How to Crochet an Easy Wobbly Square Tutorial

How to Crochet a Wobbly Square! 

Are you look­ing to cro­chet a wob­bly square with a heart motif for Valen­tine’s Day or your next cro­chet project? This free pat­tern will guide you through cre­at­ing your heart squares with com­pre­hen­sive instruc­tions and instruc­tion­al videos for var­i­ous skill lev­els. In this tuto­r­i­al, we’ll explore a cro­chet heart granny square design, also known as the hon­est heart, to add a touch of love to your Afghan squares col­lec­tion. With a mag­ic ring, col­or changes, and var­i­ous cro­chet stitch­es, you’ll mas­ter the art of cre­at­ing these charm­ing heart squares.

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- **Mate­ri­als Need­ed:**
- **Yarn**: Worsted weight yarn in your favorite col­ors (e.g., Scheep­jes Stonewashed XL, Style­craft Spe­cial DK)
- **Cro­chet Hook**: Choose the appro­pri­ate hook size accord­ing to your yarn’s ball band rec­om­men­da­tions and pref­er­ence.
- **Tapes­try Nee­dle**: Used for weav­ing in ends and any trick­i­er stitch­es.
- **Scis­sors**: Essen­tial for cut­ting yarn.- **Spe­cial Stitch­es:**
- **Mag­ic Ring**: Start your square pat­tern with a mag­ic ring, which allows for a seam­less cen­ter of the square.
- **Half Dou­ble Cro­chet**: A ver­sa­tile stitch for var­i­ous cro­chet projects.
- **Dou­ble Cro­chet**: Com­mon­ly used in cro­chet, cre­at­ing a taller stitch.
- **Sin­gle Cro­chet**: A basic cro­chet stitch.
- **Slip Stitch­es**: Used to join and move between dif­fer­ent sec­tions of your work.

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Hi, I will show you how to make this wob­bly square that you can turn into a blan­ket. It con­sists of two dou­ble cro­chets togeth­er, chain­ing one, and then going around. I’ll show you how to do that for each row.

To get start­ed, I will use an H hook and Red Heart Pur­ple yarn. Cre­ate a mag­ic cir­cle by yarn­ing over, tak­ing your hook, and grab­bing the yarn into the mag­ic cir­cle. If this is your first time, start with chain one—yarn over, chain one into that mag­ic cir­cle, and then yarn over and chain two.

**Round 1:**
For the first round, cro­chet two dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er and chain one. Note that the chain two does not count as a stitch. Yarn over, place your hook into the mag­ic cir­cle and grab the yarn. This is the begin­ning of two dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er. Yarn over, pull through two, and keep two loops on the hook for the dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er. Yarn over, place your hook in the ring, grab the yarn, and con­tin­ue. Repeat this sev­en times.

**Com­plet­ing Round 1:**
Pull through three loops, chain one, and repeat the process five more times. After the eighth, dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er, chain one, pull through two, and then pull through three. Pull the loop to close your ring and slip stitch on top of your first dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er.

**Fin­ish­ing Round 1:**
Leave about a sev­en-inch tail to weave in lat­er. Chain one and pull through, com­plet­ing your first round. In just a moment, I’ll show you how to do the next round, Round 2.

**Round 2:**
To make Round 2, you’ll do a col­or change. Start with a stand­ing dou­ble cro­chet by yarn­ing over twice and going into a chain one space. Work two dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er, chain one. In the same space, start a dou­ble cro­chet, chain one, and work anoth­er dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er to form a cor­ner. Con­tin­ue this pat­tern around the square.

**Com­plet­ing Round 2:**
Make sure you have four cor­ners and dou­ble cro­chets that come togeth­er. Slip stitch on top of the first dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er, and don’t for­get to chain one. This com­pletes Round 2.

**Round 3:**
For Round 3, fas­ten off and leave a sev­en-inch tail. Start with a new col­or and find a chain one space, prefer­ably in the cor­ner. Work a stand­ing dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er and fol­low the pat­tern to com­plete the round.

**Com­plet­ing Round 3:**
Ensure your cor­ners have four stitch­es and dou­ble cro­chets com­ing togeth­er. To fin­ish Round 3, slip stitch on top of the first dou­ble cro­chet togeth­er, chain one cut a sev­en-inch tail, and pull through your loop.

**Expand­ing the Square:**
You can add more rounds to expand the square by increas­ing the num­ber of dou­ble cro­chets in the cor­ners as you go.

**Weav­ing in Ends:**
When you want to weave in your loose ends, use a nee­dle and weave them in on the back­side of your work, then cut off any excess yarn.

**Con­clu­sion:**
This is how you make this kind of square. Thank you for watch­ing, and please sub­scribe!

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