Meet The Easy Blossom Granny Square, a simple crochet motif that starts out as a circle and ends up working into a hexagon. This takes a simple flower shape and frames it with a beautiful six sided shape, instead of a square.
About this Free Series
This Free series of Granny Square patterns has evolved from my love of playing with shapes and colours through crochet and a desire to find a way to keep track of my patterns and charts. I thought it would be fun to create this little series of tutorials to share with all of you.
I enjoy trying different combinations of simple crochet stitches and using “scrap” yarn to make motifs. Actually, I confess it isn’t scrap, I just enjoy picking up single balls of yarn on purpose, every time I am near yarn stores, or online, or wherever I see yarn!! Because I really want to know just how many different shades of yellow truly exist!
What’s In A Name
I tend to just play around with stitches until I land on a combination I like, working and reworking until they feel good. So I really don’t know if any of these squares exist out there under other names. I name my squares based on how they feel to me, they all have their own personalities.
I apologize if any of these are similar to others that are known to you by other names. There really are so many motif patterns out there and I rather play with my yarn then look up other patterns that are already out there. I just like to create and play. I hope you enjoy them.
Supplies and Materials
Sample is worked with a 4.5mm (US 7 )crochet hook
Measured Corner to Corner across Centre = 9″
Medium Weight (size 4) Yarn.
Yarn Used in Sample Blossom Granny Square :
A – Guava – col 0625 – Red Heart Super Saver
B – White – col 0311 – Red Heart Super Saver
C – Pale Gray – col 01728 – Impeccable by Loops and Threads
More Information on Hooks Sizes, Yarn Weights and Crochet Language
Hook Sizes see the Craft Yarn Council’s Page Here
For Standard Yarn Weight Information See this Page
A Handy PDF from Annie’s on the difference between UK and US Crochet Terms
A Nice Explanation from LoveCraft’s on The UK and US differences
Abbreviations:
ch – chain
st – stitch
sts – stitches
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet
rnd – round
rep – repeat
Col – Yarn Colour
DC CL – double crochet cluster – see special stitches section
Beg DC CL – beginning double crochet cluster – see special stitches section
Special Stitches
Double Crochet Cluster – [ DC CL ] : * Yarn over, insert hook into ch-space and pull up a loop, yarn over and pull through two loops on hook, rep from * two more times, yarn over, pull through all four loops on hook
Beginning Double Crochet Cluster – [ Beg DC CL ]: ch 3, * yarn over, insert hook into ch-space, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two loops on hook, rep from * one more time, yarn over pull through all three loops on hook
Special Notes:
I fastening off my yarn after each round and then join my next colour in a different area of the square. Then when working in the ends, they will be spread around my work and do not create alot of weight in one area.
Crochet Pattern Instructions for The Blossom Granny Square
Check out the video tutorial below for a walkthrough of the making of the square.
Symbol Chart – Blossom Granny Square
In this chart I alternate between two colours for each row. This is so that you can tell which stitches belong to that row. The colours do not represent the colourway I use in the Sample. You will find the Colour Way Chart for the Blossom Granny Square sample I worked, further down in this post.
Chart Key
Foundation:
With Col A, Create a magic ring, secure with a ch 1, ready to begin Round 1
Round 1:
Continue with Col A, Work 6 sc into centre of magic ring, join with a sl st into first sc, fasten off. { 6 sc }
Round 2:
( see note below if you are watching the walkthrough video)
Join Col B with a sl st in first sc, ch 4 ( counts as dc and ch 1 ), * [ dc, ch 1, dc ] all into next sc, ch 1, rep from * four more times, work a dc into same st as join, ch 1, sl st in 3rd ch of starting ch-4, fasten off. { 12 dc, 12 ch-1 spaces }
Note: in the video walkthrough you will notice I joined B for this round a little differently than I normally do, by pulling through the loop of A still on the hook. This caused the dc’s to look crossed over at the end of the round. I would fasten A off completely and then Join B like I normally do, slip stitching into any sc of the previous round. This solves the cross over issue.
Round 3:
Join Col A with a sl st in any ch-1 space of previous rnd, work a Beg DC CL in same ch-1 space, ch 3, * DC CL in next ch-1 space, ch 3, rep from * ten more times, sl st in top of Beg DC CL, fasten off. { 12 DC CL, 12 ch-3 sp }
Round 4:
Join Col B in any ch-3 space of previous rnd, ch 4 ( counts as dc and ch 1 ), * 3 dc in next ch-3 space, ch 1, [ 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc ] in next ch-3 space, ch 1, rep from * four more times, 3 dc in next ch-3 space, ch 1, [ 2 dc, ch 2, 1dc ] in same ch-3 space as join, sl st in 3rd ch of starting ch-4, fasten off. { 6 sets of 3 dc, 12 ch-1 spaces, 6 corners of [ 2 dc, ch-2 space, 2 dc ] }
Round 5:
Join Col C with sl st in any corner ch-2 space of previous rnd, ch 3 ( counts as dc ), * ( 3 dc in next ch-1 space ) twice, [ 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc ] into next ch-2 space, rep from * four more times, then ( 3 dc in next ch-1 space ) twice, [ 2 dc, ch 2, 1 dc ] into same ch-2 space as join, sl st in 3rd ch of starting ch-3, fasten off. { 12 sets of 3 dc, 6 sets of [ 2 dc, ch-2 space, 2 dc ] }
Round 6:
Join Col A with sl st in any ch-2 space from previous rnd, ch 1, sc in same ch-2 space as join, * sc in each of next 10 sts, [ sc, ch 2, sc ] in next ch-2 space (corner), rep from * four more times, then sc in each of next 10 sts, [ sc, ch 2 ] in same ch-2 space as join, sl st in first sc of rnd, fasten off. { 6 sides of 10 sc each, 6 corners of [ sc, ch-2 space, sc] }
Round 7:
Join Col B with sl st in any ch-2 space from previous rnd, ch 1, sc in same ch-2 space as join, * sc in each of next 12 sts, [ sc, ch 2, sc ] in next ch-2 space (corner), rep from * four more times, then sc in each of next 12 sts, [ sc, ch 2 ] in same ch-2 space as join, sl st in first sc of rnd, fasten off. { 6 sides of 12 sc each, 6 corners of [ sc, ch-2 space, sc] }
Round 8:
Join Col A in any ch-2 space from previous rnd, ch 1, sc in same ch-2 space as join, * sc in each of next 14 sts, 2 sc in next ch-2 space (corner), rep from * four more times, then sc in each of next 14 sts, sc in same ch-2 space as join, sl st in first sc of rnd, fasten off. { 96 sc }
Follow along and I will walk you through the Basics, step by step.
Watch The Easy Blossom Granny Square Tutorial
Sample Colour Way Symbol Chart for Blossom Granny Square
In this chart I have made all stitch symbols in one colour and have changed the background colour of each row to represent the Colour Way I used in this tutorial. Unlike the previous chart above, where the symbol colours are different for each row, I keep all the symbols one colour in this chart so that it isn’t too confusing when trying to follow the specific Colour Way.
Thanks for joining me and getting creative.
~ Jane ~
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe
