What is Granny Square Day?
Granny Square Day is your chance to be a part of the worlds biggest virtual crochet blanket. The event is hosted on Instagram and people in the crochet community are encouraged to share a photo of a granny square they’ve made on social media. Read on to learn how to get involved with Granny Square Day…
The History of Granny Square Day
Granny Square Day was originally created in 2014 by the crochet enthusiast Susan Regalia, who utilised Instagram’s iconic square image, grid format to replicate the gorgeous patchwork arrangement of the ever classic granny square blanket online.
The event has grown year on year with more people learning about the fun event and getting involved with sharing their images.
The event is now hosted annually by Simply Crochet Magazine to help centralise the thousands of images shared, along with encouraging more people to get involved.
They also create an annual magazine dedicated to the wonderous granny square, chock full of inspirational patterns.
How to take part in Granny Square Day?
As the traditional granny square is usually one of the first projects people make, the event suitable for all crochet levels.
Stitch a Square
Grab your hook and yarn and get stitching – pick your favourite granny square pattern, or be inspired by the many new designs that will be shared on Granny Square Day.
Snap a Photo
Select to take a square image on your camera and arrange your square in the centre of the image, or crop the images so your granny square fills the square image.
Post it on your social media using the hashtag #grannysquareday plus the year you are celebrated, for example #grannysquareday2024
Try clicking the hashtags above on the day (and before) and you’ll see all the other granny square images being shared to create the worlds biggest granny square blanket!
How to crochet a granny square
If you’ve never got round to stitching up a traditional granny square, you can find the written pattern and video tutorial by clicking here.
Granny squares don’t have to be traditional! You’ll find designs that use lots of different stitches, adding texture and interest. I have many granny square designs available view on this website too.
What Can you make with Granny Squares?
Due to the square shape, granny squares can be used to create pretty much anything you can think of!
Beyond blankets, they can be used to create bags, pot holders, cardigans, pullovers, dresses, wall hangings, scarves, cushions and much, much more.
Heres’ some inspiration for you:
- 18 free granny square bags
- In the Mood Granny Square Blanket
- Granny Square Skirt Pattern
- Granny Square Pillow Pattern
How I Celebrate Granny Square Day
I have always been a fan of the traditional granny square and even more so of the Granny Stitch. Those little groups of 3 double crochets just get me excited with their endless possibilities – especially when they are worked in rows.
To celebrate granny square day, I’ve hosted a few different events, from gathering together stunning patterns that all feature the granny stitch, through to releasing my Hodgepodge Blanket, that has 30 different granny square designs that are joined to create a beautiful blanket.
- 2021 – Click here to see the gathering of 23 Granny Stitch patterns from the 2021 event
- 2022 – Click here to see the gathering of 15 Granny Stitch patterns from the 2022 event
- 2022 – Click here to see the Hodgepodge Blanket released in 2022
- 2023 – Click here to see the gathering of 25 Granny Stitch patterns from the 2023 event
For 2024, I’m not releasing a specific new pattern, but will be taking time to stitch up a Spingtime Blooming Granny square in a few different colours as I work on creating a flowery blanket.
