simple star-flower granny square with layered petals in the center and neat rows of colors forming the square. I’ll explain step by step how to make it:
🧶 Materials
- 3 yarn colors (white, teal, brown in your photo)
- Crochet hook (size suitable for yarn, e.g. 4–5 mm)
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
- Optional: bead/pearl for the middle
✨ Step-by-Step Instructions
Round 1: Center
- Make a magic ring.
- Chain 3 (counts as first dc).
- Work 11 double crochets into the ring (12 dc total).
- Join with slip stitch into the top of the starting chain 3.
👉 You have a small round base.
Round 2: White Petals
- Chain 3 (counts as first dc).
- In the same stitch, make 2 more dc (so 3 dc in one stitch).
- Chain 2.
- In the next stitch: make 3 dc.
- Repeat around → (3 dc, ch 2) in each stitch cluster.
- Join with slip stitch.
👉 This creates the flower petal effect in the middle.
Round 3: Forming the Square
- Still with white:
- In the next chain space, work (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) = corner.
- In the next space, work 3 dc = side.
- Repeat around to form a square (4 corners + 4 sides).
- Join with slip stitch.
Round 4: Teal (2nd color)
- Attach teal yarn in any corner space.
- Work (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) into corner.
- In each side space, work 3 dc.
- Continue around, join with slip stitch.
Round 5: Brown (3rd color)
- Attach brown yarn in a corner.
- Repeat (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in corners.
- Along sides: work 3 dc into each gap between clusters.
- Continue around, join with slip stitch.
Round 6: White Border
- Switch to white.
- In each corner: (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc).
- Along sides: 3 dc in each space.
- Join with slip stitch, fasten off, and weave ends.
✨ Optional
- Sew a pearl bead into the center for decoration.
👉 This is a basic granny square with a flower center – very beginner-friendly compared to the colorful starburst one you showed before.