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Pink Daisy Granny Square Bed Cover Crochet Pattern

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Intermediate Level

You need granny rounds, post-free petals made of simple stitches and a raised seam, nothing more.

200 to 260 Hours

Seventy small squares mean you can finish one daisy in an evening.

Raised 3D Daisies

Two layers of plump pink petals sit in the middle of every cream lacy square.

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About This Pink Daisy Granny Square Bed Cover Crochet Pattern Pattern

This bed cover is made of 70 granny squares joined in 7 columns and 10 rows. Every square has a plump pink daisy with a golden-brown center, framed by soft cream rounds full of little round holes. The squares are joined with a raised ridge on the right side, and a petal scallop edge finishes the whole cover.

It measures about 70 by 100 inches, which covers a queen bed with a generous drop. You work granny rounds, simple petals made of chains and basic stitches, and a single crochet seam. It suits someone who has made a few granny square blankets and wants a showpiece.

Why You'll Love This Pink Daisy Granny Square Bed Cover Crochet Pattern Pattern

I love that every square is its own tiny project. A daisy takes a short evening, so I always have a small goal and a lot of pink yarn to look at.

The cream frames let the flowers glow, and the raised seams give the whole cover a soft, quilted look. It is a bed cover I would be proud to gift, and a lovely way to use up cotton yarn.

Switch Things Up

Try the daisies in soft yellow, lilac or coral, or use a grey or sage frame instead of cream. For a baby blanket, join 4 by 5 squares for about 40 by 50 inches. For matching pillow covers, join 2 by 2 squares for the front and add a simple back. You can also swap the petal scallop edge for a plain single crochet border if you want a faster finish.

Materials Needed

— Main Fabric

01 Cream or sand worsted weight (4) cotton yarn, about 7,700 yards (7,050 m) or about 4,500 g in total: about 6,650 yards for the 70 squares, about 380 yards for the seams and about 700 yards for the edge

02 Bubblegum pink worsted weight (4) cotton yarn, about 2,000 yards (1,830 m) or about 1,150 g for the 70 daisies

03 Golden-brown worsted weight (4) cotton yarn, about 400 yards (365 m) or about 230 g for the 70 daisy centers

— Tools Required

04 4.0 mm (G-6) crochet hook

05 Yarn needle

06 At least 12 stitch markers

07 Scissors

08 Blocking mats and rustproof pins

09 Measuring tape

10 Color catcher sheets for the first wash

The Free Pattern

Intermediate 200-260 Hours

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— Daisy Center and Petals (Make 70, golden-brown and pink) :

Use the 4.0 mm hook. The daisy is worked first, in the round, and the cream frame is worked around it. The petals are made of a chain with stitches worked back along it, and they are attached to the front loops and back loops of the center to make two layers.

Round 1: With golden-brown yarn, ch 4 and join with a sl st to form a ring. Ch 1, 12 sc in the ring, join with a sl st to the first sc. Leave the center hole open. (12 sc)

Round 2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc around, join with a sl st to the first sc. (24 sc)

Round 3: Ch 1, sc in each sc around, join with a sl st to the first sc. Fasten off. (24 sc)

Petal Layer 1 (front): Join pink with a sl st in the front loop of any sc of Round 3. Mark this sc as st 1. *Ch 8, sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in the next ch, hdc in each of the next 2 ch, dc in each of the next 3 ch, sl st in the front loop of each of the next 2 sc of Round 3*, work the repeat 12 times in all. Fasten off. (12 petals, 7 sts each)

Petal Layer 2 (back): Join pink with a sl st in the back loop of st 2 (the sc after your Layer 1 join, between two Layer 1 petal bases). *Ch 10, sl st in the 2nd ch from the hook, sc in the next ch, hdc in each of the next 2 ch, dc in each of the next 3 ch, tr in each of the next 2 ch, sl st in the back loop of each of the next 2 sc of Round 3*, work the repeat 12 times in all. Fasten off. The longer Layer 2 petals sit between and behind the Layer 1 petals. (12 petals, 9 sts each)

The daisy should measure about 6 inches across. If your petals curl, steam them gently and shape them with your fingers.

— Square Frame Rounds (Make 70, cream) :

These rounds are worked around the daisy to turn the circle into a square. Use the 4.0 mm hook and cream worsted yarn. The tip of a Layer 2 petal is the first sl st you made on that petal.

