Acorn Granny Square 1

Join me for this fall inspired tutorial where I teach you how I made this acorn granny square version 1. I fondly call him chub acorn.

Last year, for Granny Square day, we crocheted the pumpkin granny square. Ever since releasing that pattern I’ve felt the urge to create more themed granny squares. Themed Granny squares are by no means a new invention, Raffamusa designs has been creating these beauties for a while, but I always think it’s fascinating how people can approach a design quite differently.

Yarn and construction

To make this acorn granny square version 1 we are going to need 3 colors, 2 for the acorn motif and then a border color for our granny rounds.

This square is divided into 3 parts. First, we crochet the acorn motif body. Then we add the cap, this completes the motif. After completing the motif we do a border round and then start our granny square rounds. I promise it’s simple. Bonus, you can just make the acorn motif and use it as part of a woodland garland.

How to crochet the Acorn Granny Square 1

Materials:

• yarn in 3 colors – I used worsted weight cotton yarn (Sugar and Cream
• hook to go with it – I used a 5mm Tulip Hook

Size:

4.75″ x 4.75″ square without blocking with the above mentioned yarn and hook.

Abbreviations – US terms

• ch – chain
• sc – single crochet
• sc2inc – single crochet increase
• sc2dec – single crochet decrease
• sk – skip
• sl st – slip stitch
• Granny stitch – 3 dc in the same space
• Granny Corner – granny stitch, ch2, granny stitch all in the same space
• Modified corner – 2 ext-dc, ch2, 2 ext- dc all in the same space
• ext dc – extended double crochet – YO, insert your hook into the st, YO pull up a loop, YO pull through 1 loop on the hook, YO pull through 2 loops, YO pull through 2 loops
• stacked single crochet – make a single crochet, insert your hook into the left leg of the single crochet, YO and pull up a loop, YO pull through 2 loops. This is an alternate to a ch3 and stands in for a beg double crochet stitch

Notes:

• ch 1 at the beg of the round doesn’t count as a stitch
• bold numbers at the end of a row indicate stitch counts

Acorn Motif Body

1. Ch2, sc in the 2nd ch from hook, ch1 and turn.
2. 6sc into the sc, ch1 and turn. 6
3. Sc, sc2inc, sc until 2 sts remain, sc2inc, sc, ch1 and turn. 8
4. Repeat step 3. 10 
5. Sc in each st, ch1 and turn for 2 rows. 10
6. Sc in each st, complete the last st of this row with color 2 for the acorn cap and then ch1 and turn. We carry color 1 for 1 row and leave a long tail (14” in the brown color)

Acorn Cap – Color 2

1. Carry color 1 in the back for this first row.Sc, ch1, sc in first st, sc in each st until 1 st remains, sc, ch1, sc in this last st. 12
2. Sc in each st skipping the ch1 spaces, ch1 and turn. 12
3. Sc2dec, sc until 2 sts from the end of the row, sc2dec, ch1 and turn. 10
4. Sc2dec x 2, 2sc, sc2dec x 2, ch1 and turn. 6

Slip st border – With a 5.5mm hook, work 27 sl sts switching colors to match the cap and body

Granny Square rounds

Note:

• Work these rounds with a 5mm crochet hook.
• for the first granny square round we are working into the sl sts at the back of the acorn motif.

• Starting in the top middle of the acorn with brown yarn, ch3 and work 2dc in this same sl st, after working the 2nd slip st ch1, switch to the border color (white in my case) and ch1, sk2 work a granny corner, ch1, sk 2, granny st, ch1 sk2, granny st, ch2, granny st in the next st (counts as a corner), ch1, sk2, granny st, ch1, sk2, granny corner, ch1, sk2, granny corner, sk2, sc to the top of the ch3 to close the round.

• In the space created by the sc join, stacked sc, *ch1, granny st in the ch1 spaces, ch1, modified corner (see notes) in ch2 spaces; rep from * until you complete the last corner, ch1, 2 dc in the beg sc space

This completes what I fondly call the chubby acorn square, I’m also going to be putting up instructions for a more defined acorn motif granny square. For that one, tune in next week!