Granny Square Day 2024
Get your hooks ready, sit back and share your square on 15th August to be a part of the biggest virtual crochet blanket: it’s time for #GrannySquareDay2024
Simply Crochet is thrilled to be celebrating another year hosting Granny Square Day, a huge Instagram event where the crochet community from around the world come together to make crochet granny squares and share them using the hashtag #grannysquareday2024 resulting in the BIGGEST VIRTUAL CROCHET BLANKET IN THE WORLD!
Granny Square Day is an international online celebration on Instagram, which takes place every year on the 15th August. Keep an eye on this page for the latest updates on Granny Square Day, and take a look at our fab granny square patterns and tutorials to help you take part in the special day!
All you have to do is hook, snap and share! All Granny Squares use #grannysquareday2024 and all Granny Square related projects use #grannysquaremakes2024
Granny Square Day 2024
If you're new to Granny Square Day, we've already got loads of fab resources and free patterns for you. You can find all of our Free Granny Square patterns here, or check out the links below for more Granny Square fun!
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How to get involved in Granny Square Day 2024
The event was originally created in 2014 by the US crochet whizz Susan Regalia, who realised that Instagram’s iconic grid format could be used to replicate the patchwork arrangement of the classic granny square blanket online.
Others quickly caught onto the idea and so Granny Square Day way born – a chance for a worldwide community to come together and celebrate what they love.
“A blanket is a gift of comfort and love,” says Susan. “When any of us view or contribute some of these granny squares, it’s as though we join in a giant world hug with each other!”
Whether you’re new to crochet, or are a seasoned pro, it couldn’t be easier to get involved! Here's how to get involved in Granny Square Day
1. Take a photo of a granny square (a 4-round traditional granny works best but feel free to be as creative as you want)
2. Crop it so that the single square fills the entire screen of your post
3. Be sure to include the hashtag #grannysquareday2024 in the description of your Instagram post, as when viewing the hashtag the Instagram grid format assembles the squares into a virtual granny square blanket!
We love seeing all of your final granny square projects, so we’ve created a new hashtag as a dedicated place to share all of your fabulous makes! Not only will this be a great place to show off your inspiring projects and designs, but it will also help to keep the main #grannysquareday2024 hashtag dedicated to your brilliant squares!
And make sure you're following the Simply Crochet Instagram for all the latest updates and to see our squares on the day!
Check out our free granny square project patterns for 2024
To celebrate Granny Square Day 2024, on every Tuesday leading up to the 15th August we're giving you a free pattern download from the the Simply Crochet archives to help get you in the granny square mood. But don't miss out, the patterns are only available for a week and you need to be signed up to our newsletter to get it!
This weeks free pattern
Granny square tank top crochet pattern
Designed by Cassie Ward
Start hooking yours today and don't forget to show us your completed makes using the hashtag #grannysquaremakes2024
Granny Square Day ambassadors!
To help us celebrate Granny Square Day and spread the word of this fab online event, we enlist the help of some very special granny Square Day ambassadors. Here are the ambassadors taking part this year by sharing what they do on their social media sites:
Kelly Phelps- @craftandacuppa
Hi everyone I'm Kelly from Craft and a Cuppa. Would you believe that seeing a bright neon granny square one day in my Instagram feed made me realise that I had to learn how to make one myself.
Sewing was actually my first love (I wasn't too great at it but I enjoyed it and that's the main thing right!). Well as my family grew I had less space and energy to set up my sewing machine every night once my children had gone to bed. I then went a few years without creating and I missed it so much!
Then along came the bright neon granny square that instantly caught my attention. A few months later I had the basics to get me going and through pure determination and lots of YouTube tutorials, I finally mastered the Granny Square and the rest is history as they say!
I couldn't stop crocheting! It also fit perfectly around my family life as it was so easy to pick up (maybe a little hard to put down!) but it finally filled that huge creative gap that sewing had left behind. I absolutely love crochet and the huge supportive community that comes along with it.
I so looking foward to being an ambassador for this wonderful community event and meeting all of you there.
Follow Kelly on instagram @craftandacuppa
Sarah-Jane Hicks - @flo_and_dot
I’m Sarah-Jane, I live in Norfolk in the UK. I love to crochet and enjoy the process, it’s both mindful and fun, from choosing yarns and colours, designing patterns, right through to sewing in ends.
I was taught to crochet at a young age by my mum and my nan. I like the thought of a craft being passed down through the generations of a family, though I’m still waiting for my own daughter to want to learn!
About ten years ago I started to crochet again and soon became hooked. Through Instagram I discovered there was a community out there who love crochet as much as me.
