Hey Gang, Jane here and I’m back with another crochet granny square tutorial. Today we are going bold with our colour choices in a square I call Free Spirit Square.
I love to pick up new colours whenever I am out at any store that carries yarn, and I recently found this Moss colour by Bernat Premium, but wasn’t sure what I wanted to do with it. I have decided to try pairing it with vibrant rust colour and and a nice deep navy and WELL….. let’s just say, I’m liking it so much that I will be making this one into a throw blanket just for me!
If you’re looking to explore more captivating color combinations for your squares, hop on over to my Instagram and Pinterest. I love sharing lots of pics of my colour experiments there!
If you would like the ad-free pattern for the Free Spirit Square as a PDF, with Symbol Charts, Find it in my shop, HERE,
This square has 5 circular rounds of varying widths or stitch heights. Then we square it off on the 6th round and finishing it off with 2 more rounds done in a simple single crochet but giving it a different look by working in the back loops only.
This square has a nice variety of basic stitches, everything from single crochet up to Treble and even the back loop only options at the end. It makes a great square to try them all out and practice your stitch skills.
I will be using a worsted weight yarn and a 5.0 mm crochet hook.
Other tools you will need are a pair of scissors and a darning needle to work in your ends.
So, pick your favourite colours, gather your supplies, and let’s begin our Free Spirit Square.
Free Spirit Square Supplies
Skill Level:
Beginner Friendly
Tools and Supplies:
The Yarn used in this pattern is a Worsted Weight #4
The Colours I’m using today
small amounts of 4 different colours of yarn
- Putty – Impeccable by Loops and Threads
- Moss – Bernat Premium
- Caramel – Bernat Premium
- Dark Azure – Starlette by Mary Maxim
Hook: 5.00 mm US 8 / H
My Favourite Hook is the Susan Bates Ergonomic Silvalume
Other Supplies:
- Scissors
- Yarn needle for darning in ends
Free Spirit Square Finished Size:
7″ x 7″
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(s)– stitch(es)
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
sc blo – single crochet back loop only
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
tr – treble crochet
lp(s) – loop(s)
yo– yarn over
rnd – round
beg – beginning
prev – previous
sp – space
sk – skip
rep – repeat
dec – decrease
Cont – continue
Free Spirit Square Instructions
Foundation: With Putty, Make a Magic Ring OR Ch 4, sl st in first ch, to form a ring.
Rnd 1: Continue with Putty, work 6 sc into ring, changing to Caramel in last sc st, join with a sl st in first sc, fasten off Putty. { 6 sc }
Rnd 2: Continue with Caramel, ch 4 ( counts as dc and first ch 1 sp ), dc in same st as join, ch 1 [ ( dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1 ) into next st ] 5 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch 4, fasten off. { 12 dc, 12 ch-1 sp }
Rnd 3: Join Azure Blue with a sl st in any ch-1 sp of prev rnd, ch 4 ( counts as dc and first ch 1 sp ), dc in same ch-sp as join, ch 1, [ ( dc, ch 1, dc, ch 1 ) into next st ] 11 times, sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch 4, fasten off. { 24 dc, 24 ch-1 sp }
Rnd 4: Join Putty with a sl st in any ch-1 sp of prev rnd, ch 1, sc in same ch-sp as join, ch 1, ( sc in next ch-1 sp, ch 1 ) 23 times, sl st in first sc, fasten off. { 24 sc , 24 ch-1 sp }
Rnd 5: Join Moss with a sl st in any ch-1 sp of prev rnd, ch 2 ( counts as first hdc ), hdc in same ch-sp as join, ( 2 hdc in next ch-1 sp) 23 times, sl st in 2nd ch of beg ch 2, fasten off. { 48 hdc }
Rnd 6: Join Azure Blue with a sl st in any st of prev rnd, ch 4 ( counts as first tr ), tr in same st as join, * dc in next st, hdc in each of next 2 sts, sc in each of next 5 sts, hdc in each of next 2 sts, dc in next st, ** ( 2 tr, ch 3, 2 tr ) in next st, rep from * 2 more times. then rep from * to ** once more, 2 tr in same st as join, ch 3, sl st in 4th ch of beg ch 4, fasten off. { 16 tr, 8 dc, 16 hdc, 20 sc, 4 ch-3 sp }
Rnd 7: Join Putty with a sl st in any ch-3 sp of prev rnd, ch 1, sc in same ch-sp as join, * sc blo in each of next 15 sts, ** ( sc, ch 2, sc ) in next ch-3 sp, rep from * 2 more times, then rep from * to ** once more, sc in same ch-sp as join, ch 2, sl st in first sc, fasten off. { 60 sc blo, 8 sc, 4 ch-2 sp }
Rnd 8: Join Caramel with a sl st in any ch-2 sp of prev rnd, ch 1, sc in same ch-sp as join, sc blo in each of next 17 sts, ** ( sc, ch 2, sc ) in next ch-2 sp, rep from * 2 more times, then rep from * to ** once more, sc in same ch-sp as join, ch 2, sl st in first sc, fasten off. { 68 sc blo, 8 sc, 4 ch-2 sp }
Finishing The Free Spirit Square
- Weave in any loose ends, block gently to size
If you would like this pattern as a PDF, with Symbol Charts, it is available over in my shop, HERE,
This step by step video tutorial will walk you through how to make the Free Spirit Square
Joining Free Spirit Squares
So now you have all these awesome vibrant squares. What do you do with them?
I have a Join As You Go method of making a throws. These squares have a solid stitch border on the last round so I am working up a tutorial on how to join these ones.
Find the tutorial for this Below : COMING SOON!
Check out my Shop where I regularly release new patterns using all my squares.
All shop patterns include a symbol chart version of the square as well as various colour way diagrams
Thanks for joining me and getting creative.
“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
