Hello friend! It’s been a looooong while since I’ve had the opportunity to work on knitting or crochet patterns, but today’s the day – introducing the Great Granny Wrap II – a free crochet granny square pattern!
Granny squares are quickly leading the pack in current fashion trends, and the granny stitch is equally as hot right now thanks to the gorgeous little dress that Taylor Swift stepped out in a few months ago. There’s definitely an uptick in crocheted goodness going on right now, so I thought I’d add to the trend by designing this quick and easy beginner pattern for a crochet granny square wrap.
Instructions include:
- Construction + Fit/Ease
- Yarn Notes
- Yarn Amounts
- Hook Size
- Notions Required
- Gauge
- Size
- Schematic
- Granny Square Notes & Directions
- Stitch Abbreviations
- Special Stitches
- Notes
- The Pattern!
- Finishing Notes
- Copyright Notes
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Construction + Fit/Ease
The Great Granny Wrap II begins with making 24 quick and easy motifs thanks to the support of Furls Crochet Wander yarn. Furls kindly sponsored this post and sent me all the lovely Wander yarn I needed to crochet this wrap. It begins with 24 standard granny squares that are then stitched together, and a simple and easy border is added last to finish out the design. The final product is a fantastic Great Granny Wrap that will be the perfect coverup for cold airconditioned restaurants during the hot weather months, or the chill-fighter for those cool spring and fall dusky nights.
Yarn Notes
Wander Yarn has to be the most saturated acrylic yarn I’ve ever worked with! The color range is fabulous, and while the on-screen photos can’t really portray it, some of the colors of this yarn literally GLOW! Like seriously! Wander Yarn is a worsted weight size 4 yarn so projects work up quickly, and the ply is pretty good too so there’s not much splitting while you’re working with it. The only potential drawback is that it’s a bit slippery, so I’d recommend using wooden crochet hooks for beginners, but once you’ve got the hang of crocheting, this yarn flies off metal hooks like a dream! Here a link to Furls Wander Yarn so you can explore the color options for your own Great Granny Wrap II. I used the colors Abyss (turquoise) and Wintermint (mint).
Furls Wander Acrylic Yarn – I used the colors Abyss (turquoise) and Wintermint (mint) for my wrap and they’re such fun colors! The cost is a really great price point for all budgets and you get a great amount of yardage for the price.
Yarn Amounts
- MC: 5 skeins Furls Wander Acrylic Yarn in Abyss, 100%Acrylic, 100g/120yds/109m
- CC: 4 skeins Furls Wander Acrylic Yarn in Wintermint, 100%Acrylic, 100g/120yds/109m
Alternatively, if you want to make your granny squares multicolored instead of just two colors, then here are the yarn amounts you’ll need for each round of the granny square + stitching the squares together + the border. Add an extra 10% to your total amount to make sure you’ve got enough for swatching too.
- Round 1: 1g or approx 1yd
- Round 2: 4g or approx 3.5yds
- Round 3: 4g or approx 3.5yds
- Round 4: 5g or approx 4.25yds
- Round 5: 7g or approx 6yds
- Round 6: 6g or approx 5 yds
- Border: Approx 50g or 60 yards
- Stitching squares together: Approx 30g or approx 25 yards
Hook
Size I 5.25mm hook – I used this Furls hook, the Onyx Streamline Metal Crochet hook. If you haven’t used a Furls hook before, you’re definitely missing out! They have beautiful, ergonomic hooks made out of wood and metal and acrylic that are smooth, perfectly balanced, and a joy to work with without any catching on the yarn. I highly recommend you try them out!!
Notions
Embroidery Needle for weaving in ends
Scissors for cutting ends
Blocking board for blocking squares
Gauge
One square = approximately 8.25 inches square
Schematic
Size
One size fits most. If you’d like to make the wrap longer, add a few squares, and if you’d like it shorter, take off a few squares. Just remember – you’ll need more yarn if you decide to make it longer!
Granny Square Directions
Note: These directions use American crochet terms. To check gauge, crochet one granny square and measure dimensions.
- Foundation Round: Using MC, Chain 8, join first and last chains with a slip stitch to form a circle – 8 chs.
