- When my little, twin babies were born,
I made them granny square baby blankets.
They're such a fun way to experiment with color,
and it's just kind of like each one
is it's own little, fun painting.
I'm Brett Bara and this is my Maker Story.
I'm gonna show you all the basics
of making a classic granny square.
We'll learn how to start it, how to continue each round,
and change colors, and then finally
we'll learn how to join them together
to make all kinds of things from blankets,
to scarves, to pillows, and almost anything.
We're using Loops and Threads Impeccable yarn
in a variety of colors.
We'll also need a crochet hook,
scissors, and a tapestry needle.
So first we're gonna learn how to make
this gray section that we see in the center.
We're gonna start with a slip knot,
and then we will chain five.
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And then we're gonna form this chain into a ring
by slip stitching into the first chain.
And what that makes is a little, tiny ring to start with.
And now we're gonna be working double crochet clusters.
Double crochet clusters are the whole foundation
of granny squares, that's what each
of these little sections are.
We begin with a chain three,
that takes the place of the first double crochet.
And then we do two double crochets into the ring.
So yarn over, we'll insert our hook
right into the center of the ring,
yarn over and pull up a loop,
and we yarn over and pull through two,
yarn over and pull through two.
And that's one double crochet that's complete.
Gonna do another one.
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So that's our first double crochet cluster.
Between every single double crochet cluster
for the whole granny square, we'll always do a chain two.
And now we work another double crochet cluster
also into the ring.
So we yarn over, insert through the ring,
complete the double crochet.
We're gonna make three double crochets for this cluster.
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And, again, we always chain two
between every single double crochet cluster.
Time for another cluster and we're gonna do four total.
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So one more and then you'll see
how this is already starting to form a square.
At the end of every round, we need to join the work
so that it's a joined round and the beginning stitches
and the end stitches are connected.
So we need our chain two because there's always
a chain two after every cluster.
And now we're gonna join it by slip stitching
to our beginning chain.
So we're just gonna insert
into that top of that chain three,
pull through a loop, and slip stitch to join it.
And we're gonna fasten off.
Now we're gonna add the next color which is yellow.
I'm gonna insert my hook through any
of the chain two spaces, it doesn't matter which one.
Put the slip knot on my hook,
pull the slip knot through, and chain three.
And now I'm just gonna continue working
double crochet clusters the same way we did before.
In each chain two space, I'm going to do
two double crochet clusters separated by a chain two space.
So that's one cluster and now right into that same space
I'm gonna do another cluster.
And I'll repeat that in each of the four chain two spaces
from the gray round, and I'll show you what that looks like.
We're really starting to see the corners
in the square shape take place.
And in each of those, we've got two double crochet clusters
separated by a chain two.
And then there's always the chain two
in between each of them.
I've worked the next round and there's just one thing
that's different about this round.
Previously we were working two double crochet clusters
into every corner and now we're also working
one double crochet cluster into each side chain three space.
So here I've just worked a corner,
and now we'll see how to do a side.
So we chain two, because we always chain two
between every double crochet cluster,
and now I'll just work a double crochet cluster
into this space.
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And then I'll chain two and join it
to the beginning of the round.
Okay so here you can see we've got our corner spaces,
which are made of two double crochet clusters,
and then on the sides we just put one double crochet cluster
into each space.
And as we continue to add additional rounds,
we'll just have additional clusters
on each side of the granny square,
and that's how the granny square continues to grow.
To join the granny squares together,
you can just place them right sides together
and then sew them with a whip stitch
using a tapestry needle and a piece of yarn.
I'm using contrasting yarn
just so it's easier to see on camera.
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So there you have it, that's the basics
of making a classic granny square.
Once you learn how to make these fun, little squares,
it opens up a whole world of possibilities
of projects you can make.
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