This 8” granny square uses post stitches to add texture. This is the first square in the fourth edition of Granny Square Month. Join the Crochet Along for 30 free crochet patterns for 8” granny squares by 21 designers!

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Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, treble crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, crocheting in chain spaces, increasing
Special stitches: FPdc, FPsc (includes written instructions and video tutorials in pattern)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Motif: 8” (20.5 cm) square.

Materials
Herrschners Worsted 8 Wildflowers yarn (100% acrylic, 8 oz/226 g, 489 yd/448 m) – 1 skein each in Dandelion (CA), Bluet (CB), and Wildflowers (CC), or approximately 25 yd (23 m) in CA and 10 yd (9 m) each in CB and CC in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or any size needed to obtain correct gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Finished Square = 8” (20.5 cm) square in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this pattern.