Solid Double Crochet Granny Square

Hey everyone. It is Matthew of Mister Domestic to share with you another awesome and exciting crochet tutorial. On how to make a solid double crochet granny square. The traditional one has gaps in between that expand and look glorious, but sometimes you're looking for a solid situation and this solid double crochet granny square block is exactly what you're looking for. So stick around in this lesson and I look forward to sharing all of my tips and tricks on how to create this amazing block. So with the solid granny square, I'm gonna start with a magic ring, like so. Insert my hook, get the working yarn and twist it. And now I'm going to chain three, one, two, three and that counts as the first double crochet. And now inside this magic ring I'm going to do 11 double crochets. One, two, three four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10, and 11. Woo hoo! And now to close up the magic ring I'm going to isolate that tail so it doesn't get tangled, and then pull it tight. And now I am going to slip stitch into the top of that first chain three, right here. So it's the third chain and slip stitch. And ta-da, now I've got the base for the solid granny square. Next, I'm going to chain five to get it started, one two, three, four, five. And right now I am working on that first corner. And to get this started I'm going to do a treble crochet or triple crochet which is over twice insert in that same stitch yarn over, pull through, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two. Yarn over pull through two. And that is how we're gonna do every corner. Every corner, regardless of how many levels you go is going to have treble crochet, treble crochet with two in between. And so next, I'm going to put two double crochets in the next stitch. One, two. And then two and the one after that. One, two. The next stitch is going to begin the next corner. So this is going to be a treble crochet, one, two. These are so fun to me. Insert into that stitch, yarn over pull through, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two. Now I'm gonna chain two to round that corner. One, two. And one more treble crochet in that same stitch. Insert hook, yarn over pull through, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two and this is now the second corner and I'm going to continue this pattern of having two double crochet, two double crochet, then the treble crochet corner, all the way around. And then that final stitch, two double crochets. And now I am just going to insert into here and slip stitch. I'm not gonna try and put it in one of those loops. It's all gonna even out in the end. Slip stitch. And now we have the base for our solid granny square. I'm gonna go ahead and do one more round just so you can see. And this one starts out the same as the previous one. We're gonna chain five. One, two, three, and four, five. And I'm going to put another treble crocheting in that space. Yarn over pull through, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two, yarn over pull through two. And now in the very next stitch I am going to do two double crochets, which is the top of this treble crochet. Bring it here, one double, two double, and then I'm going to do double crochet double crochet, double crochet, double crochet. So one in each stitch. And now this last stitch right here, I'm going to put two. So one double crochet, two double crochets. And now in this space right here I'm going to do a treble crochet. Chain two, and one more treble crochet in that space. Now I'm going to continue the same pattern that I did here in each of the remaining three sides with the next stitch having to double crochets and I'll continue the pattern. Now in this final remaining stitch, I'm going to do two double crochets, and then slip stitch in this space. Now this is what three rounds of a solid granny square will look like. Ooh la-la, you can make this as big or as small as you'd like to your own desires. So now all I've left to do is test at the end, pull this through. To determined whether I'm gonna weave in the end or use it to sell some blocks together in the future. But now we've got ourselves a solid granny square. So now that you have been given the skills with just a chain stitch, double crochet and a hook, and a skein of yarn. You can create this solid double crochet granny square. You can make it as large, as small as you want. Do multiple squares, one large gigantic square for the entire blanket. The options are endless. So on that note, keeping positive, Mister Domestic out.