Bring more color and a little geometry into your squares with these crochet half and half granny squares!
What is a half-and-half granny square?
A half-and-half granny square is a simple granny square crocheted in two colors so that, if you divide the square in two along its diagonal, one half of the granny square is in one color and the other half is in another color.
How to Crochet a Half-and-Half Granny Square
There are several ways to crochet half-and-half granny squares, including crocheting a half granny triangle in one color first, and then, attaching another half granny triangle directly to it.
However, in this tutorial, I will show you my method for crocheting half-and-half granny squares, which is by working in rounds using two colors.
Even though we’ll be working with two strands of yarn, you do not carry the non-working yarn inside your stitches, which can result in tension issues.
Instead, once you’re done using one color for the first half triangle, you drop the yarn and pick it up again from the same place on the next round so that at the end, you will have only four tails to weave in! Really, no extra ends.
And this is possible because, at the end of each round, you turn your square and crochet the next round in the opposite direction from where you came from!
But don’t worry if this sounds confusing right now, everything will be cleared once you start crocheting.
Classic & Solid Half-and-Half Granny Squares
In this free crochet tutorial, we’ll see how to crochet both a half-and-half classic granny square and a half-and-half solid granny square.
If you’re not familiar with the basic granny square patterns, I invite you to first learn how to crochet these squares in one solid color, and then, come back here to make them half-and-half!
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Half-and-Half Classic Granny Square – Video Tutorial
RAINBOW Granny BLANKET CAL
The half-and-half granny square is part of the Rainbow Granny Blanket CAL!
You can find all the info about the CAL HERE, and get your free PDF pattern of the half-and-half granny square HERE or by clicking on the button below.
Materials
You can use any yarn with the appropriate hook. I used:
- 5.5-mm (I/9 USA, 5 UK) Hook
- Aran-Weight (4) Yarn in 2 contrasting colors. I used Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran.
- Tapestry Needle
Abbreviations (US Terms)
Ch – Chain
Dc – Double Crochet
MC – Magic Circle
RS – Right Side
Sl St – Slip Stitch
Sp – Space
St – Stitch
WS – Wrong Side
Yo – Yarn over
PATTERN NOTES
- If the pattern says “dc 2”, you need to crochet 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts.
- (…) – Repeat the instructions within brackets for the indicated number of times.
- […] – Crochet the instructions within brackets in the same indicated st.
- The yarn color to use is indicated within brackets as [A] and [B].
How to Crochet a Classic Half-and-Half Granny Square
With A, make a MC.
Round 1 (RS)
[A] Ch 3 (counts as a dc, photo 1), dc 2, ch 2, dc 3 closing the last st with B (photos 2-4).
[B] Ch 2, dc 3, ch 2, dc 3, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third-made ch to join (photos 5-6). (3 dc sts per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Round 2 (WS)
[B] Ch 1, turn (photo 6), sl st in first corner sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc, photo 8). [Dc 2] in same ch-2 sp, ch 1, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in next ch-2 sp closing the last st with A (photo 9 and 10-12).
[A] Ch 2, [dc 3] in same ch-2 sp as the last 3 sts, ch 1, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in next ch-2 sp, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp, photo 13), sl st in third made ch to join. (6 dc sts and 1 ch-1 sp per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
How to Change Color on the WS
- Change color with the last “yo, pull through 2” of the last dc in the current color or working yarn (in this example, color B).
- Hold your working yarn to the back (i.e. toward the RS) and the new color to the front (i.e. toward the WS, photo 10);
- Yo with the new color (in this example, color A) and pull through both loops on your hook (photo 11). The new color is now your working yarn.
- Pull the non-working yarn (i.e. the old color) to the right of your work if you are right-handed (photo 12) or to the left of your work if you are left-handed.
- Then, continue to crochet your granny square using your new working yarn.
Round 3 (RS)
[A] Ch 1, turn, sl st in first corner sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc, photo 14). [Dc 2] in the same ch-2 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp closing the last st with B (photos 15-16).
[B] Ch 2, [dc 3] in the same ch-2 sp as the last 3 sts, ch 1, [dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1, [dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in next ch-1 sp, ch 1, [dc 3] in the initial corner sp, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third made ch to join. (9 dc sts and 2 ch-1 sp per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner, photo 17)
Round 4 (WS)
[B] Ch 1, turn, sl st in first corner sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc). [Dc 2] in the same ch-2 sp, ch 1, *[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from * twice. [Dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1, **[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ** twice. [Dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp closing the last st with A.
[A] Ch 2, [dc 3] in the same ch-2 sp as the last 3 sts, ch 1, ≈[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ≈ twice. [Dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1, ≈≈[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ≈≈ twice. [Dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third made ch to join. (12 dc sts and 3 ch-1 sp per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Round 5 (RS)
[A] Ch 1, turn, sl st in first corner sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc). [Dc 2] in same ch-2 sp, ch 1, *[dc 3] in next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from * 3 times. [Dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1, **[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ** 3 times. [Dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp closing the last st with B.
[B] Ch 2, [dc 3] in the same ch-2 sp as the last 3 sts, ch 1, ≈[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ≈ 3 times. [Dc 3, ch 2, dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1, ≈≈[dc 3] in the next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from ≈≈ 3 times. [Dc 3] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third made ch to join. (15 dc sts and 4 ch-1 sp per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
For the next rounds, keep growing your half-and-half granny square by applying the same logic as for rounds 4 and 5.
Fasten off and weave in all your ends.
Your Classic Half-and-Half Granny Square is Ready!
Once you know how to crochet a half-and-half classic granny square, making the solid version is super easy.
The logic behind the color changes is exactly the same but the pattern is the one of the solid granny square.
Solid Half-and-Half Granny Square Tutorial
The first round of the half-and-half solid granny square is the same as for the granny square. Here’s the pattern in short.
With A, make a MC.
Round 1 (RS). [A] Ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc 2, ch 2, dc 3 closing the last st with B. [B] Ch 2, dc 3, ch 2, dc 3, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third-made ch to join. (3 dc sts per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Round 2 (WS)
[B] Ch 1, turn, sl st in first corner sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc). Dc 1 in same ch-2 sp, dc 3, [dc 2] in the next ch-2 sp closing the last st with A (photo 1 below).
[A] Ch 2, [dc 2] in the same ch-2 sp as the last 2 sts, dc 3, [dc 2] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third made ch to join (photo 2 below). (7 dc sts per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Round 3 (RS)
[A] Ch 1, turn, sl st in first corner sp, ch 3 (counts as a dc). Dc 1 in same ch-2 sp, dc 7, [dc 2, ch 2, dc 2] in next ch-2 sp, dc 7, [dc 2] in the next ch-2 sp closing the last st with B (photo 3 below).
[B] Ch 2, [dc 2] in the same ch-2 sp as the last 2 sts, dc 7, [dc 2, ch 2, dc 2] in the next ch-2 sp, dc 7, [dc 2] in the next ch-2 sp, ch 1 (counts as a ch-2 sp), sl st in third made ch to join (photo 4 below). (11 dc sts per side, 1 ch-2 sp at each corner)
Continue to grow your half-and-half solid granny square using the same logic as for the previous rounds.
Fasten off and weave in all your ends.
Your Solid Half-and-Half Granny Square is Ready!
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