Kaleidoscope Granny Square

UPDATED 07 December 2023

Why update? Well, it’s been almost 7.5 years since the first one was written, and it was bad!!! lol

Yarn used in the round-by-round photos:

Stylecraft Special DK and Stylecraft Batik
Special DK: C1 Vintage Peach, C2 Buttermilk, C3 Pistachio, C4 Cypress, C5 Lincoln, C6 Duck Egg and C7 Denim
Batik: C8 Cream

Hook: 4.5 mm
Yarn needle and scissors

Stitches and Abbreviations Used: US Terms (UK in parenthesis)
Ch – Chain
St/s – Stitch/es
Sk – Skip
Sp – Space
Sc – Single Crochet (Dc)
Hdc – Half Double (Htr)
Dc – Double Crochet (Tr)
Tr – Treble Crochet (Dtr)
Dtr – Double Treble Crochet (Trtr)
Fpdc – Front Post Double Crochet (Fptr)
Fpdc2tog – Front Post Double Crochet Two Together (Fptr2tog)
Standing Stitches
Invisible Joins

Pattern

Round 1: Using C1
Make a Magic ring, or join 3 and join to first ch to form ring.
Ch 1 (doesn’t count as st), 8 sc in ring, join to first sc made, do not fasten off. <8 sc>

Round 2: Using C1
Ch 2 (counts as dc), dc in same st as join, 2 dc in each st around, join to top of ch 2, fasten off. <16 dc>

Round 3: Using C2
Make a standing (dc, ch 1) in each st around, join to first dc made, fasten off. <16 dc, 16 ch-1 sp>

Round 4: Using C3
Make a standing [dc in ch-1 sp, fpdc around dc] around, join to first dc made, fasten off. <16 dc, 16 fpdc>

Round 5: Using C4
In first dc made in prev round, make a standing [dc in dc, dc in fpdc, fpdc around fpdc] around, join to first dc made, fasten off. <36 dc, 18 fpdc>

Round 6: Using C5
In first dc made in prev rnd, make a standing hdc, fpdc2tog around prev fpdc from Round 5 and next fpdc from Round 5 (see photos below), do not skip sts, [hdc in next 3 sts, fpdc2tog around fpdc sts from Round 5] around, join to first hdc made, fasten off. <54 hdc, 18 fpdc2tog>

Round 7: Using C6
Make a standing hdc in fpdc2tog, hdc in each st around, join to first hdc made, fasten off. <72 hdc>

Round 8: Using C7
Make a standing [fpdc around fpdc2tog from Round 6, do not sk sts, hdc in next 4 sts] around, join to first fpdc made, fasten off. <72 hdc, 18 fpdc>

Squaring it up

Round 9: Using C8
In any fpdc, make a standing [(2 dtr, ch 2, 2 dtr) in fpdc, dtr in next st, tr in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, sc in next 5 sts, hdc in next 2 sts, dc in next 2 sts, tr in next 2 sts, dtr in next st] around to first dtr made, do not fasten off. <24 dtr, 16 tr, 16 tr, 16 dc, 16 hdc, 20 sc>

Round 10: Using C8
Ch 2 (counts as dc), dc in next st, [(dc, ch 2, dc) in ch-2 sp, dc in next 23 sts] around, on final repeat omit last 2 dc, join to top of ch 2, fasten off. <100 dc, 4 ch-2 sp>

Please let me know if you have any issues as I’ve just finished my day job and then written this up 🙂

Much Love,
Em xxx

As promised I’m trying to catch up with writing out my patterns in order to share them with you. Here is one I did today and I hope you like it, I really look forward to seeing the creations you come up with, all the different colour combinations, colours etc and what you actually make with the squares 😀

So here is the pattern:

Materials:

• Yarn of your choosing (I used 8ply aka dk yarn and a 5mm hook)
• Corresponding hook size
• Scissors
• Yarn needle

Notes:

• This pattern is written in US terms
• I used 7 colours for this design, starting at one certain colour and then ‘ordering’ them in what colours I thought go best from one to the other. I can’t really word that properly as my baby brain is tiring (almost bed time) Each new square, I flipped the order of the colours (see photos), then chose a new start colour and did the same again… trying to make sense lol
• Fpdc together – yarn over, insert yarn behind st to the right of the hook, pull hook back, yarn over, pull through two loops, yarn over, insert yarn behind st to the left of the hook, pull hook back, yarn over pull through two loops, yarn over, pull through three loops.

Using colour of your choosing; Start with the magic loop/ring

1. 8 sc in loop, join with sl st (8 sts)
2. Ch 3, dc in same st, 2dc in each st around, join with sl st (16 sts)
3. Change colour, ch 4, (dc, ch 1) in each st around, join with sl st (16 sts)
4. Change colour, ch 3, *fpdc around dc sts from previous round, dc in next st*, repeat around, join with sl st (32 sts)
5. Change colour, ch 3, dc in next st, fpdc around previous fpdc, *dc 2, fpdc*, repeat around, join with sl st (48 sts)
6. Change colour, ch 2, hdc in next st, *fpdc together in previous fpdc (see notes), hdc behind the fpdc st you just made, hdc 2*, repeat around ending with a fpdc, hdc, join with sl st (64 sts) {see photo below pattern}
7. Change colour, ch 2, hdc in each st around, join with sl st (64 sts)
8. Change colour, ch 2, hdc 3, *fpdc, hdc 4*, repeat around, join with sl st (80 sts)

Squaring off

1. Attach yarn in fpdc st, ch 4, tr in same st, *tr, dc 2, hdc 3, sc 7, hdc 3, dc 2, tr, (2tr, ch 2, 2tr) in same sp (creating the corner), repeat around leaving out the last 2tr, join with sl st (92 sts)
2. Ch 3, dc 22 *(2dc, ch 1, 2dc) in corner sp, dc 23*, repeat around ending with (2dc, ch 1, 2dc) in final corner, join with sl st to top of ch 3 (108 sts) {If you prefer you can do (2dc, ch 2, 2dc) in each corner space, entirely up to you}

Happy Crocheting! Remember I’d love to see what you make #theloopystitch #kaleidoscopegranny on Instagram. Have a lovely night, I’m off to bed, I can feel restless legs and heartburn coming… argh lol.