My go-to when teaching crochet is the traditional granny square. This tutorial is for a “continuous” granny – where you do not add in another colour. To learn how to make a multi-coloured granny go here.
Starting Off
Both single colour and striped grannies start with a slip knot followed by a chain of 4 (increase to 5 or 6 if you’re a tight stitcher). Place the hook in the first chain, wrap your yarn around the hook, then pull this loop back through the two on the hook to form a ring.
Round 1
Chain 5 (counts as first treble (tr) and ch-2 sp), tr 3 times into the loop, then ch-2. Repeat this twice more. Tr 2 to make the last cluster, and slip stitch (ss) into the 3rd loop of your starting chain.
Round 2
Loosely slip stitch into the chain space – if you’re changing colour, join it in by bringing a loop of the new yarn under the chain and then catching it through the loop (shown below).
Chain 5 (counts as first treble (tr) and ch-2 sp) and tr 3 into the same chain space. [tr 3, ch 2, tr 3] into the next three corners. Tr 2 into the first corner and slip stitch (ss) into the 3rd loop of your starting chain.
Round 3
Loosely slip stitch into the chain space or join in new yarn as above.
Chain 5 (counts as first treble (tr) and ch-2 sp) and tr 3 into the same chain space. Skip the cluster in the round below and tr 3 into the space between the two corners.
[tr 3, ch 2, tr 3] into the next corner, then tr 3 into the next space. Do this twice more and tr 2 into the first corner. Slip stitch (ss) into the 3rd loop of your starting chain to make the round.
Round 4
Loosely slip stitch into the chain space or join in new yarn.
Chain 5 (counts as first treble (tr) and ch-2 sp) and tr 3 into the same chain space. Skip the cluster in the round below and tr 3 into the space between the two corners twice.
[tr 3, ch 2, tr 3] into the next corner, then tr 3 into the next two spaces. Do this twice more and tr 2 into the first corner. Slip stitch (ss) into the 3rd loop of your starting chain to make the round.
Continuing On
You should now know how to crochet more rounds – just remember it’s [tr 3, ch 2, tr 3] into each corner and tr 3 into each space along the sides. Traditional granny squares are five rounds, but you can do more or less, or even just continue to make one giant granny square blanket!