Here’s a detailed pattern for crocheting a different crochet square. For this pattern, we’ll create a textured square with a mix of stitches to give it a unique look. Let’s get started!
Skill Level: Intermediate
Materials you’ll need:
- Crochet hook (size H/5.0mm or G/4.0mm is recommended for beginners)
- Worsted weight yarn in your desired color(s)
- Scissors
- Yarn needle (for weaving in ends)
Stitches used:
- Chain (ch)
- Slip stitch (sl st)
- Single crochet (sc)
- Double crochet (dc)
- Chain (CH)
- Slip Stitch (SS)
- Half Double Crochet (HDC)
- Front Post Double Crochet (FPDC)
- Back Post Double Crochet (BPDC)
Pattern: 1
Step 1: Begin by forming a slip knot. Craft a loop with the yarn, insert your hook through, yarn over the hook, and pull through to create the slip knot.
Step 2: Create a chain of 4 stitches. This chain forms the base for your square.
Step 3: Connect the chain to form a ring. Insert your hook into the initial chain stitch and make a slip stitch to join the ends together.
Step 4: Round 1 – Commence the square’s first round:
- Start by creating a chain of 3, counting it as your initial double crochet for this round and the rest of the pattern.
- Next, work 2 double crochets into the ring.
- Chain 2.
- Now, create 3 double crochets into the ring, followed by chaining 2. Repeat this sequence from * to * two additional times.
- Finish by connecting the round with a slip stitch into the top of the starting chain-3.
Step 5: Round 2 – This round will create the corners of your square:
- Slip neatly into the following 2 stitches, smoothly sliding into the corner chain-2 space.
- Craft a chain of 3, marking it as your inaugural double crochet.
- Create an additional 2 double crochets (dc) within that very corner space.
- Add a chain of 2.
- Fashion 3 double crochets in the subsequent chain-2 space. Chain 2. Continue this sequence twice more from start to finish.
- Unify the round with a composed slip stitch at the summit of the initial chain-3.
Step 6: Round 3 – This round is the same as Round 2, but it will add more stitches to the sides and corners:
- Join the next two stitches with a slip stitch and move into the corner chain-2 space.
- Start with a chain of 3, marking it as your initial double crochet.
- Create two additional double crochets in that very corner space.
- Make a chain of 2.
- Fashion three double crochets within the following chain-2 space. Chain 2. Repeat this pattern *to * three more times.
- Connect the round by slipping into the top of the beginning chain-3.
Step 7: Fasten off and weave in the ends:
- Cut the yarn, leaving a tail.
- Pull the tail through the loop on your hook and tighten it to secure the last stitch.
- Thread the yarn tail onto a yarn needle and weave it through the stitches on the back of your work to secure it.
Pattern: 2
Round 1:
Begin by initiating a ring with Color A, utilizing either a magic ring (adjustable ring) or by chaining 4 and connecting to create a ring.
Next, chain 3 (considered the initial double crochet), work 2 double crochets, then chain 3.
Repeat the pattern from * to * three additional times. Complete the round by joining with a slip stitch to the top of the starting chain 3.
Upon completion, you’ll have four sets of 3 double crochets, each set separated by chain 3 spaces.
Round 2:
Switch to Color B.
Connect Color B to a CH 3 space using a slip stitch. Start with a CH 3 (which serves as the initial double crochet), followed by 2 DC. Then, in the same CH 3 space, make CH 3 and 3 DC (creating a corner). Proceed to the next CH 3 space, crafting 3 DC, CH 3, and 3 DC (another corner). Repeat this corner pattern in the remaining two CH 3 spaces. Finally, link it all together with a slip stitch to the top of the starting CH 3.
Round 3:
Switch back to Color A.
Combine Color A with a slip stitch in any corner’s chain-3 space.
Start with a chain-3 (counting as the first double crochet), then work 2 double crochets, chain 3, and 3 double crochets in the same corner’s chain-3 space (creating the corner).
Moving to the space between the 3 double crochet clusters, perform a front post double crochet around the middle double crochet of Round 1 (the double crochet of the cluster below).
In the following chain-3 space, work 3 double crochets, chain 3, and 3 double crochets (creating another corner). Then, in the space between the 3 double crochet clusters, execute a front post double crochet around the middle double crochet of Round 1.
Repeat this corner sequence and front post double crochets in the remaining chain-3 spaces and spaces between the clusters.
Finish by joining with a slip stitch to the top of the initial chain-3.
Round 4:
Switch to Color B.
Join Color B with a SS in any corner CH 3 space.
Connect Color A to a chain-3 space at any corner with a slip stitch.
Chain 3 (this counts as the initial double crochet), then work 2 double crochet stitches, chain 3, and 3 double crochet stitches all in the same corner chain-3 space (forming a corner).
In the subsequent space between the 3 double crochet clusters, create a front post double crochet around the middle double crochet of Round 1 (the double crochet from the cluster below).
Within the following chain-3 space, produce 3 double crochet stitches, chain 3, and 3 double crochet stitches (forming another corner). In the subsequent space between the 3 double crochet clusters, execute a front post double crochet around the middle double crochet of Round 1.
Repeat this corner pattern and the front post double crochets in the remaining chain-3 spaces and spaces between the clusters.
Finish by joining with a slip stitch to the top of the initial chain-3.
Round 5:
Switch back to Color A.
Connect Color A to a chain-three space at any corner using a slip stitch (SS).
Start with a chain of three (which serves as the first double crochet, DC), then work two DC, chain three, and three DC all in the same corner chain-three space (creating a corner).
Around each back post double crochet (BPDC) from Round 4 (the BPDC below), create a BPDC in the spaces between the double crochet clusters.
Within each chain-three space, form three DC, chain three, and three DC (forming another corner).
Duplicate the corner sequence and BPDCs in the remaining chain-three spaces and spaces between the clusters.
Finish by connecting with a slip stitch (SS) to the top of the initial chain-three.
Video Tutorial:
Congratulations! You’ve just made a simple crochet square! You can make more squares in different colors and stitch them together to create blankets, scarves, or other projects. Keep practicing, and you’ll be able to tackle more complex crochet patterns in no time!
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