Today, I’m sharing a pattern for a 12″ (30.5 cm) crochet granny square. The Minerva Granny Square has a center set on point.
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Minerva Granny Square
Crochet Granny Square Pattern by Underground Crafter
Minerva is a 12″ (30.5 cm) granny square with a center set on point.
Finished Size
- 12” (30.5 cm) square.
Materials
- Caron One Pound yarn (available online at Herschnerrs | Mary Maxim | Amazon) (100% acrylic, 16 oz/454 g/812 yd/742 m) – 1 skein each in 02005 Sun Yellow (CA), 10517 Rose (CB), and 10620 Grass Green, or approximately 52 yd (47.5 m) in CA, 60 yd (55 m) in CB, and 41 yd (37.5 m) in CC in any medium weight yarn.
- US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
- Yarn needle.
- I used the Ctcwsh ergonomic crochet hook set with stitch markers and yarn needles for my version.
Gauge
- Through Rnd 6 in pattern = 5” (13 cm) square. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.
Abbreviations Used in This Pattern
- BL – back loop only – Fiber Flux has a helpful video tutorial for identifying the back loop in crochet here.
- bob – 5-repeat bobble – [Yo, insert hook into st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops] 5 times in the same st, yo and draw through all 6 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video for the bobble above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- CA – Color A
- CB – Color B
- CC – Color C
- CD – Color D
- ch – chain
- cl – 2-dc cluster – [Yo, insert hook in same st, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops] twice, yo and draw through all 3 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video for the cluster above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- dc – double crochet
- FPsc – front post single crochet – Insert hook from front around back to front of st in previous round, yo and draw up a loop, yo and draw through 2 loops. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video for the FPsc above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- pf – 3-repeat puff – [Yo, insert hook into st, yo and draw up a loop] 3 times in same st, yo and draw through all 7 loops on hook. A helpful video tutorial for this stitch is available below.
- If you can’t see the video for the puff stitch above, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- Rnd(s) – Round(s)
- RS – right (front) side
- sc – single crochet
- sl st – slip stitch
- sp – space
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- WS – wrong (back) side
- yo – yarn over
- * Repeat instructions after asterisk as indicated.
- [] Repeat instructions between brackets as indicated.
- () Work instructions between parentheses into same stitch or space.
Pattern Notes
- Ch 1 at start and sl st at end of Rounds DO NOT count as stitches.
- There are many ways to crochet into chain spaces. In this pattern, I use the first method shown in the video below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating crocheting into chain spaces, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
- A helpful video tutorial demonstrating how to single crochet around the side of your project is available below.
- If you can’t see the video above demonstrating working around the side of a project, click HERE to watch it on YouTube.
Pattern Instructions
Motif
Center Square
- With CA, ch 4, skip first 3 ch, join with sl st to next ch to form ring.
- Rnd 1: (RS) Ch 1, [3 dc in ring, ch 2] 4 times, join with sl st to first dc, fasten off CA. (3 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 2: Join CB on WS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, bob in same sp, *sc in next 3 sts,** (bob, ch 2, bob) in ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, bob in first ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first bob. (5 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 3: Turn to RS, ch 1, sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc around bob, *2 sc in next st, sc in next st, 2 sc in next st,** (FPsc around bob, sc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc around bob); repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, FPsc around bob, sc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc, fasten off CB. (9 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 4: Join CA on WS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, bob in same sp, *sc in next 9 sts,** (bob, ch 2, bob) in ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, bob in ch-2 sp, ch 1, join with sc (counts as second ch in ch-2 sp) to first bob. (11 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 5: Turn to RS, ch 1, sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc around bob, *sc in next 9 sts,** (FPsc around bob, sc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, sc in ch-2 sp, FPsc around bob); repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, FPsc around bob, sc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc, fasten off CA. (13 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 6: Join CC on RS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, *dc in next 13 sts,** (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first dc, fasten off CC. (15 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
Corner Triangles
- Row 1: Join CA on RS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, dc in same sp, ch 1, skip 3 sts, [3 dc in next st, ch 1, skip 3 sts] 3 times, dc in next ch-2 sp, skip remaining stitches. (15 sts)
- Row 2: Turn to WS, ch 1, sl st in first dc and ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in same sp, [ch 1, skip 3 sts, 3 dc in ch-1 sp] twice, ch 1, skip 3 sts, dc in ch-1 sp. (11 sts)
- Row 3: Turn to RS, ch 1, sl st in first dc and ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in same sp, ch 1, skip 3 sts, 3 dc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip 3 sts, dc in ch-1 sp. (7 sts)
- Row 4: Turn to WS, ch 1, sl st in first dc and ch-1 sp, ch 1, dc in same sp, ch 1, skip 3 sts, dc in ch-1 sp, fasten off CA. (3 sts)
- Repeat Rows 1-4 on remaining sides. Do not fasten off CA on final repeat.
Border Rounds
- Rnd 7: See Pattern Notes for a helpful tutorial for crocheting around the side of your project. Turn to RS, ch 1, sc in last st from previous row, sc in next ch-1 sp, [2 sc in side of next row] 3 times across to next side, *[2 sc in side of next row] 4 times, ch 2,** turn to work along next side, [2 sc in side of next row] 4 times; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, join with sl st to first sc, fasten off CA. (16 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 8: Join CB on RS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in same ch-2 sp, *cl in next 16 sts,** (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 3 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first dc, fasten off CB. (22 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 9: Join CC on RS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, *[ch 1, skip 1 st, pf in next st] across, ch 1,** (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 2 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first dc, fasten off CC. (27 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 10: Join CA on RS with sl st to any ch-2 sp, ch 1, 3 dc in same ch-2 sp, *pf in next st, ch 1, skip 1 st, [pf in ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip 1 st] across to last st, pf in next st,** (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 3 dc in first ch-2 sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first dc, fasten off CA. (33 sts/side + 4 ch-2 sp)
- Rnd 11: Join CB on RS with sl st to first st after any ch-2 sp, ch 1, starting in same st *dc in next 4 sts, [dc in ch-1 sp, dc in next st] across to last 3 sts, dc in next 3 sts, ch 3, skip next ch-2 sp; repeat from * around, join with sl st to first dc, fasten off CB. (33 sts/side + 4 ch-3 sp)
- Rnd 12: Join CC on RS with sl st to any ch-3 sp, ch 1, 2 sc in same sp, [scBL in next 33 sts],** (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc) in ch-3 sp; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, 2 sc in first sp, ch 2, join with sl st to first sc, fasten off CC.
Finishing
- With yarn needle, weave in yarn tails on WS of square.