I’m excited to be joining the #MOOGLYCAL2021 with a 12 inch granny square pattern, the Meredith Square! This square has a boldly textured center. If you’re new to bobbles and crossed double crochet stitches, don’t worry! I’ve got you covered with video tutorials.
Tamara from Moogly is one of my real world fiber friends, and I’m so excited to be joining her annual blanket crochet along again! You can get all the information about the 2021 Moogly Crochet Along here.
My regular readers know that 2021 has been all about texture for me! So when I designed the Bobble Symbols Square for the Textures and Tassels Blanket Mystery Crochet Along, I kind of fell in love with the big bobble-y center. I wanted to recreate it in 12 inch granny square, and that’s where the idea for the Meredith Block was born.
My version is in 2 colors, but Tamara from Moogly made her version in 4 colors. How many colors will your version have? You can read Tamara’s notes on this square here.
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Meredith Square
12 Inch Granny Square Pattern by Underground Crafter
This 12” (30.5 cm) granny square was designed for the 2021 Moogly Afghan Crochet Along. It’s textures are formed by bobble and crossed double crochet stitches.
Finished Size
- 12” (30.5 cm) square.
Materials
- Red Heart With Love yarn (100% acrylic, 7 oz/198 g/370 yd/338 m) – 1 skein each in 1441 Light Gray (CA) and 1803 Blue Hawaii (CB), or approximately 50 yd (46 m) in CA and 80 yd (73 m) in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size J/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
Gauge
- Through Rnd 1 = 5.5” (14 cm) square. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BL – back loop only – Moogly has a helpful video tutorial for identifying the back loop here.
- bob – 5-repeat bobble stitch – [Yo, insert hook in st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops] 5 times in same st, yo and draw through all 6 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch pattern is below.
- If you can’t see the video for the bobble stitch above, click here to watch it on Instagram.
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- cdc – cdc – crossed double crochet – Skip next st, dc in next st, dc in skipped st. Each cdc counts as 2 sts. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch pattern is below.
- If you can’t see the video for the crossed double crochet stitch above, click here to watch it on YouTube.
- ch – chaiin
- dc – double crochet
- rep – repeat
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- RS – right (front) side
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- WS – wrong (back) side
- yo – yarn over
Pattern Instructions
Inner Square (worked flat in rows)
- With CA, ch 19.
- Follow chart (below pattern), or follow written pattern for Rows 1-18.
- Row 1: (WS) Turn, skip 1 ch, sc in next 18 ch. (18 sts)
- Row 2: Turn, ch 1, sc in first 18 sts.
- Row 3: Turn, ch 1, sc in first st, [bob in next st, sc in next 5 sts] twice, bob in next st, sc in next 4 sts.
- Row 4: Rep Row 2.
- Row 5: Turn, ch 1, sc in first 2 sts, bob in next st, sc in next 3 sts, bob in next st, sc in next 5 sts, bob in next st, sc in next st, bob in next st, sc in next 3 sts.
- Row 6: Rep Row 2.
- Row 7: Turn, ch 1, sc in first 3 sts, bob in next st, sc in next st, bob in next st, sc in next 5 sts, bob in next st, sc in next 3 sts, bob in next st, sc in next 2 sts.
- Row 8: Rep Row 2.
- Row 9: Turn, ch 1, sc in first 4 sts, bob in next st, [sc in next 5 sts, bob in next st] twice, sc in next st.
- Row 10: Rep Row 2.
- Row 11: Rep Row 7.
- Row 12: Rep Row 2.
- Row 13: Rep Row 5.
- Row 14: Rep Row 2.
- Row 15: Rep Row 3.
- Rows 16-17: Rep Row 2 twice.
Outer Square (worked in joined rounds)
- Row 18/Rnd 1: Turn to RS, rep Row 2, do not fasten off CA, continue to work in the round, *turn to work along side, ch 2 (counts as corner-sp, here and throughout), sc in side of each of next 18 rows,** turn to work along foundation ch, ch 2, sc in each of next 18 sts, rep from * to **, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc. Fasten off CA.
- Rnd 2: With RS facing, join CB with sl st to any corner ch-2 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in same ch-2 sp, *cdc across (9 times/18 sts) to corner ch-2 sp,** (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 3 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first dc. (24 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 3: Ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *dc in next st, ch 1, skip 1 st, dc in next st, cdc across (9 times/18 sts) to last 3 sts before corner ch-2 sp, dc in next st, ch 1, skip 1 st, dc in next st** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first dc. (28 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in same ch-2 sp, *sc in next 3 sts, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next 20 sts, sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next 3 sts,** (sc, ch 3, sc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first sc. (30 sts on each side + 4 ch-3 sp)
- Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in same ch-3 sp, *scBL in next 30 sts,** (sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-3 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in first ch-3 sp, ch 2, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first sc. (32 sts on each side + 4 ch-3 sp)
- Rnd 6: Ch 1, sc in same ch-3 sp, *scBL in next 32 sts,** (sc, ch 3, sc) in ch-3 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in first ch-3 sp, ch 2, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first sc. (34 sts on each side + 4 ch-3 sp)
- Rnd 7: Ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-3 sp, *cdc across (17 times/34 sts) to corner ch-2 sp,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-3 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, 2 dc in first ch-3 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first dc. (38 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Fasten off CB.
- Rnd 8: With RS facing, join CA with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, sc in same ch-2 sp, *scBL in next 38 sts,** (sc, ch 2, sc) in next ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to first sc. (40 sts on each side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- If your square is smaller than 12” (30.5 cm) after Rnd 8, work additional rounds as follows until square reaches12” (30.5 cm):
- Ch 1, sc in same ch-2 sp, *sc in each st across to corner ch-2 sp,** (sc, ch 2, sc) in ch-2 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as ch 1) to top of first sc. (Increases by 2 sts on each side with each rep)
- Fasten off CA.