Happy Homes was my first pattern published in Simply Crochet in 2015. Since then, I’ve been very lucky to design and collaborate with various magazines and craft companies, including Mollie Makes, Rico Design and Hobbycraft. A few years ago, I wrote my first crochet book (Amigurumi Christmas published by Search Press in 2020) and I’ve gone on to write five more books. The latest is to be published in August 2024.
I’m excited to be a Granny Square Ambassador and am looking forward to the big day! 😊.
Follow Sarah-Jane on Instagram @flo_and_dot
Candy Downs - @hooked.on.candy
Hi there, I’m Candy from @hooked.on.candy
You may know me as an amigurumi designer but like many other crocheters my journey began with the humble Granny Square. My home is still full of the results with a colourful blanket draped over most chairs!
I have been crocheting for a very long time after being taught by my Nan at a young age. She was more of a knitter but used to trim her finished pieces with beautiful crocheted lace and as they say I was hooked! She started by teaching me how to make a long chain with scraps of yarn and we went from there.
I love crocheting gifts for people whether that’s a cute amigurumi or something more practical like a scarf or a cardigan. I am proud to say I have made a blanket for every single baby I know including my own two!
Over the last few years I have been designing my own patterns and I couldn’t be more happy. It’s an amazing creative outlet and the crochet community is so supportive. Its wonderful to find so many like minded people who can fully appreciate my unique designs such as a watermelon crossed with a dinosaur!
I'll look forward to meeting you all on the Big Day! Can't wait!
Alice Tarry- @the_burrow_uk
I am a mum of four, living in Buckinghamshire and have been teaching crochet face to face locally for over ten years, still running weekly lessons and drop in sessions. I began designing patterns for my classes, then at the end of 2021 decided to start publishing them online which has been a great success. I also joined Instagram at the same time and have made lots of lovely friends within the crochet community. I have also been thrilled to design for several crochet magazines, yarn companies, blogs and crochet along projects.
I get so much pleasure from teaching and supporting people to progress on their creative journeys. I am always keen to encourage people to learn new skills and have a go at different techniques. I have taught hundreds of people to crochet over the years; from 6 years old to 80+ years young. Crochet is such a diverse and creative craft and I like to push people to experiment and expand their skill set.
I also hope to inspire people to embrace colour and texture; be curious and creative and Granny Square Day is the perfect way to witness this in action. To see more of my work please visit my Instagram page: @the_burrow_uk
Learn how to make a crochet granny square!
Let's start with the basics - making a basic square! If you've never even picked up a crochet hook before, don't worry, it's surprisingly simple and you'll find everything you need to know in our how to make a crochet granny square tutorial.
Exclusive free granny square patterns for 2024
Every year our Granny Square Day Ambassadors each design us a special free pattern for Granny Square Day.
Our 2024 Ambassadors will be designing some special squares too which we'll be updating you on nearer the day, but if you can't wait until then you can find links to all our ambassadors squares from previous years in our Free Granny Square Patterns post.
Learn how to join granny squares together
We've made a special tutorial to help you make the most of your granny squares.
Often the final part of assembling your squares together can be the hardest part of any project, so in our tutorial you'll find 5 different ways to join your crochet shapes together!
Find out how to make a granny square collage on your smart phone
One of our favourite things about granny square day is not only seeing the virtual granny square blankets that appear when you look at the hashtag, but also seeing the creative collages that people make with their favourite squares.
If you've always wondered how people make these collages, then you're in luck - just check out our guide on how to make a granny square collage with your smart phone!
Check out our top 40+ Granny Square Project Patterns
If you've still not found the perfect project for all your freshly hooked squares, then check out our 40+ Granny Square Projects list - there's bound to be something for you to hook up!
We hope you get involved and we can't wait to see what you hook up for granny square day! Share a picture of your granny square and join in with us on the 15th August over on Simply Crochet magazines’s Instagram.
Don’t forget if you need any help with your crochet stitches you can always check out our crochet for beginners guide. And if you’re looking to treat yourself, check out our list of the best crochet hooks and the best crochet kits for beginners.
Don't forget the Granny Square Day 2024 hashtags!
Now that you know all about what's happening for Granny Square Day 2024, why not head on over to Instagram and check out what's happening already! Remember you can find everyone's granny squares at #grannysquareday2024 and all Granny Square related projects at #grannysquaremakes2024
Get your granny squares looking perfect
If you want your granny squares to look their absolute best and want your edges to be nice and straight, then it's well worth taking the time to block them! Find out all you need to know about how to block crochet with Gathered.
