Rainbow Circle Granny Square

Do you like colourful granny squares? When it comes to colours, the sky is the limit. How to find the right combination? When you look at your skeins separately, at first, you might not see their full potential. It might even happen that the colour you loved earlier is not what you pictured once you use it in your project. So the best idea is to dry different colour combinations until you find the perfect match.  As I love playing with colours myself, this time, I decided to introduce a bit of rainbow into my new granny square.

Pattern: by Tally’s Crafts

Recommended yarn: Scheepjes Catona

Recommended hook size: 3.5mm

Finished size: approx. 16cm

Abbreviations (US terms)

sc – single crochet

hdc – half double crochet

dc – double crochet

tr – treble

fpsc – front post single crochet

fphdc – front post half double crochet

fpdc – front post double crochet

fptr – front post treble

bp – back post

ch – chain

st(s) – stitch(es)

sk – skip

st – stitch

slst – slip stitch

pop –popcorn

sp – space

cl – cluster

Special Stitches:

popcorn – 5dc, close with ch1

cluster(4) – yarn over, insert hook in st, yarn over, pull through st, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook – 4 times, yarn over, pull through all 4 loops on hook, pull through the remaining 2 loops, ch 1 to close the cluster

Round 1

start with a magic ring, ch3 (counts as dc), 12dc in the ring, join with a slst

[13dc]

Round 2

fpdc around any dc from the previous round, dc in the space before the next dc, fpdc around the next dc…repeat, join with a slst

[13dc, 13fpdc]

Round 3

fpdc around any fpdc from the previous round, ch2, fpdc around the next fpdc…repeat, join with a slst

[13fpdc, 13ch2]

Round 4

fpdc around any fpdc, ch3, fpdc around the next fpdc…repeat, join with a slst

[13fpdc, 13ch3]

Round 5

fpdc around any fpdc from the previous round, ch1, cluster(4) in the ch2sp from R3, ch1, fpdc around the next fpdc…repeat, join with a slst

[13cl, 13fpdc]

Round 6

fpsc around any fpdc from the previous round, dc in the next ch3sp from R4, ch3, fpsc around the next cl, ch3, dc in the next ch3 from R4, fpsc around the next fpdc…repeat, join with a slst

[39fpsc, 26dc, 26ch3]

Round 7

fpsc around any fpsc from the previous round, [4hdc in the next ch3sp], ch2, [4hdc in the next ch3sp], fpsc around the next fpsc…repeat, join with a slst

[13fpsc, 104hdc, 13ch2]

Round 8

bpdc around any fpsc from the previous round, ch6, bpdc around the next fpsc…repeat, join with a slst

[13bpdc, 13ch6]

Round 9

standing dc in any bpdc, [7dc in the next ch6sp], dc in the next bpdc…repeat, join with a slst

[104dc]

Round 10

bphdc around dc made in any bpdc from the previous round, bphdc around each of the next dc, tr in ch2sp from R7, [sk the next dc], bphsc around each of the next 7dc, tr in ch2sp from R7, [sk next dc] …repeat, join with a slst

[91bphdc, 13tr]

Round 11

standing sc in any tr from the previous round, ch3, [sk the next 3st], [pop, ch4, pop in the next st], ch3, [sk the next 3st], sc in the next st, hdc in each of the next 2st, dc, ch3, [sk the next 3st], dc in each of the next 2st, ch1, dc in each of the next 2st, ch3, [sk the next 3st], dc, hdc in each of the next 2st, sc, ch3, [sk the next 3st], [pop, ch4, pop in the next st], ch3, [sk the next 3 st], sc in the next st…repeat, join with a slst

[16hdc, 24dc, 16ch3, 8sc, 4ch1, 4ch4, 8pop]

Round 12

bpdc around any dc after the 2hdc section, [3dc in the ch3sp], bpdc in each of the next 2dc, [3dc in the next ch3sp], bpdc around the next dc, [sk the next 2 hdc, sc], ch3, pop in the next ch3sp, ch2, fpdc around pop from the previous round, ch2, [pop, ch3, pop in the ch4sp], ch2, fpdc around the next pop, ch2, pop in the next ch3sp, ch3, [sk sc, 2hdc], bpdc around the next dc…repeat, join with a slst

[20pop, 16ch2, 12ch3, 8fpdc, 24bpdc, 24dc]

Round 13

fphdc around any pop made in ch1sp, h], fphdc around the next pop, [2hdc, ch2, 2hdc in the ch3sp], dc in each of the next 6st, [3hdc in the next ch3sp], fphdc around the next pop, [2hdc in the next ch2sp], fphdc around the next fpdc, [2hdc in the next ch2sp], fphdc around the next pop, [2hdc in the next ch2sp], fphdc around the next fpdc, [2hdc in the next ch2sp], fphdc around the next pop, [3hdc in the next ch3sp], hdc in each of the next 6st, fphdc around the next pop…repeat, join with a slst

[120hdc, 4ch2, 28fphdc]

This is a free pattern designed by Tally’s Crafts. You may use the photos as long as you credit me and link to my website https://www.tallyscrafts.com/ or Instagram @tallyscrafts. You are not allowed to post the pattern and the photos as your own.