Ripple Around Granny Square Crochet Pattern

By: Aurora Suominen for AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns.com

By: Aurora Suominen for AllFreeCrochetAfghanPatterns.com

Have some fun with variegated yarn when you work up the Ripple Around Granny Square Crochet Pattern. This delightful square will tempt you to make a bunch of them to put together a colorful afghan. The is yarn stitched in double crochet, front post double crochet, and half double crochet, which makes a spiral square. You'll have a wonderful time working a lot of these squares and you may end up with more than you need for a good size afghan. We love the yarn and this pattern, so get your hooks ready!

Intermediate

Crochet HookH/8 or 5 mm hook

Yarn Weight(4) Medium Weight/Worsted Weight and Aran (16-20 stitches to 4 inches)

Finished Size6 in square

Materials:

Brown Sheep Lanaloft Yarn - “Razzmatazz”: 1.0oz.
Hook: H/5.0mm

Notes:

Join: Join W/slst in beg st, unless otherwise stated.
If using one color, ignore color changes.

Find more great patterns like this one in our collection: 24 Easy Crochet Granny Square Patterns

Abbreviations:

Beg=Beginning
Ch=Chain
Slst=Slip Stitch
Sc=Single Crochet
Sp=Spaces
Sk=Skip
W/=With
Dc=Double Crochet
St(s)=Stitch(es)
Lps=Loops
Fpdc=Front Post dc
Hdc=Half double crochet

Square

Rnd 1: W/A, Ch4, work 11dc in 4th ch from hook, join in 3rd st of ch4. (12dc)
Rnd 2: Ch3, dc in same st, work 2dc in each st around, join. (24dc)
Rnd 3: Ch1, fpsc in joining st and next st together. [Ch3, fpsc in next 2sts together] Repeat around, ending w/ch3, join. (12sc, 12ch3)
*Work in dc sts of rnd 2 behind work.
Rnd 4: Slst into next dc, ch3, dc in same st. Work 2dc in each st around, join. (48dc)
Rnd 5: Ch1, fpsc in joining st and next st together. [Ch3, fpsc in next 2sts together] Repeat around, ending w/ch3, join, fasten off color A. (24sc, 24ch3)
Rnd 6: W/B join w/slst in any dc of rnd 4 behind work, (ch3, dc, ch1, 2dc) in same st. [Dc in next st, hdc in 9sts, dc in next st, (2dc, ch1, 2dc) in next st] Repeat around minus last corner, join. (24dc, 36hdc)
*Rnds 7 & 8: St right after a fpst might be hard to see, if you pull your fp a bit to the right, you will see next st.
Rnd 7: Slst in next st & chsp, (ch3, dc, ch1, 2dc) in sp. [Fpdc in next 3sts together, hdc in 9sts, fpdc in next 3sts together, (2dc, ch1, 2dc) in next sp] Repeat around, minus last corner, join. (24dc, 36hdc)
Rnd 8: Ch1, sc in same st, sc in next st. [3sc in next sp, sc in 2sts, fpsc in next st, sc in 9sts, fpsc in next st, sc in 2sts] Repeat around minus last 2sc, join, fasten off. (108sc)