Making a basic granny square Hooked on Crochet Making a basic granny square

Step 1: Holding the hook and yarn

Step 1 cont..:

Step 2: Making a slip knot

Step 3: Making a chain

Step 4: Slip stitch (sl st) to form a ring Insert the crochet hook through the first chain you made which is next to the slip knot Yarn over the hook and draw the yarn through the chain and through the loop on hook; you have now joined the chains into a ring

Work each round anti-clockwise Step 5: Round 1 Work each round anti-clockwise ch 3: Chain 3 (counts as 1st treble crochet) 2 tr: 2 treble crochets into the centre of the ring Treble crochet (tr) Wrap yarn round hook once, insert hook through middle of ring. You will have three loops on the hook. Wrap yarn round hook once, pull hook and yarn through 2 loops only. You will now have two loops on the hook. Wrap yarn around hook again, pull hook and yarn through remaining 2 loops.

Step 5 cont…: ch 2: chain 2 3 tr: 3 treble crochets into the centre of the ring sl st: Slip stitch into top of first chain to complete the round

Step 6: Round 2 If changing colour, fasten off and join new colour to any 2 chain space (ch sp) with a slip stitch (sl st) Fasten off Form slip knot with new colour Insert hook into chain 2 space, yarn over and slip stitch to join If continuing with the same colour, slip stitch (sl st) along to next 2 chain space

Step 6 cont…: Round 2 ch 3: Chain 3 (counts as 1st treble crochet) 2 tr: 2 treble crochets into chain 2 space (ch2 sp) ch 2: chain 2 3 tr: 3 treble crochets into same chain 2 space (ch2 sp) 3 tr: 3 treble crochets into next chain 2 space (ch2 sp) And so on until the end of the round, then sl st: Slip stitch into top of first chain to complete the round

Step 7: Round 3 If changing colour, fasten off and join new colour to any 2 chain space (ch sp) with a slip stich (sl st) If continuing with the same colour, slip stitch (sl st) to next 2 chain space ch 3: Chain 3 (counts as 1st treble crochet) 2 tr: 2 treble crochets into chain 2 space (ch2 sp) ch 2: chain 2 3 tr: 3 treble crochets into same chain 2 space (ch2 sp) 3 tr: 3 treble crochets into space from round 2 3 tr: 3 treble crochets into next chain 2 space (ch2 sp) And so on until the end of the round, then sl st: Slip stitch into top of first chain to complete the round