dc, ch2, 3dc in the sp created by the join in previous round, [(ch1, sk next Mshell, 3 dc in the next ch2 sp) 3 times, ch1, sk next Mshell, Shell in next ch2 sp]3 times, (ch1, sk next Mshell, 3 dc in the next ch2 sp) 3 times, ch1, sk next Mshell, sl st to the top of beg ch3. Fasten off CD
– 4 Shells, 36 dc, 16 ch1 sp.
Weave in the ends, block and enjoy!
To make the smaller version , Anchor knitting cotton (fingering weight cotton) and 3 mm hook was used.
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Drop a mail to vimala@vivacrochet.com if you are in need of any help! Thank you for reading the blog post ! Have a great day!
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