Post Stitch Granny Square Pattern

This highly textured granny square is made using front post and back post stitches. Crochet this post stitch granny square pattern to showcase your angry weeks for the In The Mood Granny Square Blanket

Front Post, Back Post Stitch Square | Angry Mood Granny Square

This post stitch granny square has been designed to create a highly textured granny square to showcase your weeks where feeling angry has ruled your mood.

There are 7 different granny square patterns, each square represents a different mood you might experience over 12 months. Below you will find links to each of the squares featured in the In The Mood Crochet Along

Happy – Puff Stitch granny square
Sad – Paired Half Double granny square
Angry – front post and back post stitches granny square
Fearful – extended half double crochet granny square
Joyous – bobble stitch granny square
Excited – popcorn granny square
Disgusted – 2 double crochet cluster square

How it works | In The Mood

1. Choose Your Project

There are 4 different crochet projects you can chose from to make using your moods to determine which stitches you use in your project each week.

2. Track Your Mood

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3. Get Stitching

Read on to see the pattern for the Angry In The Mood Square

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Pattern Details – Post Stitch Granny Square

Materials

Any DK/Size 3 yarn – I used used Hayfield Spirit DK (80% acrylic, 20% wool) 100g 354m/377yds in shade 0408 (Sundown)
35-50m per square (estimated maximum of 2700m for all 54 squares to complete square
4mm 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

each square is designed to be 6″ x 6″

Abbreviations

US Terms

st(s) – stitch(es)

ch – chain

ch sp – chain space

dc – double crochet

fp dc – front post double crochet

bp dc – back post dc

YO – yarn over

Special Stitches

fp dc = front post double crochet

YO, insert hook around front of the post of the st below in the previous row, YO, pull up loop, YO, pull through 2 loops YO, pull through remaining loops.

bp dc = back post double crochet

YO, insert hook around the back of post of the st below in the previous row, YO, pull up loop, YO, pull through 2 loops, YO, pull through remaining loops

Click here to read more about how to crochet post stitches

How to crochet a post stitch granny square

Round 1: Ch 4, sl st to create ring, working into ring, ch 3 (counts as dc), 2dc, ch 2, [3dc, ch 2] 3 times, join – 12 dc, 4 ch-2 sps

Round 2: Ch 2 (does not count), dc in same, *dc in each to corner, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner; repeat from * to end, join – 28 dc, 4 ch-2 sps

Round 3: Ch 2, fp dc around same, [bp dc around next, fp dc around next] to corner, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner, *[fp dc around next, bp dc around next] to next corner, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in corner; repeat from * to last corner, [fp dc around next, bp dc around next] to end, join – 16 fp dc, 12 bp dc, 16 dc, 4 ch-2 sps

Post stitch granny square - Angry In The Mood Square

Rounds 4-5: Repeat Round 3 – 32 fp dc, 28 bp dc, 16 dc, 4 ch-2 sps after Round 5.

Rounds 6-7: Repeat Round 2 – 108 dc

Make it?

Come and share in the Cosy Rosie Community that you’ve had an angry week and show us your square!

Purchase All 4 of the In The Mood Printable Patterns

You can download and print all 4 variations of the In The Mood patterns by purchasing the pattern bundle – all the 4 pattern options are ready to download and print for you to stitch up!