This version of the traditional granny square includes a slight change to the corners that makes edges smoother and color changes easier. This is one of several motifs used in the Classic Granny with a Twist Blanket.

Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing, crocheting in chain spaces, skipping stitches

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Motif: 6.75” (17 cm) square.

Materials
Red Heart With Love yarn (100% acrylic, 7 oz/198 g/370 yd/338 m) – 1 skein in 1101 Eggshell, or approximately 50 yd (46 m) in any medium weight yarn.

US Size I-9/5.5 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Motif = 6.75” (17 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.