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In today's tutorial, I'll be showing you how to crochet this sunburst granny square using just one solid color. As you can see, it's a really beautiful textured square that has an heirloom vintage quality, which is what I really love about it.
Today, I'll be using this Rowan Summerlite DK cotton yarn in the shade plaster, but feel free to use any yarn you like. Just keep in mind that your hook size should match the yarn that you've selected. I'm going to be using this 3.5 mm crochet hook, which works well with the DK weight yarn. You will also need a pair of scissors to trim your yarn, a yarn needle to sew in your ends, and you may find a stitch marker particularly handy if you're just starting out.
I will assume that you are already reasonably familiar with the basic crochet stitches that are used in this pattern, which are half double crochet, double crochet, and tripreouble crochet. So, I won't take too much time to go over each of these stitches individually, but take your time and feel free to pause and rewind the video whenever you need to. You will also find a free written version of this pattern over on my blog, which is linked in the description box below. And if you enjoy this tutorial, I really would appreciate it if you could give this video a thumbs up. Leave a comment to ask any questions or just to say hi. And subscribe to my channel so you don't miss future tutorials.
All right, gather your supplies, get comfy, and let's get started. Now, we're going to start with a magic ring. So, if you're not familiar with how to make one, I recommend checking out my beginner tutorial on it first, and I'll have that linked in the description box below. If you would prefer, a regular chain four loop will also work just fine.
So, making our magic ring, we're going to chain two. That's one and two. Now, this counts as your first double crochet. Normally, you would chain three here, but I'm chaining two to make this chain stitch a little more inconspicuous and to minimize the gap at the end. Now, this will become clearer later on when we join the round. So, now we're going to go ahead and make another 15 double crochets into the ring. So, yarn over, insert your hook into the ring, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two, and that's your first double crochet of 15. Now, just to make finding this stitch a little easier at the end because we'll be joining into the top of this double crochet we just made, not the chain two. So, you might want to pop a stitch marker into the top of that double crochet stitch. Okay. So, we'll continue on making the double crochets into the ring. So that's two, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. Now, just take a moment to count your stitches here. You should have 16 double crochets in total, including that starting chain two. So that's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. Now pull the yarn tail tight to close the center of the ring. And then to finish the round, we're going to join with a slip stitch into the top of this first double crochet, not the chain two. Insert your hook through the top of that double crochet stitch. Yarn over, pull through. And pull through the loop on your hook. And you can see that the join is neat and seamless without any noticeable gaps or bumps. And that's round one complete.
Now we're going to create those signature petal-like stitches with a round of puff stitch followed by a round of cluster stitch that gives the sunburst granny square its texture. So for round two to begin, we're going to chain one. This doesn't count as a stitch. It just gives us a little height to start the round. Next, we're going to work a puff stitch into this same stitch where we just joined the previous round. Don't worry if you've never made a puff stitch before. I'll walk you through it step by step here. So, yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over again, and pull up a loop about to the height of a double crochet stitch. Now repeat this two more times. Yarn over, insert your hook into the same stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop. Yarn over, insert your hook into the same stitch, yarn over, and pull up a loop. You should now have seven loops on your hook. It's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. Now you're going to yarn over one more time and with your hook pointing down, you're going to gently pull through all seven loops on your hook at once. Then you're going to chain one to secure the puff. And that's your first puff stitch.
Now going to continue around the circle by making one puff stitch in each stitch, remembering to chain one after every puff to secure it. So by the end of the round, you'll have a total of 16 puff stitches, each with a chain one space after it. So, working the second puff stitch, yarn over, insert your hook into the next stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, and repeat one more time. Yarn over, insert your hook into the stitch, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through all seven loops on your hook, and chain one. Now you just want to continue around the circle making a puff stitch with a chain one to secure it in the next 14 stitches. So, pause the video and meet me back at the end so I can show you how to join the round.
Now, I just wanted to come back in here with the last puff stitch just to point out that there is a stitch here. Right there. Sorry. Right there at the base of the chain two. And that's actually where we're going to make our last puff stitch. So, don't miss that one. So this stitch here at the base of the chain two, I'm going to make an our final puff and then chain one. So by the end of round two, you should have 16 puff stitches and 16 chain one spaces. So it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. So to close the round, we're going to slip stitch into this first chain one space, not the top of the puff stitch. So, inserting your hook between the two puffs into the chain one space, yarn over, pull up a loop, and pull through the loop on your hook. And that's round two complete.
So, now with round three, we're going to work a round of cluster stitches. We start by chaining two. One, two. and we're going to be working in the chain one spaces. So, we're going to make a cluster of four double crochet stitches together. So, let me show you how to do that. We yarn over. Insert your hook into the chain one space. Yarn over again and pull up a loop. You'll have three loops on your hook. Yarn over and pull through the first two loops, leaving two loops on your hook. Repeat this three more times. Yarn over, insert into the same chain one space, yarn over, pull up a loop, and pull through the first two, leaving three loops on your hook. Yarn over, insert into the chain one space. Yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through the first two loops only. Now have four loops on your hook. And one more time, yarn over, insert your hook into the chain one space. Yarn over and pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through the first two loops only, which leaves you with five loops on your hook. Now you're going to yarn over and gently pull through all five loops. And then you're going to chain one to secure the cluster. followed by another chain.
