Solid granny square crochet pattern: one motif, six rounds, out to 48 stitches

This free solid granny square crochet pattern makes a motif ~8 cm square, worked on a 4.0 mm hook in one colour, about forty-five minutes' work. It is solid single crochet all the way across rather than the openwork granny of clusters and chain spaces, and it takes eight increases a round instead of six — that extra pair is what pushes the four corners out over six rounds, from eight stitches to 48. All six rounds are written out below for the single piece, each carrying the stitch count it ends on.

Maths verified, not yet made. Every one of the 6 rounds was checked against the round before it by machine — the counts, the increases and the decreases all add up. What nobody can promise you yet is how it sits in the hand.How we check

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Why it is rated Beginner

Beginner: one piece, one stitch, six rounds. The only thing to watch is keeping the eight increases at the four corners so the motif stays square rather than rounding off.

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What you need before you start

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Yarn — one colour, weight 4

Moss1 ballDouble knit

Tools

2 you probably own

You likely have

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Gauge and finished size

the last check before you cast on

Tension

Tight enough that the face is closed and no light comes through it — a solid square is only solid if the fabric is. If you are making more than one, work every square on the same hook at the same tension: a half-size difference is invisible in one and obvious in six.

Finished size

~8 cm square

Any double knit works on a 4.0 mm hook. If you are making a panel, work every square on the same hook and the same yarn — a half-size difference is invisible in one square and obvious in six.

How to make the solid square

6 rounds in one piece.

Switching rewrites every round:US8 sc in a magic ring→UK8 dc in a magic ringWork a US sc as a UK single crochet and the fabric comes out looser and taller.

The square

Eight increases a round instead of six. That extra pair is what…6 RNDS

starts in moss· magic ring· Piece 1 of 1

Eight increases a round instead of six. That extra pair is what pushes the corners out.Leave a long tail — squares are joined to each other with it.

First six rounds[8] [16] [24] [32] [40] [48]

18 sc in a magic ring[8]

2inc x8[16]

3(1 sc, inc) x8[24]

4(2 sc, inc) x8[32]

5(3 sc, inc) x8[40]

6(4 sc, inc) x8[48]

US termsMRmagic ringscsingle crochetincincreaseststitch

When this piece is doneThe square is done.Fasten off and lay the square flat before you make the next one. The four corners should stand out from the sides; if the piece reads as an octagon instead, the increases have spread along the edges rather than stacking at the corners.

Two notes on the solid square

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01Worked in solid single crochet, so the fabric is closed all the way across. This is not the openwork granny square of clusters and gaps — that one needs taller stitches and chain spaces, which this app cannot count. What you get is the same four-cornered motif with a solid face.

02The corners are where the increases go. Count them at the end of each round.

Four questions this pattern answers

Not questions anybody asked. Each one is written from this pattern's own record, and every answer is read off the fields it names.

Can the solid square be made with a different hook or yarn?

Any double knit works on a 4.0 mm hook. If you are making a panel, work every square on the same hook and the same yarn — a half-size difference is invisible in one square and obvious in six.

Is there a gauge to match for the solid square?

No stitches-to-the-centimetre figure to match, because nobody has swatched this one; what the pattern asks for instead is a technique: tight enough that the face is closed and no light comes through it — a solid square is only solid if the fabric is. If you are making more than one, work every square on the same hook at the same tension: a half-size difference is invisible in one and obvious in six.

What hook will the solid square need, and what is the finished size?

A 4.0 mm hook, US G/6. Finished, it comes out ~8 cm square; the leading tilde is there because that came off the stitch counts rather than a tape measure.

How long will the solid square take to crochet?

About three quarters of an hour. That is 6 rounds of the solid square, worked as one piece, coming to 88 single crochet and 40 increases, and the hours are an estimate rather than a timing of anybody making it.

A round that will not add up?

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