Granny Square top

Hey all, the granny square tops have become my new obsession. I love how they look and its hot as hell down here in Florida right now so they make a great top while not roasting alive outside. The top one I made specifically for PRIDE month. I do not claim that I wrote the pattern on this. I’ve seen them everywhere, all I’m doing is explaining how I worked up the pattern. Let’s get into it.

Firstly you want to pick your granny square design. I went with the 80s style granny square. Its super easy and accentuates all the colors you choose without them getting lost. The granny square you choose doesn’t matter for this design. If you have an intricate one by all means definitely use that. I just like how quickly these work up and they are in my eyes a mindless project, so I finish them quickly.
This granny square is done just with 3 double crochets in the spaces from the prior row, and a 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc pattern in the corner.

For this design you will need 8 granny squares.

The first pic is the finished front view of the top, the sides are a full granny square as well its just goes to the back as well.

Secondly is how they are going to be arranged when you’re stitching them together. Again, there’s no right or wrong colors or order. Then after you’ve sewn them into that line of 8, you’ll stitch the ends together to make the “circle” of the top.

Now for some finishing touches. I single crochet around the top and bottom. On the rainbow top I worked all along the right side because the contrasting color looked better. However, on the tanish colored top, I worked on the wrong side as everything was already that color and I was just giving it a finished edge.

In the top “points” I did sc, ch2, sc. To give that extra pronounced peak.

Straps are something you can do a few ways. I also did this differently on both. Rainbow, I just attached yarn to a peak using a slip stitch and chained about 30 on each peak of the top (4 peaks). This created the option of tying the straps to make it as low cut or high cut as you’d like. That’s the huge advantage there are options.

The other I attached the yarn again using a slip stitch to a peak and then chained enough to fit decently on me (about 30-35) and attached on the opposing side making sure not to twist it. Then I sc across to give that portion a finished look. I did this on both and that created more set straps.

Now for tassels, I’ve got a small tutorial on how I make them. I used 2 strands per tassel for this project.

Weave in all your ends and you’re done and you have a finished granny square top. I like making these because there’s so much versatility to how you can make it your own.

Happy Crocheting!