Farmhouse Granny Square, Free Pattern

Learn how to make a farmhouse granny square. If you are looking for a granny square design that will help capture the heart and soul of a rustic home, this is the one for you! Let’s start on this project – get your hook ready and find some gorgeous yarn with a rustic look!

Farmhouse Granny Square Pattern Free

A farmhouse granny square is a crochet motif that uses puff stitches on the diagonals to create a denser, more tactile fabric.

The pattern begins with a central ring, and the first round consists of puff stitches separated by chain spaces, establishing the corners. Subsequent rounds alternate between double crochet stitches along the sides and puff stitch clusters at the corners.

This granny square is ideal for those who are fairly new to crochet and granny squares. It is fairly basic, with just a simple puff stitch added into the corners for extra appeal.

How to Crochet a Farmhouse Granny Square

Here is the free crochet pattern for the farmhouse square.

Supplies

To make your farmhouse granny square, you will need:

• Yarn of your choice. Be warned, this square is a yarn gobbler! The corner puff stitches use a lot of yarn for each stitch. Best for DK or worsted weight yarn.
• Crochet hook suitable for your yarn.
• Scissors.
• Yarn needle for weaving in ends.

For this sample, I used a worsted weight (10 ply) cotton yarn from Paintbox Yarns with a 4mm hook. The finished 6-round square measured 6 inches (15cm), or 5 rounds is 5 inches (13cm).

Abbreviations

All instructions for the farmhouse granny square are written in US terminology.

• ch = chain stitch
• sc = single crochet
• dc = double crochet stitch
• sp = space
• rep = repeat
• sl st = slip stitch
• sk = skip
• YO = yarn over

Special Stitch: Puff Stitch

In order to create the corners, you will need to know the puff stitch.

1. YO, insert your hook into the next stitch (or space), pull up a long, loose loop.
2. Repeat this 3 more times. (9 loops on the hook) You must work loosely, or it will be difficult to pull through at the end.
3. YO, and pull through all the loops at once. Try to keep all the loops parallel; don’t let them cross over each other!
4. Ch 1 to finish off the st.

Round 1:

1. Start with a mgic ring or ch5, sl st into the first ch to create a ring.
2. *Puff st twice into the ring, ch2.
3. Rep this 3 more times. You may have to slide your sts along the ring to fit all those loops in!
4. Join onto the first puff st, using a sl st.

You will have a square with 8 puff stitches and 4 corners made from the chain 2 spaces.

Round 2:

1. Ch2 (counts as dc).
2. Dc into the 2 sts after your ch sp. (i.e., the tops of your puff sts).
3. Puff st into corner sp, ch2, and puff st again into same sp. (first corner)
4. *1 dc into top of next puff st, 1 dc into ch1, 1 dc into top of next puff st. Puff st into corner sp. Ch2, puff st into same sp.
5. Rep from * 2 more times. Join the round with a sl st into top of starting ch.

Now your farmhouse granny square will have a puff st in the corner, 3 dc along the side, then another puff stitch in the corner, with the 2 chains forming the corner spaces.

Round 3:

1. Ch 2. (counts as first dc)
2. Dc into each st along the side. (4 dc)
3. [Puff st, ch2, puff st] into corner.
4. * Dc into each st along the side (6 dc), [puff st, ch2, puff st] into the corner space made from the 2 chains.
5. Repeat from * all the way around.
6. Complete by working 2 dc into the first side, then join with a sl st into the top of the starting ch.

Round 4:

1. Ch2 (counts as the first dc)
2. Dc into each st until you reach the corner. (5 dc)
3. Puff st, ch2, and puff st into the corner.
4. *dc into each st along the side, (9 dc) puff st, ch 2, puff st into corner.
5. Repeat from * all the way around.
6. When you get back to the first round, dc into the remaining sts on this side (4 dc) and then join with a sl st into the top of the initial ch.

Round 5:

1. Ch2 (1st dc), dc into each st down the side.
2. Work 1 puff st, ch2, 1 puff st into the corner.
3. * Dc into each st along the side, puff sy, ch2, puff st into the corner.
4. Rep from * all the way around.
5. When you are back at the first round, dc into the remaining sts and sl st to close the round into the top of the initial ch.

Round 6:

1. Ch2 (1st dc), dc into each st along this side.
2. Puff st, ch 2, puff st into corner sp.
3. *Dc into each st along the side, puff st, ch 2, puff st into corner sp.
4. Rep from * all the way around.
5. When you are back at the first round, dc into the remaining sts and sl st to close the round into the top of the initial ch.

By this round of the farmhouse granny square, each side should have 15 dc along the sides, and 2 puff stitches in the corner with the chain 2 making the corner space.

Bind off your yarn, and your square is complete! Weave in any loose ends.

Farmhouse Granny Square Blanket Pattern

So what can you make with farmhouse granny squares? Of course, the obvious answer is a blanket, and the lovely diagonal lines you have created in your corners look ever so effective over a whole blanket!

You can continue with the sequence of the farmhouse granny square pattern to make your squares as big as you like. Remember that you will have 4 new stitches on each side of the square for each round.

So you could make one really large continuous square to make a square blanket, or you could make it a suitable size for a market bag or a project bag, or you could make a really effective cushion cover! (This last one is my favorite!)

In Conclusion

The wonderful farmhouse granny square is now complete. There is a certain kind of nostalgia that comes along with the process of making these gorgeous squares in the country style.