So now we're going to continue around the circle by repeating the cluster stitch into each chain one space, remembering to chain one after every cluster to secure it, followed by another chain. So by the end of the round, you'll have a total of 16 cluster stitches, each with a chain two space after it. So, working our next cluster stitch. Yarn over, insert into the next chain one space along, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two. Yarn over, insert into the same chain one space, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two. Yarn over, insert into the chain one space. Yarn over, pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two. And one more time. Yarn over, insert into the chain one space. Yarn over, pull up a loop. Yarn over, pull through two. Yarn over, pull through all five loops on your hook. And then chain one and two. So, if you'd like to repeat that all the way around your circle, meet me back at the end so I can show you how to join the round.
Okay, by the end of round three, you should have a total of 16 cluster stitches, each with a chain two space after it. So, it's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16. To close the round, you're going to work a slip stitch into the first chain two space. So, yarn over and pull through the loop on your hook. And that's round three complete.
So, with round four, we're going to be turning the circle into a square. That's going to start by chaining three. 1, 2, 3. And this is going to count as your first tripouble crochet. In the same space, we're going to work two more tripouble crochets, followed by a chain two, and then three more tripouble crochets. And this is going to create our first corner. So yarning over twice, insert your hook into the first chain two space, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two, yarn over, pull through two. Yarn over, pull through two. And that's your treble crochet. So making another treble. Yarn over twice. Insert your hook into the chain two space. Yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, pull through two. Yarn over, pull through two. Yarn over, pull through two. So including the first chain three, we've got one, 2, three trebles. I'm going to now chain two. 1, 2, and we're going to make three more trebles into the same chain two space. So that's one, two, and three. And that's the first corner made. In the next chain two space, we're going to work three double crochet stitches. So that's one, 2, and three. In the next chain two space, we're going to work three half double crochets. So, yarn over, insert your hook into the chain two space, yarn over, pull up a loop, yarn over, and pull through all three loops on your hook. That's your first half double crochet. And work two more. That's two and three. And then in the next chain two space, we're going to work another set of three double crochets. That's one, 2, and three. Now we're back at a corner space. So in this space, we're going to repeat our three trebles followed by two chains and then three more trebles again. So making our first treble, that's one, 2, and three. followed by two chain and then three more trebles. One, 2, and three. And that's the first side of our square complete.
So, we're going to keep going around the square like this with the sides between corners having three double crochets followed by three half double crochets and then another set of three double crochets. And each corner having three trebles followed by two chains and three more trebles. So working the next side, we're going to work three double crochets into this chain two space. 1, 2, 3. Then we're going to work three half double crochets. 1, 2, and three. And then we're going to work another set of three double crochets. 1, 2, and 3. And that brings us to another corner space. We're going to work three trebles followed by two chain and three more trebles. So working our first treble, our second treble, and our third treble followed by two chains and then three more trebles. One, 2, and three. So, if you'd like to go ahead and make the next two sides and corner, meet me back at the end where I will show you how to make an invisible fastenoff for a seamless look to the top of your square.
So when you reach the beginning again, rather than slip stitching into the top of the chain three to join the round, I like to finish with an invisible fasten off, which gives a more seamless look to the top of the square. So to do this, you'll first need to snip your yarn, leaving about a 15 cm tail, and pull that yarn through your stitch. and threading the yarn onto your tapestry needle. You're going to find the top of your first treble stitch of the round, not the beginning chain three. So there's your chain three, there's your treble, and there's the top of the stitch. You're going to go under the top two loops from front to back with your needle and pull your yarn through. Then next, you're going to go down the center of the last double crochet, which is the same space as your yarn tail is coming out of. going to go back down the center through the back and pull that yarn through. You'll now have a long stitch separating the first treble and the final double crochet. And this long stitch will sit at top of the chain three that began the round and will make a nice top for it to blend in with the rest of the stitches. So, gently tug the tail to pull the stitch tighter, just until it blends with the rest of the stitches. So, just tug it until the stitch size is the same as the ones next to it. You can then flip your work and weave your yarn tail through the stitches on the back of your work. I like to make my way down to one of these cluster stitches like so and then weave it back and forth through one of Nice. You can then go ahead and snip your yarn tail. Grab your yarn needle again. thread on the starting yarn tail and weave that around. Weaving it back and forth a couple of times. to make that nice and secure. And snipping off that tail yarn tail. And that's your solid color sunburst granny square complete.
If you want more defined edges to your granny square, I do recommend blocking it. You can see this is one I have already blocked and it just has much more defined, neater corners and edges, which makes it a lot easier when it comes to sewing them together. Now, you can make a whole stack of these in different colors or keep them all the same. It's totally up to you. They look beautiful on their own as coasters, or you can join them together to make stunning blankets, scarves, bags, loads of different projects. If you'd like to learn my favorite method for joining granny squares, the flat slip stitch join, I've got a separate tutorial for that, too, and you'll find that linked in the description box below. I hope you enjoyed making this with me. If you did, don't forget to like this video, subscribe to my channel, and leave a comment below. Let me know what project you're using your granny squares for. Thanks so much for crocheting along, and I'll see you in the next tutorial. [Music]