What is #MG? #MG means Modern Granny. If you have been following The Crochet Crowd for a while, you will have noticed the term Modern Granny has popped up almost daily. It's a trending granny afghan stitch look. This term was created by our very own Jeanne in 2016 when she created an afghan and...
Granny Crochet Stitch Patterns
Patterns that feature the iconic granny stitch patterns. From blankets, clothing and home decor.
Crochet Modern Granny Hat
Crochet Modern Granny Hat #MG Hook up my Modern Granny #MG Hat and be warm and trending! I used less than half a cake of Caron Sprinkle Cakes for this hat, but it would look great with Caron Tea Cakes and Caron Chunky Cakes. When I was scrolling through the fabulous pictures on The Crochet Crowd...
Rib Stitch Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Rib Stitch Granny Square Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download my...
Single Crochet Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Single Crochet Granny Square Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. https://thecrochetcrowd.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Crocodile-Stitch-Granny-Border.pdf Download...
Picture Frame Granny Border Pattern + Tutorial
Picture Frame Granny Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download my free...
Crochet Loopy Dots Blanket
Crochet Loopy Dots Blanket The Crochet Loopy Dots Blanket combines Bernat Blanket and Bernat Velvet together. This provides extra texture. The loopy dots shown are added to the blanket at the end of the project. You will sew them into position. The free pattern includes the suggested placement for the loopy dots for your new...
Crochet Bernat Bundle Denim Blanket
Crochet Bernat Bundle Denim Blanket Soft, cozy and easy to crochet is the Bernat Home Bundle Granny Blanket featuring Bernat Home Bundle Yarn. Showcased in Cream Denim Blue exclusively available at Jo-Ann. This plush and warm blanket is ideal for those cool evenings. Playfully coloured by the unique changes of 5 colours and textures throughout...
Crocodile Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Crocodile Around the Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Instructions Granny Square...
Bold Is Better Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Bold is Better Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download my free...
Crochet Crabby Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Crabby Granny Square Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download my free...
Birthday Cake Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Birthday Cake Granny Square Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. I have...
Double Crochet Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Double Crochet Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Get the free download...
Crochet Frills Granny Border Pattern + Tutorial
All About the Frills Granny Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download...
Brick Block Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
Brick Block Granny Square Border The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download my...
Big Loopy Granny Square Border Pattern + Tutorial
The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square. Download the free instructions to make this...
Crochet Modern Granny Kitchen Set
Crochet Modern Granny #MG Kitchen Set Have you heard yet about our Crochet Instant Pot Challenge? There are some really amazing entries so far, but I thought I'd come up with something a bit more simple if anyone would like to give it a try. I have also crocheted a matching Hot Pad Coaster to...
Crochet Lenox Lacy Afghan Pattern
Crochet Lenox Lacy Afghan The Crochet Lenox Afghan is an open lacy afghan featuring Caron Simply Soft. Using 4 mm / G Hook, it's described an intermediate level crochet project. For our Stitch-cation back a few years ago, I used all of the motifs in this blanket combined with the Crochet Tucson Afghan to have...
Crochet Tucson Afghan Pattern
Crochet Tucson Afghan The Crochet Tucson Afghan is an open work lacey type project. With large octagons with connectors that bring them together as a solid piece. This is a great scrapghan project and maybe a bit of a challenge for some of you. I used these motifs in relation to the Lenox afghan to...
Crochet Sporty Poncho Pattern
Crochet Sporty Poncho If your someone who is a proud Hockey mom, or someone who loves going to football games, it's that time, support your favourite team wearing this fun Crochet Sporty Poncho. It's practical with keeping you warm but fun sporting those team colours. Designed by Selena Baco made with Red Heart Team Spirit,...
Crochet Snood Pattern
Crochet Snood This Crochet Snood is so pretty as well as versatile it's defiantly going on my todo list. If you love the granny stitch like I do you'll love making up this Crochet Snood made with the very soft Australian Superfine Merino by Cleckheaton. If you don't have access to that particular yarn feel...
Easy Baby Crochet Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Easy Baby Blanket Crochet this easy 42" square baby granny square blanket using Bernat Pipsqueak Yarn. This is the Crochet Easy Baby Blanket. Our assistant, Colleen, loves to make baby blankets for anyone in her life whether it's for family, friends or even co-workers when she learns someone is having a baby. It's her GO...
Crochet Roseanne's Iconic Afghan Pattern
Roseanne's Back and So Is Her Iconic Afghan Whether you love Roseanne Barr or not, she's back on TV. Roseanne hit the airwaves when I was a kid as I went into high school. I've had plenty of laughs as a kid but also life lessons through her show. It was also this show that...
Blocking Your Crochet Project + Tutorial
How to Block Your Crochet Project Some crochet projects after your complete them need to be blocked, meaning forced to take their proper shape with the help of water or steam. Manufacturers apply steam to the yarn as the final process to get it to puff up before balling it. It provides the thickness and...
Crochet Diamond Granny Afghan Pattern
Crochet Diamond Granny Afghan Don't you just love those blue tones for the Crochet Diamond Granny Afghan! The colour jumps off the afghan with a modern look. I love it, a lot! The pattern includes a full granny square, ½ granny square and ¼ granny square. Those are all needed to ensure the afghan stays...
