The Artichoke Flower Granny Square is a floral motif with 3D petals and a cute texture. This afghan block is perfect for blankets, pillowcases, and other projects using granny squares.
Melange Blanket CAL
I’m so happy to share that the Artichoke Flower Granny Square is part of the Melange Blanket CAL hosted by Marie of Underground Crafter.
The Melange Blanket CAL will feature 48 different squares, each designed by a different designer.
With every square, you’ll explore new techniques and stitch combinations, use up some stash yarn, and definitely have crochet fun for the entire year!
Check all the details and get the schedule of the CAL on the main page of the Melange Blanket CAL HERE.
6-Inch Floral Squares
The Artichoke Flower Square is also the first pattern of the 6″-Flower Squares, a collection with 9 floral afghan blocks of 6″ (15.2 cm).
Take a look at the 6″-Flower Squares HERE!
Or get the ad-free, printable PDF pattern of all 9 6″-Floral Squares with step-by-step photos on Ravelry, LoveCrafts, or Etsy!
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AD-FREE PRINTABLE PATTERN
The ad-free, printable PDF pattern of the Artichoke Granny Square will be available within the 6″-Flower Square collection soon! Stay tuned for the links to the listing on Ravelry, LoveCrafts, or Etsy!
Materials
- 6.0-mm (J/10 US, 4 UK) Crochet Hook
- Aran (4, Medium) Weight Yarn
- Tapestry Needle
Yarn
- Sample in one solid color – King Cole Big Value Aran (257 yds / 235 m per 100 g) in color Sage (3483);
- Samples in multiple colors – Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran (201 yds / 184m per 100 g).
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- Ch – Chain
- Hdc – Half Double Crochet
- Dc – Double Crochet
- MC – Magic Circle
- Picot – Picot Stitch
- Popcorn – Popcorn Stitch
- RS – Right Side
- Sc – Single Crochet
- Sl St – Slip Stitch
- Sp – Space
- St – Stitch
- V-St – V Stitch
- Yo – Yarn over
Special Stitches
Magic Circle (MC)
Learn how to make the MC HERE.
Picot Stitch (Picot)
Ch 3, sl st in the back bump of the first-made ch.
Popcorn Stitch (Popcorn)
Learn how to crochet a popcorn st HERE.
V-Stitch (V-st)
[Dc 1, ch 1, dc 1] in indicated st.
Size
6″ (15.2 cm)
Gauge
The gauge is not crucial for this project.
Pattern Notes
- If the pattern says “dc 2”, you have to crochet 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts.
- (…) – Repeat the instructions within round brackets for the indicated number of times.
- *… – Repeat the instructions from * for the indicated number of times.
- […] – Crochet the instructions within square brackets all in the same indicated st.
- The st count is indicated within brackets at the end of each round’s instructions.
Artichoke Flower Granny Square – Free Crochet Pattern
Make a MC.
Round 1
Ch 4 (counts as a dc and a ch-1 sp), dc 1 (counts as the second dc of the first V-st), V-st 3 in MC. Sl st in third-made ch to join. (4 V-sts)
Round 2
Sl st around post of first dc (initial ch-3 of round 1), *ch 2, sl st 2 working around posts of next 2 dc. Repeat from * 3 times. Ch 2, sl st 1 around posts of next dc, sl st in first sl st to join. (8 sl sts, 4 ch-2 loops)
- If changing yarn color, join yarn in any ch-2 sp from round 2. Otherwise, continue directly with round 3.
Round 3
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), [sc 1, hdc 1, picot 1, hdc 1, sc 1] in each ch-2 sp from round 2, sl st in first sc to join. (4 petals)
Round 4
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), sl st in ch-1 sp of first V-st from round 1. Ch 4 (counts as a dc and ch-1 sp), dc 1 in same ch-1 sp (counts as the second dc of first V-st), V-st 1 more in same ch-1 sp, [V-st 2] in each ch-1 sp from round 1. (8 V-sts)
- If changing yarn color, join new yarn around the post of first dc of round 4.
- If not changing color, ch 1 (does not count as a st), sl st around post of first dc of round 4. Then, continue with round 5.
Round 5
*Ch 2, sl st 2 working around the posts of next 2 dc. Repeat from * 7 times. Ch 2, sl st around post of next dc. Sl st in first sl st to join. (16 sl sts, 8 ch-2 loops)
Round 6
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), [sc 1, hdc 1, picot 1, hdc 1, sc 1] in each ch-2 sp from round 5, sl st in first sc to join. (8 petals)
- If changing yarn color, join yarn in any ch-1 sp of round 4.
- If not changing color, ch 1 (does not count as a st), sl st in ch-1 sp of first V-st of round 4. Then, continue directly with round 7.
Round 7
Ch 3 (counts as first dc of first popcorn), *[popcorn 1, ch 2] twice in first V-st, [popcorn 1, ch 2] in next V-st. Repeat from * 4 times. Sl st in the first popcorn to join. (12 popcorns, 12 ch-2 sps)
- If changing yarn color, join yarn in any ch-2 sp of round 7.
- If not changing color, ch 1 (does not count as a st), sl st in first ch-2 sp of round 7. Then, continue with round 8.
Round 8
Working in ch-2 sps from round 7, *[sc 2, hdc 1] in first sp, [hdc 1, dc 2, ch 2, dc 2, hdc 1] in next sp, [hdc 1, sc 2] in next sp. Repeat from * 4 times. Sl st in first sc to join. (12 sts on each side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Round 9
Ch 2 (does not count as a st), *[dc 3] between the posts of first and last sc sts of round 8 (for the next repeats, refer to sp between posts of the second and the third sc on each side), sk next 3 sts, [dc 3] between the posts of next 2 hdc sts, sk 3, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in next ch-2 sp, sk 3, [dc 3] between the posts of next 2 hdc sts. Repeat from * 4 times. Sl st in the first dc to join. (15 sts on each side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Round 10
Ch 1 (does not count as a st), hdc in each st around. At the corners, [hdc 2, ch 2, hdc 2]. Sl st in the first hdc to join. (19 sts on each side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Fasten off and weave in your ends.
YOUR Artichoke Flower Granny Square IS READY!
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These squares are so wonderful, I really like them.
Thank you 🙂