Awesome Shapes
As you know, you can do lots of shapes with crochet. Here I’ll tell you how to do Squares or Granny Square. You can do lots of thing with them: scarfs, blankets, pieces of clothing, bags, cushions… and what you can create!
Fig. 1
First of all, some abreviations:
ch = chain
st = stitch(es)
db = double crochet
Crochet a SQUARE:
1 - First Round: Make a 6ch, pass hook over st, yarn over hook, pull hook through st to close the 6 ch.
2 - Make a 3ch and 2 dc in the hole (circle). *Make 2ch and 3dc in the hole.* Repeat ** 2 more times. Make 2ch and pass hook over st, yarn over hook, pull hook through st to close the first round. In Fig. 2, you can see what you’ll have.
Fig. 2
3 - Second Round: 5ch and in the next hole make *3dc., 2ch., 3dc*. Make 2ch and in the next hole repeat **. 2ch and repeat ** in the next hole. 2ch and in the last hole make 3dc., 2 ch., 2dc., pass hook over third st of the 5ch you made to start, yarn over hook and pull through st to close it. Look at Fig. 3. The yellow dots are the holes.
Fig. 3
4 - Third Round: Make 3ch and 2dc in the middle hole. *2ch and in the corner 3dc, 2ch, 3dc. 2ch and in the middle hole 3dc, 2ch, 3dc.* Repeat ** in the four sides of the square, and close it. In Fig. 4 you can see the corners (yellow dots) and the middle holes (red).
Fig. 4
Repeat the pattern until your square is the size wanted.
() You can change the yarn’s colour or not.
Please, leave me some comments and tell me if the explanation is clear enough.
Some ideas with crochet shapes in:
http://undisthreadness.blogspot.com/
http://mymediocrecrochetblog.wordpress.com/tag/crochet-fos-wips-wims-and-ufos/
http://www.marthastewart.com/page.jhtml?type=content&id=channel172176
http://knittingiris.typepad.com/knitting_iris/2007/01/these_have_prov.html
