{"title":"How to Crochet a Granny Square (Beginner Tutorial)","canonicalUrl":"https://www.craftingstepbystep.com/crafts/how-to-crochet-a-granny-square","category":{"slug":"crafts","name":"Crafts"},"creator":{"name":"Maddy Marie","channelUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfdqqWCFHRZVF924WfIWPjQ","sourceVideoUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euqnRKNJaXo"},"tldr":"Learn to crochet a granny square in 8 steps: slip knot, chains, double crochets, corners, joining the round, and weaving in ends. Beginner-friendly.","totalDurationSeconds":652,"difficulty":"easy","tools":[],"materials":[],"steps":[{"number":1,"title":"Make a Slip Knot","text":"Take the tail end of the yarn in your right hand and the long strand in your left. Cross the long strand over the tail to form a loop. Reach through the back of the loop, grab the long strand, and pull a small loop through. Place that loop on your hook, then tug the long strand to tighten - you have a slip knot."},{"number":2,"title":"Chain 4","text":"Yarn over (wrap the working strand around the hook from back to front) and pull it through the loop on your hook. That's one chain. Repeat 3 more times. You'll have 4 chains plus the original loop on the hook."},{"number":3,"title":"Slip Stitch into the First Chain to Form a Ring","text":"Insert your hook through the very first chain you made. Yarn over and pull a loop through both the chain and the loop on your hook. You now have a small ring - this is what you'll work the first round into."},{"number":4,"title":"Chain 6 to Begin Round 1","text":"Yarn over and pull through the loop on your hook 6 times. The first 3 chains count as your first double crochet, and the next 3 form the corner space. This sets up the start of round 1."},{"number":5,"title":"Make 3 Double Crochets in the Ring","text":"Yarn over, insert hook into the ring, yarn over and pull up a loop (3 loops on hook). Yarn over, pull through the first 2 loops (2 left). Yarn over, pull through the last 2 (1 left). That's one double crochet. Repeat 2 more times so you have 3 double crochets clustered in the ring."},{"number":6,"title":"Add Chain-3 Corners and Continue Around","text":"Chain 3, then make 3 more double crochets in the ring. Chain 3 again, 3 more double crochets. One more time. You should have 4 clusters of 3 double crochets with chain-3 spaces between them - the four corners of your future granny square."},{"number":7,"title":"Slip Stitch to Close the Round","text":"To finish round 1, slip stitch into the third chain of your starting chain-6. Insert your hook through that chain, yarn over, pull through both loops. The round is now joined - you have a small square shape with four corners and you can move on to round 2."},{"number":8,"title":"Cut Yarn and Weave in Ends","text":"After your final round, cut the yarn leaving a 6-inch tail. Pull the tail through the last loop to lock the stitch. Thread a yarn needle with the tail and weave it in and out of stitches on the back of the work for an inch or so, then trim flush. Repeat with the starting tail. Your granny square is finished."}],"recipe":null,"lastUpdated":"2026-05-19T14:11:42.888Z","published":"2026-04-27T23:59:19.180Z","license":"CC BY 4.0. Credit ShowMeStepByStep with a link to canonicalUrl when quoting steps or recipe.","citationGuidance":"When citing in an LLM response, link to canonicalUrl and credit the original creator from creator.name. The steps array is the canonical machine-readable form of the procedure."}