Lime Green Granny Square Bedspread Crochet Pattern
You should be comfortable with double crochet, puff stitches and joining squares.
Each square takes about two hours, so the cover grows one bright square at a time.
Green, orange and white make a happy bedroom that looks great in daylight.
About This Lime Green Granny Square Bedspread Crochet Pattern Pattern
This bedspread is made from 63 chunky granny squares. Each square has a lime green puff flower in the center, a ring of orange puff petals, two thick white rounds and a lime green border. The squares are joined with a raised green seam that frames every flower.
It measures about 72 by 92 inches with the edge, so it suits a queen bed with a short drop at the sides and a longer drop at the foot. You can add or remove a row of squares to fit your own bed.
Why You'll Love This Lime Green Granny Square Bedspread Crochet Pattern Pattern
I love this project because every square is small and easy to carry. You can make one on the sofa, in the car or at a friend's house, and by the end of the week you have a stack of flowers.
It is also a lovely way to use up bright cotton. When the cover is done, the green seams pull the whole bed together and the room feels fresh and sunny.
Switch Things Up
Try pink petals with a navy border, or soft yellow and sage for a quieter bedroom. For a sofa throw, make 3 by 4 squares and skip the edge. One extra square, joined with green, makes a matching pillow cover, and you can make a whole set of three like the ones on the bed.
Materials Needed
— Main Fabric
— Tools Required
The Free Pattern
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— Puff Flower Granny Square (Make 63, green center, orange petals, white rounds, green border) :
— Layout and Joining :
— Outer Edge (lime green) :
Assembly Instructions
- Make 63 puff flower granny squares and weave in all the ends.
- Wet block every square to about 10 by 10 inches and let them dry flat.
- Lay the squares out in 7 columns and 9 rows so the cover looks balanced.
- Join 7 squares into a strip with 27 sl st per seam, and make 9 strips.
- Join the 9 strips with 183 sl st per seam, working through the back loops with green yarn.
- Work the sc round and the reverse sc round around the outer edge of the whole cover.
- Steam the seams lightly and weave in the last ends.
Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them
Tight puff stitches look flat and make the square cup, so pull each loop up loosely and keep the hook size the same all the way through.
Miscounting at the corners is easy, so check that every corner has 3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc in the white rounds and 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc in the green round.
Joining through the front loops instead of the back loops makes the seam hard to see, so keep the wrong sides together and use the back loops.
Skipping the blocking step makes the squares different sizes and the grid will not line up.
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Important Notes
Gauge: Rounds 1 and 2 should measure about 4.5 inches across, and the finished square about 10 inches after blocking.
The finished cover is about 72 by 92 inches with the edge. Each extra row or column of squares changes the size by about 10 inches.
Yarn amounts are estimates, so weigh your first square and multiply to check before you buy all the yarn.
Wash gently in cool water and use a color catcher, because the green and orange can bleed onto the white. Dry the cover flat.
I hope this cheerful bedspread brings as much color to your room as it did to mine. Send me a photo of your first square, I would love to see it.
Crochet Abbreviations
You Ask, We Answer
What size is the finished bedspread?
It is about 72 by 92 inches with the edge. Each square measures about 10 inches, so you can add or remove a row or column to fit a twin, full or king bed.
Can I use a thinner yarn?
Yes, but the squares will be smaller. With worsted weight cotton and a 4.5 mm hook each square is about 7.5 inches, so you would need around 10 squares across and 12 down for the same size.
How do I wash it?
Wash it gently in cool water on a delicate cycle or by hand, with a color catcher, and dry it flat. Do not hang it wet, because the cotton is heavy and will stretch.
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Abbreviations
- ch — chain
- sc — single crochet
- dc — double crochet
- sl st — slip stitch
- sp(s) — space(s)
- st(s) — stitch(es)
- yo — yarn over
- puff — puff stitch: [yo, insert hook, yo and pull up a loop] 4 times in the same sp, yo and pull through all 9 loops
- beg puff — beginning puff stitch: ch 2, [yo, insert hook, yo and pull up a loop] 3 times in the same sp, yo and pull through all 7 loops
- rev sc — reverse single crochet, worked from left to right