A granny square was my first crochet project, so I have an extra-special fondness for granny squares. I love discovering new and interesting granny square patterns and also designing them sometimes.

If you’re interested in discovering some appealing free granny square patterns, both the usual kind and the unusual, I invite you to browse through the designs in the list below. If you’d rather work from a book, you might also want to check out our recommendations for the best granny square crochet pattern books HERE.

1. Easy Crochet Granny Square for Beginners: Free Pattern and Step-By-Step Tutorial

If you want a basic, no-frills granny square that’s ideal for beginners to crochet, this is a fantastic pattern to start out with. It includes a step-by-step photo tutorial with bunches of details that will help beginners get started crocheting the classic granny square design.

If you want to make a colorful granny square blanket using scrap yarn, this is one of the best patterns available for that purpose; it is the ultimate stash-busting scrap blanket pattern.

Pattern Details:

• A Free Crochet Pattern and Tutorial are available for this design.
• Crochet Skill Level: Beginner.

2. 3D Sunflower Crochet Granny Square

Pattern Details:

• A Free Crochet Pattern is available for this design.
• Crochet Skill Level: Not mentioned in the pattern.

3. Crochet Granny Square With Criss-Cross Design

Pattern Details:

• A Free Crochet Pattern is available for this design.
• Crochet Skill Level: Easy.

4. Easy Single Crochet Granny Squares With Rainbow Outlines

THIS PATTERN IS TEMPORARILY UNAVAILABLE. I am sorry for the inconvenience! The yarn I used to design this granny square has been discontinued, and I am in the process of reworking the pattern and rewriting it with a new suggested yarn and colors.
I hope to make the newly updated pattern available soon.

Pattern Details:

• A Free Crochet Pattern is will soon be available for this design.
• Crochet Skill Level: Easy.

5. 3D Crochet Flower Granny Square Pattern

This free pattern is actually two patterns in one; you get the pattern for the granny square, plus the pattern for a three-dimensional flower applique which embellishes the center of the square. The applique is a lifelike aster flower that’s striking to look at and easy to reproduce. This is an easy crochet pattern.

7. Granny Square Pillow With Flower Accent

You can combine granny squares and a gorgeous flower to crochet this lovely pillow. Lori Jean Karluk is the designer who created this free pillow pattern.

The patterns listed above are all available for free! If you want to see some more options, we invite you to check out our list of the best crochet granny square pattern books.

Find More Crochet Granny Squares

• Crochet Kaleidscope features granny square patterns plus hexagons, circles, triangles and more.
• 25 ways to crochet the classic granny square

So there you have it: Bunches of different ways to crochet granny squares. We hope you’ll enjoy these wonderful granny square patterns — and that you’ll be able to use these patterns for making lovely granny square blankets, afghans, throws, pillows, and many other projects.

Happy crocheting!

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