Free Tunisian Granny Square Pattern for Beginners

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Free Tunisian Granny Square Pattern for Beginners

I am  so excited to welcome Christine Botelho of Rows.of.Crochet as a guest designer on the website.

Christine helped me extensively throughout the process of designing the Hodgepodge Blanket CAL and is my talented technical editor too. She helped to ensure that my patterns are both grammatically and technically correct so that mistakes are kept to an absolute minimum. 

She also kindly looked after the community group during the crochet along when I was in hospital to donate my kidney.

For this pattern, I will be handing over the reigns to Christine to share her I might be Biased Tunisian Square.

Hi, I’m Christine, wife, mom to one awesome human and one big furbaby. I am a yarn and hook collector, tech editor, pattern designer and most of all crochet lover!  When I'm not crocheting, I am tending to my 200 plants. 

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Abbreviations and Special Stitches

• Return Pass = yo, pull through 1 loop, *yo, pull through 2 loops; repeat from * across until 1 loop remains on hook.
• Mod-Return Pass = *yo, pull through 2 loops; repeat from * across until 3 loops remain on hook, yo, pull through 3 loops 
• End Stitch (ES) = insert hook under both vertical bars of last stitch, complete st as indicated
• Tunisian Full Stitch (TFS) = insert hook between next 2 sts, yo, pull up loop, leave loop on hook
• Tunisian Simple Stitch 2 together (TSS2tog) = insert hook under next 2 front vertical bars, yo, pull up loop, leave loop on hook

Pattern Notes:

• Some knowledge of Tunisian crochet is recommended to make this square.
• This square is worked on the bias.
• Loop on hook counts as 1st st. Number of loops on hook indicates # of sts per row.
• Rows 1-19 are increase rows; increases will be made at start of row and before ES. 
• Rows 20-40 are decrease rows; decreases will be made at start of row and before ES.
• When working rows after Row 2, be sure to insert hook under the yo from the previous row.

Skill level: Easy

• Some knowledge of Tunisian crochet is recommended to make this square.

How to crochet the I might be Biased Tunisian Square

Materials:

• Any Aran/worsted weight yarn
• 5mm Tunisian Crochet Hook or 5mm Straight Crochet Hook
• Scissors
• Tapestry needle

Gauge:

• gauge not essential - Use a larger or smaller crochet hook to obtain the correct finished square size.

Finished Size: 

• 8" x 8"

Row 1: Ch 4, pull up loop in 2nd ch from hook and in next 2 (4 loops on hook), work Return Pass–4 sts.



Row 2: TFS in sp between starting edge and next, *TSS2tog, yo; repeat from * across to end, TFS between last and ES, ES, (6 loops on hook), work Return Pass–6 sts.

Rows 3-19: Repeat Row 2 until pieces measures 8” across. *Note - starting row is right corner.

Row 20: *TSS2tog, yo; repeat from * across to last 3, insert hook under last 2 AND ES, yo, pull up loop, work mod-Return Pass.

Rows 21-39: Skip st directly below loop on hook, *TSS2tog, yo; repeat from * across to last, ES, work mod-Return Pass.

Row 40: TSS2tog, yo, ES, yo, pull through all loops on hook, ch 1 to secure. Continue to Border.

Border: sc in same, rotate to work in row ends, sc in each across to end, (sc, ch 1, sc) in corner, sc in each across, (sc, ch 1, sc), rotate to work across row ends, sc in each across, (sc, ch 1, sc) in corner, rotate, sc in each across, (sc, ch 1) in same as first. Fasten off, weave in ends. Blocking is strongly recommended to prevent curling.

A huge thank you to Rows.of.Crochet by Christine Botelho for sharing her free Tunisian granny square pattern with us.

Click here to see all the 30 square designs and decide which one you will be stitching up next!

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