I am such a sucker for these little Daisy floral granny squares! I saw these colors sitting next to each other in my stash, and just KNEW I had to make something. This color purple has been my absolute favorite lately. It’s the grey-toned dark lavender? I absolutely love it! Having colors inspire a project is my favorite way to get inspired.
I’ve always wanted to try “join as you go” for granny squares, but I’ve always been nervous about the gaps. It makes me nervous to have so many pieces held together by mear slip stitches, so I wanted to try something so that the gaps in the fabric wouldn’t matter so much. Although this method is so fun, I may have to risk it for another project!
The flowers on their own are so adorable. The fun part of this project is that it can truly be “make as you go.” As a scrap-buster project, I didn’t have much of the black yarn left, so I was nervous I would be able to make enough flower pieces for the length of the project. I didn’t make this project in stages. The instructions say to make all the flower pieces first, but you don’t have to. I only made a couple flowers at a time and joined them with the purple yarn as I made them to ensure I had enough black yarn. I ended up using almost every inch, which was very satisfying!
The “join as you go” method took a bit to figure out, but the link to the YouTube tutorial I used below, was super clear. I would not recommend, however, working on this project late at night, or after a long day! As shown below, I was super tired and ended up making a bunch of hilarious mistakes. The thing I love most about crochet however is that it doesn’t take too long, so needed to redo a bit isn’t too time-consuming!
Some variations I might suggest: if you’re not into cowl scarves, don’t connect the beginning and the end, and leave it open. To add a bit of flair; I would suggest some tassels or fringe on each end! Also, since you can literally “join as you go”, this scarf can be any length you want. I’d love to see what you make with it! Feel free to tag me on Instagram: @grandmaprints
Pattern
Materials:
Any 3 colors worsted weight yarn
5.5 mm crochet hook
Yarn Needle
Scissors
Legend:
ch: Chain
dc: Double Crochet
sl st: Slip Stitch
tr: Triple Crochet
BLO: Back Loop Only
Notes:
Gauge does not matter for pattern, but I would recommend using about the same weight yarn for each color
Scarf is made lengthwise and joined at the end
Scarf is worked by making each flower individually and then using join as you go method to combine them
For a longer scarf, create more flowers in any even number, you can also literally join as you go to test out the length of the scarf as you’re making it.
Instructions:
“Midnight Ruffles” flowers: Make 20
Round 1: In color 1- Ch 3, in 3rd ch from hook: 12dc, sl st in 1st dc to join & bind off [12st]
Round 2: In color 2- ch 2, 2 dc, sl st ch st to last dc *ch 3, 3 dc, sl st in first st after ch to last dc* rep til end, ch 3, sl st to join & fasten off [12 clusters]
Bind off, weave in ends (seriously, do it now)
Use join as you go to connect the flowers & create the granny square border:
Hooked by Robin has an excellent YouTube video that shows how to join the squares. I highly recommend watching the video and then coming back to this. I will share my variation to make it work with this project:
The only difference is in the corners. You’ll join at any point in the 3ch space of the flower, and begin with half the corner as follows: in ch 3 space: ch 3, 2tr, ch 1.
Moving onto the side of the square: in next ch 3 sp: [3dc, ch 1] repeat “[ ]” in next ch 1 space
Then, you’ll do a full corner: all in ch 3 space: 3 tr, ch 3, 3 tr, ch 1
Repeat each “row” with the double crochet clusters, and each “corner” with the tr clusters.
Otherwise, you’ll follow the join-as-you-go method as shown in the video.
When you get to the end, you’ll need to join the beginning of the scarf to the end
Turn work inside out, so the wrong side is facing you
Work BLO SC stitches along the beginning and end of the work. In chain 1 spaces yarn over each space on each sides of the work to mimic the yarn overs in the join as you go method pattern
Bind off, and weave in ends!
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