Sunday, December 30, 2007

Two Color Granny Square Tutorial


This is the first of a step-by-step tutorial on How To Make a Two Color Granny Square. These are quite useful when you want to design your own croquilts.
I will start with the full instructions and break it down in more details in subsequent posts.
Rnd 1: With violet, ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 3, 2 dc in ring, ch 2, 3 dc in ring changing to white in last st made, ch 2, (3dc in ring, ch 2) 2 times, join with sl st in top of ch-3, turn. (12 dc, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 2: Sl st in next ch sp, ch 3, dc in same sp, dc in each of next 3 sts, (2dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch sp, dc in each of next 3 sts, 2 dc in next ch sp changing to violet in last st made, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch sp, dc in each of next 3 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch sp, dc in each of next 3 sts, 2 dc in next ch sp, ch 2, join, turn. (28 dc, 4 ch-2 sps)
Rnd 3: Sl st in next ch sp, ch 3, dc in same sp, dc in next 7 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch sp, dc in next 7 sts, 2 dc in nex ch sp changing to white in last st made, ch 2, 2 dc in same sp, dc in next 7 sts, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch sp, dc in next 7 sts, 2 dc in next ch sp, ch 2, join. Fasten off.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sandi - Thanks for this pattern. The one here works great, but the one you posted on Crochet Me is missing some of the directions in the first 2 rows. Just thought you might like to know so it can be corrected.

Anonymous said...

Oooops! I'll get right on that. Thanks for letting me know.