Crochet Berries Granny Square

Create a charming square filled with crochet berries by following this fun and creative pattern. The Crochet Berries Granny Square is a delightful project that combines the classic granny square design with cute and colorful crochet berries. This unique square can be used to make blankets, pillows, or even clothing items like sweaters or scarves. The intricate details of the crochet berries add a whimsical touch to the traditional granny square, making it a fun and eye-catching piece to incorporate into your crochet projects.

Materials

• Stylecraft Special DK in A Hint of Silver
• Stylecraft Special DK in Sage
• Stylecraft Special DK in Pale Rose
• Stylecraft Special DK in Parma Violet
• Stylecraft Special DK in Violet
• Stylecraft Special DK in Raspberry
• 4 mm Odyssey hook
• Tapestry needle and sharp scissors

Pattern notes

The pattern is written using UK terminology, for a conversion chart to US terminology.

The squares are worked in the round. You do not need to turn your work after each row and you continue working in the same direction as before. Join each round with ss.

[Stitches written in brackets like this are all worked into the same stitch.]

For the first stitch on each row: Chain 1 to move up to the next round if the round starts with double crochet. Chain 2 if the round starts with a half treble crochet, and chain 3 if the round starts with a treble crochet. These chains count as the first stitch in the row.

Special stitches

• Ch – chain
• Dc – double crochet
• Htr – half treble
• Mc – magic circle
• Ss – slip stitch
• Tr – treble

Popcorn stiches are worked in this pattern as follows: Join yarn with ss, ch 2, then work 4 tr into the same stitch as the joining ss. Then ss the final treble to the second ch and fasten off.

Start:

Foundation: Use Sage. Work 8dc into mc.

Round 1. (2dc), (1dc, ch15, dc into second ch from hook, 5dc, then ch7, dc into second ch from hook, 5dc, then ch 7, dc into second ch from hook, 5dc, 2ss to bring you back to the main stem, 8dc). 4 times. Fasten off. (4 stems each with 3 arms).

Round 2: Use Hint of Silver. Join to the left of any stem, 2dc, skip 1, ch 3 behind the stem. 4 times.

Round 3: 2dc, (1dc, ch 2, 1dc) into ch-3-sp. 4 times.

Round 4: 3dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 1dc. 4 times.

Round 5: 4dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 2dc. 4 times.

Round 6: 5dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 3dc. 4 times.

Round 7: 6dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 4dc. 4 times.

Round 8: 7dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 5dc. 4 times.

Round 9: 8dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 6dc. 4 times.

Round 10: 9dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 7dc. 4 times.

Round 11: 10dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 8dc. 4 times.

Round 12: 11dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 9dc. 4 times.

Round 13: 12dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 10dc. 4 times.

Round 14: 13dc, (1dc, ch2, 1dc) into ch-2-sp, 11dc. 4 times. Fasten off

Round 15: Use Palma Violet or Pale Rose. (htr, ch2, htr) in ch-2-corner sp, 26 htr. 4 times.

Round 16: ss to corner ch-2-sp, (htr, ch 2, htr) in ch-2-corner sp, *ch 1, skip 1, htr, from * 13 times, then ch 1, skip 4. 4 times.

Round 17: ss to corner ch-2-sp, (3dc) in ch-2-corner sp, dc in each stitch and ch-1-sp across. 4 times.

Berries

At the end of each “arm” use Violet or Raspberry to make 1 popcorn stitch. When fastening off, leave a long tail so that you can sew the berries into position while sewing in the ends. The branches of trees twist, so try replicate it when sewing the berries onto the square. You may also wish to use Sage to secure the stems to the square.