- Round 1: Continuing with MC, Ch 3 (counts as first DC here and throughout), 2 DC into circle, ch 3, (3 DC into circle, ch 3) 3 times, sl st into third ch of beg ch 3 – 24 sts.
- Round 2: Sl st into top of next 2 DC and into ch sp, change to CC, (ch 3, 2 DC, ch 3, 3 DC) all into ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, *(3 DC, ch 3, 3 DC) all into ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, repeat from *2 times more, sl st into third ch of beg ch 3 – 51 sts.
- Round 3: Sl st into top of next 2 DC and into ch sp, change to MC, (ch 3, 2 DC, ch 3, 3 DC) into ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, *3 DC into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, (3DC, ch 3, 3 DC) into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, repeat from * 2 times more, 3 DC into next ch sp, ch 3, sl st into third ch of beg ch 3 – 75 sts.
- Round 4: Sl st into top of next 2 DC and into ch sp, change to CC, (ch 3, 2 DC, ch 3, 3 DC) all into ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, *(3 DC into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC) twice, (3DC, ch 3, 3 DC) into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, repeat from * 2 times more, (3 DC into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC) twice, sl st into third ch of beg ch 3 – 99 sts.
- Round 5: Sl st into top of next 2 DC and into ch sp, change to MC, (ch 3, 2 DC, ch 3, 3 DC) all into ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, *(3 DC into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC) 3 times, (3DC, ch 3, 3 DC) into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC, repeat from * 2 times more, (3 DC into next ch sp, ch 3, sk 3 DC) 3 times, sl st into third ch of beg ch 3 – 123 sts.
- Round 6: Continuing in MC, sc around working 1 sc into the top of the DC sts and 3 sc into the ch sps, sl st into top of first sc, fasten off – 123 sts.
Stitch Abbreviations
- Beg = beginning
- CC = contrast color
- Ch = chain
- DC = double crochet
- MC = main color
- Sl st = slip stitch
- Sp = space
- Yo = yarn over
Special Stitches
- Bobble – (yo insert hook into st, pull up a loop, pull through 2 loops) 5 times, yo, pull through all loops, ch 1 to close the bobble.
Pattern
Body
Step 1: Using Granny Square Directions above, make 24 granny squares. Weave in ends, block all the squares using wet blocking, and then proceed to Step 2.
Note: I made 12 squares starting with the MC, and then 12 squares starting with the CC, and alternated colors on Rounds 1-5 of the granny squares. I used the MC as Round 6 on all of my squares.
Step 2 (See diagram below): Arrange Granny Squares into 3 rows and 8 columns of squares. Beginning with two squares, with wrong sides held together and starting in the corner, skip the center sc st of the 3 corner sts and attach yarn at the st right next to the center st, SC the BLO and FLO of the two squares together all the way across the side of the square, stopping just before the second center corner sc. Continue to sc across next set of squares (always checking to make sure wrong sides are held together!) without breaking yarn so you have a continuous sc seam between rows 1 and 2 of the 8 columns of granny squares. Fasten off and cut yarn. Repeat between rows 2 and 3 across all 8 columns of squares.
Step 3 (See Seaming Schematic below): Repeat the same process up the columns, working into all free edge sts and slip stitching into the horizontal crocheted sc seams between rows 1 and 2, and 2 and 3.
Move to Border.
Border
Round 1: Join yarn at outside edge, then work (2 sl sts, bobble) all the way around the outside edge of the wrap.
Note: You may want to fudge the 2 sl sts at some of the corners if you want a bobble directly on the corners like my sample has. I think on one corner I did (bobble, sl st, bobble in center sc of corner, st st, bobble) and then on another one I did (bobble, 3 sl sts, bobble in center sc of corner, 3 sl sts, bobble) to make the corners symetrical, but you do you as you wish!
Move to Finishing
Finishing
Weave in ends, cut tails, and enjoy your new Great Granny Wrap II!
Copyright Notes
It’s not nice to copy other people’s work so let’s not do that! All text and photos copyright 2024 by Regarding Yarn. No part of this pattern may be duplicated or sold. Final products made from this pattern are for personal use only and may not be sold.
Happy Crocheting!
