How to Make a Granny Square: 6 Free Tutorials
A granny square is the single most useful motif in crochet: three basic stitches, worked in rounds, that scale from a coaster to a full blanket. The six tutorials below cover the classic construction from a few different real teachers, so you can pick the explanation style (video, written, photo-heavy) that clicks for you.
Whichever teaching style clicks for you, you’ll be using the same hook and yarn needle by the end of round one.
Granny square tutorials to explore
1. How to Crochet a Granny Square
Treasurie The video format makes this a practical first stop when you need to see how the working yarn moves through a cluster and where each corner chain is placed before attempting the same sequence on your own. walks through the classic granny square at a slow, beginner-friendly pace in video form, a good pick if you want to watch the corners and clusters form in real time before trying it yourself.
2. The Traditional Granny Square
Tamara Kelly at Moogly teaches the classic center-out square with three-double-crochet clusters, chain-space corners, and a video walkthrough. View the pattern. That explicit starting ring is useful if magic rings feel unreliable: the tutorial follows the classic repeat from a fixed chain-ring center and then shows the same corner structure as the square grows. It begins with a four-chain center ring closed by a slip stitch.
3. How to Crochet Granny Squares Step by Step
Rachel Choi at Crochet Spot starts from a chain ring and explains the turning method that keeps classic granny-square rounds even. View the pattern. The left-handed image option and attention to turning make it a particularly useful written walkthrough for readers who need to compare their hook position to each step rather than follow a video. The photo tutorial includes alternate left-handed images.
4. How to Crochet a Granny Square
Simply Crochet shares a U.K.-terms version built from a chain-ring center, treble-crochet clusters, and chain-two corners. View the pattern. It is a good fit when your yarn label or another pattern uses UK abbreviations, and the optional edge-straightening round gives a clear next step if you plan to join several squares. The UK-terms instructions include an optional fifth round to square up edges for joining.
5. How to Crochet a Granny Square
Cheryl Bennett at Crochet 365 Knit Too offers a beginner guide to the traditional cluster-and-corner construction. View the pattern. The stated worsted-yarn and 5 mm-hook setup gives beginners a familiar starting point, while the traditional cluster-and-corner structure transfers directly to many blanket and bag patterns. The sample uses worsted-weight yarn with a US H/8 (5 mm) hook.
6. Easy & Free Basic Crochet Granny Square
This is Crochet Its small three-round target gives you a quick gauge and tension check before a larger project, and the round-by-round photographs make it easier to confirm each corner and cluster placement. Three rounds make a 4 by 4-inch square. keeps it to three rounds and a 4-inch finished square, with detailed photos at every round a solid choice if you learn best from still images rather than video.
