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Learn to crochet the Granny Square
What you will need:
Medium (4) weight yarn. Or you can use any other kind of yarn but you will have to guage the size to get the right finished size square.
5 mm crochet hook
The finished square should measure 4 inches x 4 inches.
1) Making the Center: Chain five. Form a slip knot around the hook, wrap yarn around the hook, and pull it through the loop in the knot--this is one chain
stitch. After the yarn you pulled is wrapped around the hook, pull another loop through that, making a second chain stitch. Be sure to leave at least 4 inches
(10.2 cm) of yarn at the beginning in case you need it later.
a. Slip stitch into the first chain. This forms a ring. Pull a new loop through the loop already on the hook, as well as through the chain stitch.
b. Chain two. This is the same as if you were doing rows of double crochet stitch.
c. Double crochet. Make two double crochet into the center of the ring.
d. Chain and double again. Chain one then make three double crochet into the center of the ring. Do this 3 times, for a total of 4 groups of 3 dc
(double crochet).
e. Slip stitch to finish. Slip stitch into the top of the two chain to finish the round.
2) Making the Middle Row: Add a new color for the next row if you like. Simply start crocheting with the new color from any ch-sp (chain space, the gaps left
by the chain stitches between the bunches of double crochet).
a. Chain two again. Again, this is the same as if you were doing rows of double crochet stitch.
b. Double crochet in the corners. In the chain space described above, do 3 double crochet stitches (but don't forget that in your first set, the first dc is
really the chain two that you did already).
c. Move to the next chain space. Chain one over the double crochet bunch and then make three more double crochet stitches into the next chain
space. This begins to create the square.
d. Form the corner. Make 2 chain stitches to form the corner of the square and then double crochet 3 more into the same chain space.
e. Continue until the row is complete. Do all 4 corners, and then slip stitch to the top of the ch-2 in the first corner to finish the round. Each corner
should have two sets of three dc, each separated by two chain stitches.
3) Completing the Square:
a. Start the next row. Change colors again if you like
b. Continue similarly to the previous row. Double crochet 2 bunches of three stitches (separated by three chain stitches) into each corner. Do only
ONE bunch of three dc into each "flat side" chain space, with one chain stitches between the corner bunches and the middle bunches.
c. Make 4 rows total including the centre/circle. The number of side spaces will continue to increase. You don’t have to do 4 rows depending on how
loose or tight you crochet as long as the square measure 4’’ x 4‘’.

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