Mini Checkered Crochet Square: Free Pattern

A Crochet Afghan Square From the “Pattern Sampler” Series of Designs That Can All Be Used Together for Making Blankets and Other Crochet Projects

Want to crochet a blanket, or some other type of project that’s made out of squares? If so, this mini checkered crochet square is a fantastic design to have in your pattern stash. The free crochet pattern and chart are available here on our website. Not only that, this square is part of a series of designs that are all the same size — so you’ll find plenty of other matching patterns to go along with this square, which means that you’ll be able to plan out a well-matched blanket or project easily.

I’ve crocheted this square in multiple yarns and colorways and used it in a couple of different blanket designs. Check out some of the possibilities:


First we have a couple of different mini checkerboard squares that I crocheted in Caron’s Simply Soft yarn in the Bone, Blue Mint and Sage colors:


Crochet Squares With Mini Checkerboard Design From the Pattern Sampler Series

Crochet Squares With Mini Checkerboard Design From the Pattern Sampler Series


If you want to work this version of the design as intended, you crochet the main chart in 2 colors and then you use the third color to outline around the checkerboard pattern using surface crochet slip stitch in the third color.


I incorporated these squares into my Pattern Sampler baby blanket:


Pattern Sampler Crochet Baby Blanket, Which Incorporates This Mini Checkered Square Design.

Pattern Sampler Crochet Baby Blanket, Which Incorporates This Mini Checkered Square Design.

Next, we have a Valentine’s Day colorway of the Mini Checkered Square that I crocheted using worsted weight wool yarns. If you want to make a version similar to this, I recommend using worsted weight Cascade 220 yarn.


This crocheted square features a checkered motif worked in red, pink and white yarn -- ideal for making as part of a Valentine's Day craft project.

Mini Checkered Crochet Square Crocheted in White, Red and Pink for Valentine’s Day. Please Feel Free to Recolor This Pattern in Other Ways — Perhaps to Match Your Decor, or to Celebrate a Different Holiday or Occasion.


There are many different ways you could use this square in finished projects. One option is to alternate it with other squares from the Pattern Sampler series to create a blanket or throw.


Here’s an example of how it could look if you were to pair it with a heart square, and then whip stitch all your squares together and finish the blanket with a pretty shell stitch edging.


The most prominent design element in this blanket is the crocheted heart motif -- but the mini checkerboard design is an important supporting design element. This design is ideal for Valentine's Day, especially if you crochet it in red, pink and white as pictured. But you could change the colors to make the look entirely different.

The most prominent design element in this blanket is the crocheted heart motif — but the mini checkerboard design is an important supporting design element. This design is ideal for Valentine’s Day, especially if you crochet it in red, pink and white as pictured. But you could change the colors to make the look entirely different.

Materials Needed:

Needlework Techniques You Will Need for Making This Square:

1. Tapestry Crochet:You’ll need to know how to carry unused yarns inside your stitches, and how to work mid-row color changes; this technique is known as “tapestry crochet.”


2. Surface Crochet Slip Stitches: You’ll also need to know how to work surface crochet slip stitches.

How to Crochet the Square:

Use either of the following charts to crochet this design; feel free to re-color if you don’t like any of these color choices.

FREE Chart for Crocheting the Mini Checkered Square Pattern

FREE Chart for Crocheting the Mini Checkered Square Pattern


Free Chart for Crocheting the Mini Checkered Square in Valentine's Day Colors

Free Chart for Crocheting the Mini Checkered Square in Valentine’s Day Colors

Chain 26 to begin. Then work the corresponding chart in 3 colors using the tapestry crochet technique, following the chart for color changes. One square on the chart = 1 single crochet stitch. When it’s time to change colors, be sure to do so by working up to the last step of the last stitch before the color change, then completing the stitch with the new color.

Coordinating Crochet Edgings:

It can be tricky to pair up the perfect combination of crochet squares and crochet edgings. Sometimes the proportions aren’t quite right, and you probably don’t figure that out until after you’ve spent a lot of time crocheting the edging — only to find that it’s not what you wanted. Most aggravatingly, the math doesn’t always work out quite right.

For this particular pattern, I’ve had fantastic success using the simple shell edging pattern you see pictured above. I’ve found the math to be compatible in most cases, and the proportions generally look good together too. I can’t guarantee your success with this combination because everyone’s crochet is a little different, and also because your success will depend quite a bit on the colors, textures and fibers you choose to work with. However, the odds are better than average that you’ll have favorable results with this pairing of square motif and edging.

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Posted By: Amy Solovay


Page last updated on 6-25-2021.