Crochet Candy Baby Blanket Pattern + Tutorial
Crochet Coconut Candy Baby Blanket Using thick yarn by Bernat Pipsqueak Yarn, Mikey came up with a really soft baby blanket. The blanket doesn't sit flat so that there's more blanket to wrap around the baby without having the blanket is huge. This is a very quick and easy project too. There is also a...
Crochet Candy Store Hats for Kids Pattern
Crochet Hat for Kids If you are like me and prefer not to change yarn colours and let the yarn do the work to make a hat, then this yarn is just for you! This is the Granny Stripes Hat designed for two age categories. Ages 2 - 4 years old and 6 - 8...
Crochet Colourful Granny Squares Blanket Pattern
Colourful Granny Squares Blanket Some of you may have seen this super pretty Crochet Granny Squares Blanket pattern, on tare away pads when picking yourself a Caron Cotton Cake or two. For the rest of us who haven't seen this yet, Yay! Granny Square's are one of my favourite patterns to play with, you can...
Crochet Bold Blues Afghan Pattern
Crochet Bold Blues Afghan Boldly go blue, were no blue has gone before! Introducing the Bold Blues Granny Afghan. This afghan has multiple sizes of granny squares that are puzzled together. Whether blue is your colour or not, this is a neat idea to play with colours that you love. You could make a scrapghan...
Crochet Radiant Afghan Pattern + Tutorial
Granny with Radiant Stripes Afghan The Granny with Radiant Stripes Afghan is pretty straight forward of doing 1 granny square and then having a chevron ripple extending from two sides of the granny going in one direction. The other two sides have the chevron ripple going in the other direction. Other Cruise Charity Projects We've...
Mixing Crochet Borders & More
Mixing Crochet Borders Have you ever got to a crochet border and found yourself rushing to finish that you put a very simple, almost really not a border at all on your afghan just to say you are finished? If the answer is YES, you are in my same life boat. I'm exactly that same...
Baby Sugar Pop Afghan Pattern
Sugar Pop Baby's First Afghan Another very soft yarn by Bernat using the Bernat Baby Coordinates Yarn. The yarn glistens and is perfect for a new baby. It's easy to crochet with and provides and outstanding final presentation. The afghan will measure about 39" square when completed. by Michael Sellick - The Crochet Crowd ©2012...
How To Crochet Pandora's Box Blanket + Tutorial
Crochet Pandora's Box Blanket The Crochet Pandora's Box Blanket by Mikey is an easy to follow pattern that is using the very best of Caron Big Cakes Yarn. Using 4 balls will create square blanket to be about 50" square. For this project, I used the interior of the Caron Big Cakes Ball for the...
Crochet Marled Modern Granny Afghan
Crochet Marled Modern Granny Afghan Mikey challenged me to crochet a marled afghan, so I went straight to my favourite go-to pattern to create this super easy Marled Modern Granny Afghan. While holding 2 strands of the Caron Chunky Cakes together, this lovely piece went really fast. I used 8 Cakes to crochet this 52"...
Crochet Mitered Modern Baby Blanket
Crochet Triple Mitered Modern Granny Baby Blanket I love projects that are easy to take along with you and these ones really fits that category. This Crochet Triple Mitered Modern Granny Baby Blanket is worked in 3 separate panels using the Mitered Modern Granny technique, then is quickly single crocheted together. I made this quick...
Add Fleece to Crochet Project
How to Attach An Existing Crochet Project to Fleece If you had intentions of matching a crochet project to the fleece for a backing. In previous articles, I have shown you how to measure and cut the fleece already. I have also shown you how to do the first round of the fleece to prepare...
Crochet Hexagon Quilt Blanket Pattern
Crochet Hugs & Kisses Hexagon Quilt Blanket It's true, I love Caron Big Cakes the most! I cannot get enough of them. This particular colorway, Cherry Cake, was really calling to me. I finally figured out why. When I was a child, I had a handmade quilt with the same colours, all bordered in white. ...
Crochet #MG Modern Granny Bag Pattern
Crochet #MG Modern Granny Bag Introducing the #MG Modern Granny Bag, another fabulous design by our Jeanne Steinhilber. This bag consists of 3 Modern Grannies that are attached together to strategically to form the base. With an easy to form handle for the person on the go. Made using Lily Sugar'n Cream. This design is...
Crochet Hexagon Rainbow Newborn Blanket
Crochet Hexagon Rainbow Newborn Blanket This lovely crochet Hexagon Rainbow Newborn Blanket pattern was given to me by one of our community members, Vicki Brandt. This pattern could be used in many different color combinations to match any nursery. I chose the rainbow theme because I was in need of a blanket for a Rainbow...
Crochet Latte Lapghan + Tutorial
Crochet Latte Lapghan Have you tried the new Caron Latte Cakes yet? It's a really soft yarn and the colors are very gentle. I decided the Persimmon Blue Cakes I picked up would make a really nice comfort Crochet Latte Lapghan for a friend of mine in need of some love. This is really just...
Crochet Flower Patch Granny Blanket Pattern
Crochet Flower Patch Granny Blanket The Crochet Flower Patch Baby Granny Blanket is inspired by flat and raised granny squares. The flower squares are slightly raised and strategically placed. The layout is completely up to you as you can come up with so many unique combinations. More Ideas Crochet Breaking Waves Afghan Christmas Cocoa Mug...