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The design of the Five Pips Granny Square
How did I come up with the Five Pips Granny Square Pattern? The small square was designed to be used in a temperature blanket that I was doing for this year.
I had been seeing them all over Pinterest and on different posts that I follow on Instagram and Facebook. I didn’t want to use the traditional colors so I took a look at my stash and decided on Caron Simply Soft colors. You can also read my review of Caron simply soft. Being a crocheter, I had a good quantity of many colors and it was a project that would allow me to use some of my yarn stash.
The next part was what stitch was I going to do it in and did I want to have a large blanket if I chose a tall stitch. I had seen on Pinterest some granny square versions and thought maybe that was the way to go for me. I continued to ponder for a bit when I decided to go ahead with the design of granny square pattern.
It took a bit for me to play around with the yarn trying to find the right design for it. I didn’t want to use the classic granny square stitch. So I played around to find a square that looked like I was envisioning. It took a couple of tries before I found the one I liked.
You might also be wondering how I came up with the name Five Pips. Looking at the granny square I thought that it looked like the side of a die. Researching the dice I found that the name of the dots are called pips because I didn’t like the sound of just calling them dots. I think that pips have a better sound that dots in this case.
Five Pips Pattern
Using your choice of yarn and color begin below.
Base – Ch 6, slip stitch to connect the chain and form a round
Round 1 – Ch 3, 3 DC in the round, Ch 3, 4 DC in the round, Ch 3, 4 DC in the round, Ch 3, 4 DC in the round, Ch 3, and slip stitch at the top of the Ch 3 of the first side.
Round 2 – Ch 1, SC in each of the 4 DC in the row below. In the corner space, *2 SC, Ch 2, 2 SC. SC in the tops of the 4 DC in the row below.* *Repeat 3 times. Do the corner space stitches one more time and sl st at the Ch 1 to complete the round
Round 3 – Ch 3, counts as a stitch on that side, DC in the next 6 stitches to the corner. In the corner stitch DC, Ch 3 DC. For the next 3 sides DC in each stitch across 8 DC per side plus 1 at each end in the corner spaces, in the corner DC, Ch 3, DC. Complete 2 DC to finish the side. Slip stitch to connect the round. Finish off
On a side note, if you use this pattern for a temperature blanket like I did. I recommend working each square daily or weekly and not letting yourself get too far behind. The square works up quickly but the months can fly by before you know it.
