Capture nature with the latest craft trend – crochet flower granny squares!
Crochet granny squares have been popular with crafters for decades, but there’s a new trend taking over – flower granny squares!
These floral variants provide all the satisfaction of traditional granny squares, being quick to make, perfect for practising new stitches, easily customised with colour and simple to join together.
Crochet is also a brilliant craft for capturing the natural beauty of flowers. Creating unique shapes and producing 3D effects allows those pretty petals to pop in fibre form.
We’ve rounded up our top flower granny square patterns for you to try, as well as some fun projects that have a floral feel. Try some today and hook up a whole garden of fabulous flowers!
Granny Squares Galore!
If you’re on the lookout for even more squares to mix and match with these fab patterns, we’ve got over 30+ Free granny square patterns for you to try!
Free flower granny square patterns to make today!
1. Daisy granny square
Let’s start simple with this beautiful daisy granny square by Heather C. Gibbs.
Heather designed this fab daisy granny square for us to celebrate Granny Square Day. It’s a great option for your first flower granny square as it’s made using flat simple stitches.
Download the free Daisy granny square pattern
2. Flora Flower granny square
Our next flower granny square is by crochet-extraordinaire Lucy of Attic24. This fabulous free Flora granny square pattern design is again worked flat thanks to some cleverly positioned stitches and is a great pattern for playing with colour.
Lucy has also included handy step-by-step images to help you with the trickier stitches, so even beginners can give it a go!
3. African flower granny square
If you’ve yet to discover the fabulous African flower crochet motifs, then you are in for a treat! The African Flower design was originally published in a South African magazine called Sarie.
This iconic design has become increasingly popular. It’s often made in hexagon or pentagon forms which can be joined together to make 3D shapes.
This African flower granny square pattern has the classic styling and shapes of the original but in a neat granny square version.
4. Puff stitch flower granny square
Want to add a bit of relief to your granny square? Puff stitch is a great technique for adding a squishy texture to your designs in a regular round without adding any additional layers.
Sarah-Jane Hicks designed this special square which combines four mini squares into one using the clever join-as-you-go technique.
Download the free pretty as a puff stitch flower granny square pattern
5. Elloth flower granny square
We instantly fell head over heels for this fabulous flower granny square by Krisztina Matejcsok-Edomer.
The Elloth Flower Granny Square uses relief stitches to make it stand out, with the surrounding circle and flat stitches helping to make the beautiful bloom the main point of focus.
6. The Gratitude Square
Here’s another square that was specially designed for us to celebrate Granny Square Day. The Gratitude Square features a pretty central flower that’s complete with beaded embellishments.
It looks fantastic worked up in variegated yarn, but it would also look great made in solid colours – why not make it in red so that it looks like a big bright poppy?
Download the free gratitude flower granny square pattern
7. Flower Power square
This lovely layered Flower Power granny square pattern by Sharna Moore combines classic granny square stitches with a fab flower that practically bursts out of the square.
We love Sharna’s choice of pretty pastel shades, but of course, you can try it with any shades you like!
8. Bobble flower granny square
Our next square might look complicated, but Sandra Gutierrez of NomadStitches has made it easy for you!
Her fabulous Bobble Flower granny square pattern features layered petals and textured stitches in a riot of colour, but don’t be scared. When Sandra designed this pattern for Granny Square Day, she provided step-by-step photos along with handy tutorial videos to guide you through the square!
9. Water lily flower granny square
The majority of flower granny square patterns involve using rounded shapes to create their petals, but the unique design of this Water lily flower granny square instantly grabbed our attention for being so different.
Bright yellow 3D stamens pop out from layered pointed petals, which all look fabulous against the contrasting dark background of the square.
10. Sunburst sunflower granny square
Every now and then, the crochet world falls in love with a specific trend or technique. In recent years there’s been a big rise in sunflower granny squares… although they’re also often called sunburst granny squares when made in non-sunflower colours.
It’s a great motif for adding a subtle yet stylish flower to your squares, and once you understand the positioning of your cluster stitches it’s surprisingly easy to do.
A bloomin’ brilliant book
If you just can’t get enough of fab floral crochet, you might enjoy this Crochet Flower Squares & Motifs pattern book.
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What to make with a flower granny square
Once you’ve made a few flower granny squares, you might be wondering what to do with them.
Well, you can treat them the same as any regular granny square. You just need to ensure that your squares are the same size when joining together (blocking can help with this).
You might want to mix your floral squares with plain ones to make them stand out more, or go wild and combine a whole bunch of flower granny squares – the choice is yours!
To get your flower power flowing, here’s our favourite flower granny square projects to help inspire you.
Flower granny square blanket
You can’t beat a blanket if you’re looking for a classic project to make with your flower granny squares.
Flower granny squares with a bit of texture are a great choice, like in this free puff stitch granny square blanket pattern by Esme Crick. It’ll help to make your blanket ever-so-touchable, and repeating the same square but in different colours is a stylish way to add variety.
Create a cute clutch
You don’t need to spend months on an epic project to use your flower granny squares – you only need to whip up a few to make a cute clutch.
You only need to make 12 small squares to make this lovely free granny square pouch pattern by Thoresby Cottage - perfect for keeping your crochet hooks in!
Make some flower power pants
Go for full-on hippy chic vibes by making a pair of flower granny square trousers. This free pattern is perfect if you love those retro 60-70’s vibes, and features a mix of granny squares.
Incorporate them into your garments
With some clever construction and by joining your squares into strips, you can add your flower granny squares into your DIY crochet garments.
This free Kahlo crop top crochet pattern is a great example, using a band of layered flower granny squares to add an extra dimension of interest.
Make a floral tote bag
You’ll only need to make thirteen of your favourite flower granny squares to assemble this gorgeous flower granny square bag crochet pattern by VivCrochets.
Perfect for a quick trip to the shops or even to use as your everyday handbag.
Even more project ideas
You’ll find even more inspiring projects that you can make with our pick of 40+ granny square projects.
Further your skills with flowers
Flower granny squares are a great way of pushing and expanding your crochet skills. The different stitches, colour changes and layering all help you to develop your repertoire in a small-scale project.
Go beyond the granny square
It’s not just marvellous motifs, find loads of inspiring patterns in our roundup of 50 crochet flower patterns on Gathered.
