A Day of the Dead Crochet Granny Square

Free crochet pattern: Text only

If you’re at this page, I’m assuming you got the hang of how to make the Day of the Dead Granny Square using this photo tutorial:

A Day of the Dead Crochet Granny Square Photo Tutorial

If not, the above tutorial will probably prove helpful getting through the first couple of squares, then you might find these text only instructions more to your liking.

Materials

Worsted weight yarn

• White for the skull
• Contrast colors to suit your aesthetic sensibility

4.5 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Crochet Skills

• Crochet into thee “back bar” loop
• Change yarn color

With white, chain 4, join with a slip st to form ring

Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as first dc), 2 dc in ring, ch 1, [3 dc, ch 1] 3 times, slip st into top of 3-ch. (12 dc, 4 ch-1 sp).