All Things Granny Squares
Looking for free granny square patterns? You’ve officially arrived. This is your granny square headquarters – every free pattern, tutorial, and variation I’ve made, all in one place. Classic solid squares, modern designs that don’t look like your grandmother’s couch, stash busters for when your yarn collection has achieved sentience, and everything in between.
Whether you’re brand new to crochet and slightly terrified of making your first square, or you’ve been crocheting for years and just want something that doesn’t fight back, you’re in the right place. All patterns here are completely free, beginner-friendly, and designed for actual humans with drunk toddler hands who are tired of pretending they know what they’re doing.
Pick a style below, grab your hook, and let’s make something that doesn’t look like it got in a fight with itself.
Granny Squares by Style
Different vibes, same cozy energy. Pick your lane and explore.
Classic & Traditional
This is the granny square your brain yells when someone says “granny square.” Center-out, color-changing chaos, wildly dependable, and still undefeated for blankets, scrap yarn disasters, and late-night “I’ll just make one more” lies we tell ourselves.
Solid & Modern
For the “absolutely not” crowd when it comes to lace and surprise toe holes. These granny squares are dense, structured, and gap-averse — clean lines, fewer color changes, and a modern look that keeps your projects polished and your feet safely contained.
Swirly Granny Square
Beginner-Friendly, Solid Square, No Gaps, Modern Look, Blanket-Ready
Floral & Textured
Listen, flowers are a lot — and yet here we are. These granny squares lean into raised stitches, petal drama, and tactile goodness that somehow makes both your hands and eyeballs very happy. Slightly extra, extremely satisfying, and impossible to stop once you start. (They’re the Pringles can of the granny square world)
Daisy Granny Square
Stash Busting Squares
For the yarn scraps that sit in your stash judging you quietly. These granny squares are made for chaos — random colors, odd amounts, and “what if I just use this up?” energy. Perfect for turning leftover yarn into something useful instead of a growing pile of guilt.
Stash Buster
Granny Square Techniques, Tips & Fixes
This is the “why is this doing that?” section. If you’re stuck, confused, or just want your squares to behave a little better, these posts cover the techniques, decisions, and fixes that make granny squares way less dramatic.
How to change colors in granny squares cleanly
Solid vs traditional granny squares
Why granny squares ripple or ruffle
Blocking granny squares so they lay flat
Joining granny squares without sewing rage
How many squares you need for a project
Want to put these squares to use? → See what you can make with granny squares
Every Granny Square Tutorial
All the granny square tutorials, in one place — the dependable classics, the newer designs, and anything else that made it onto the hook. Start with one square, and lie to yourself that you’re going to stop after one.
Using Granny Squares in Projects
Yes, they’re great at blankets. No, that’s not all they’re allowed to do. Once you’ve got a stack of squares — or a vague plan that’s mostly just hope — this is where they turn into real projects.
Bags & totes
Wearables
Pillows & home decor
Scrap-friendly projects
Blanket Patterns
Stash Busting Patterns
Home Decor Projects
Everyday Essentials
Still here? Love that for you.
Brush up on your basic stitches in the Stitch Library, dig through some more free patterns, or hop back to Learn to Crochet and nail the basics again before the motivation (or caffeine buzz) wears off.
