Daisy Granny Square pattern

Hello Lovelies,
 thank you all so much for your wonderful "Yorkshire" comments. I'm so glad you enjoyed sharing my pictures :0)
Here is a photo tutorial of my latest square .Quite a few you you lovelies seemed to like it . I expect there are similar patterns already in existence , but this is my own creation and thought  you might like to try it .....

It's a simple pattern . The only part you may find tricky is the puff stitch . Don't worry if you are not familiar with how to do these as I've taken lots of pictures to help you master it. There may be other ways to do this stitch but I'll show you my way ...hope that's ok :0)


The pattern is written in U.S. terms. I have used stylecraft special double knitting yarn and a 4mm hook but you could use any yarn of your choice with the recommended hook size. Gauge is not important.
Stitches used and abbreviations
ch = chain
s.c. = single crochet
d.c. = double crochet


using yellow yarn.......... begin by chaining 4 and slip stitch in first ch to join to form a ring...........

ch 1 ........

and work  7 sc into ring, the space you want is the bottom space in the picture above  ............

I crochet over the loose end as I make my sc stitches , that way you can pull the centre tighter with it if you want

slip stitch into first sc to join and fasten off.........

NOTE the next part will seem rather tricky if you are not used to making puff stitches. You have quite a few loose loops on your hook and you will end up dropping some occasionally .....I still do....when this happens I just start that stitch again.Try to keep an upwards tension with your hook between loops to help them stay in place and not get too small. It just takes a bit of practice so don't give up :0)

using white yarn ........ join into any sc and make a puff stitch like this..........

I always join a new colour by attaching the yarn to my hook . In this case I insert my hook from back to front..

yarn over hook 

pull through sc and yarn on hook and draw up a loop of about 1.5 cm length........

yarn over and insert hook through the same sc, this time I insert my hook from the front to the back...

yarn over and pull  back through sc ....

3 loops on hook

repeat previous step...yarn over , insert hook in same sc,yarn over and pull back through sc...

5 loops on hook

 last time now .... yarn over insert hook from front to back of same sc, yarn over and pull through...

7 loops on hook

NOTE if you would like a puffier puff you can add another 2 loops at this stage  i.e. a 4th yarn over, insert hook,yarn over , pull through ( 9 loops on hook ! )  Try both and see which you prefer :0)

to finish of the puff simply yarn over and draw through all 7  (9) loops.........

And for this pattern chain 3 .......

Repeat the puff stitches around...1 in each sc.........

once you have made eight puff stitches chain 3 and slip stitch into top of first puff to join, fasten off........

Whew, that's the tricky bit over !

Join the next colour of your choice into any 3 chain space and chain 3 ( counts as first dc ).........

work 2 dc,chain 2 , 3 dc into same three chain space.......

forms the first corner

I do not put chains between my granny square clusters so into the next 3 chain space work 3 dc....

then it's the second corner, made like this .......3 dc , 2 chain , 3 dc........

repeat around and slip stitch into beginning chain 3 .........

You could fasten off at this stage and join a new colour but I carried on with a further round in the same colour. Make it in the same way as first granny round , just with extra side clusters ........

At the moment I'm making lots of centers so I can get all the trickiness out of the way :0)......

My squares are going to make a baby blanket to go in my shop. These seem to be my favourite projects of 2012 . You could easily use them for any project that calls for granny squares...and as we know there are so many possibilities........Enjoy :0)

Please let me know if anything is unclear and I'll try to help .
Jacquie x