Crochet square

Keywords :

Carré de crochet

Learn how to crochet tiny colourful squares which can be turned into many different creations. Soft wool or fine crisp cotton, they become fresh petals in myriads of colours which you can assemble as you wish. Makes for a very relaxing hobby too!

Supplies

Tools

A size 5 crochet
Aiguille à laine

Materials

Laine à double fil

Directions

Do a slip knot in your chosen colour.

Crochet 4 chain stitches.

Put your hook through the chain you have just made.

Wrap your yarn around the hook, pull the yarn back through the chain your hook is going through as well as the loop on the hook.

You have joined the two ends of the chain with a slip stictch to create a circle.

Work trebles into the space in the middle of the circle.

Make four more chain stitches.

Wrap the yarn around your hook and insert the hook through the middle of the circle.

Wrap the yarn round the hook then pull it back through the space created by the circle of chains.

We are left with three loops on our hook.

Let's wrap the yarn around the hook again and pull the yarn back through two loops on our hook.

We now have two hoops on our hook.

Let's wrap the yarn around our hook again and pull the yarn back through the remaining two loops on the hook.

We have now created a treble.

Let's now make two more trebles into the middle of the circle.

We should add two chain stitches.

Let's make three trebles into the space in the middle of the circle below then two chain stitches.

Let's make three more trebles into the space below then two chains.

Now let's make two trebles only.

Let's cut the yarn and leaving a tail around 10 to 15 cm.

Now we should pull the cut end of the yarn back through the loop.

The cut end of the yarn is completely pulled back through.

Thread this bit of yarn on to a needle.

Taking the needle threaded with yarn, let's count three chains in the next treble. we should pull the needle through that chain. The square should look like this.

Let's join everything up, taking our needle back and through the chain we pulled it out of.

This is what our crochet square should look like.

Pull the yarn to tighten the loop just created (not too tight) making sure the tension is the same as in the other stitches around the edge of the square.