Round 1: Join cream with a sc in the tip of any Layer 2 petal. *Ch 6, sc in the tip of the next Layer 2 petal*, work the repeat 11 times in all. Ch 6, join with a sl st to the first sc. Number the 12 loops 1 to 12, with loop 1 as the first loop. (12 sc, 12 ch-6 loops)

Round 2: Sl st into the first ch-6 loop. Ch 3 (counts as a dc), 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in the same loop (first corner). Ch 1. *(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in the next ch-6 loop, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in the next ch-6 loop, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in the next ch-6 loop (corner), ch 1*, work the repeat 3 times in all. (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in the next ch-6 loop, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in the last ch-6 loop, ch 1, join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch 3. (72 dc, 4 corner ch-3 spaces, 20 ch-1 spaces)

Round 3: Sl st in each of the next 2 dc and into the corner space. Ch 3 (counts as a dc), 2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc in the same corner space. *Ch 1, 3 dc in each ch-1 space along the side with ch 1 between the clusters, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in the corner space*, work the repeat 3 times in all. Ch 1, 3 dc in each ch-1 space along the last side with ch 1 between the clusters, ch 1, join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch 3. (84 dc, 5 side clusters on each side)

Rounds 4 to 7: Repeat Round 3 four more times. Each round has one more cluster on every side than the round before. (Round 4: 96 dc, 6 side clusters. Round 5: 108 dc, 7 side clusters. Round 6: 120 dc, 8 side clusters. Round 7: 132 dc, 9 side clusters)

Round 8: Ch 1, sc in each dc and in each ch-1 space around, working 3 sc in each corner space. Join with a sl st to the first sc. Fasten off. (184 sc: 43 on each side and 3 in each corner)

Each finished square should measure about 10 by 10 inches. Check that every side has 43 sc between the corners before you make the next square.

— Joining the Squares (cream) :

Hold two squares with wrong sides together and the right sides facing out, so the seam makes a raised ridge on the front. Work from the right side, through both loops of both squares.

Seam between squares in a strip: Join cream in the first corner sc next to the side and sc through both squares across the 43 side sc and the 2 corner sc next to them. Leave the corner center sts open. (45 sc per seam)

Seam between strips: Work 45 sc along each square side as above. At every junction where four corners meet, work 1 sc through all four corner center sts. (321 sc per seam, 7 x 45 + 6)

— Layout :

Arrange 70 squares in 10 rows of 7 squares, with the daisies all facing the same way. Join the squares into 10 strips of 7 squares (6 seams of 45 sc each per strip). Then join the 10 strips with 9 long seams of 321 sc each.

The finished cover is about 70 inches wide and 100 inches long. Every daisy is pink with a golden-brown center, and every frame is cream.

— Petal Scallop Edge (cream) :

The edge is worked in the round, all the way around the cover. Counts: across the top and the foot, 7 squares x 45 sc + 6 junction sc = 321 sc each. Along each long side, 10 squares x 45 sc + 9 junction sc = 459 sc. Each of the 4 cover corners has 3 sc. The total is 1,572 sc, which divides evenly by 6, so the shells land on all four corners.

Round 1: Join cream with a sc in the corner center st of any cover corner and work 2 more sc in the same st (3 sc in the corner). *Along the side, sc in each of the 45 sts of the first square. At every junction, work sc2tog over the two corner center sts. Sc in each of the 45 sts of the next square. After the last square, work 3 sc in the corner center st of the cover corner*, repeating around all four sides. Join with a sl st to the first sc. (1,572 sc: 321 across the top and the foot, 459 along each long side, 3 in each of the 4 corners)

Round 2: Ch 3 (counts as a dc) and 4 dc in the same st, which is the middle sc of the first corner (shell). *Skip 2 sts, sc in the next st, skip 2 sts, 5 dc in the next st*, work the repeat 261 times in all. Skip 2 sts, sc in the next st, skip 2 sts, join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch 3. (262 shells of 5 dc, 262 sc)

Round 3: Sl st in each of the next 2 dc of the first shell (to the 3rd dc). Ch 1, sc in the same dc. *Ch 5, sc in the next sc between shells, ch 5, sc in the 3rd dc of the next shell*, work the repeat 261 times in all. Ch 5, sc in the last sc, ch 5, join with a sl st to the first sc. (524 sc, 524 ch-5 loops)

Round 4: Ch 1. *Work (sc, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sc) in the next ch-5 loop, sl st in the next sc*, work the repeat 524 times in all. Join and fasten off. Weave in the end. (524 petal scallops of 7 sts each)

Assembly Instructions

Weave in the ends of all 70 squares and block each square to 10 by 10 inches. Pin the corners and steam the daisies lightly, shaping the petals by hand instead of pressing them flat.
Lay the squares out in 7 columns and 10 rows, with every daisy upright, and check that all squares have 43 sc on each side.
Join the squares into 10 strips of 7 using the seam between squares in a strip (45 sc), with wrong sides together and the ridge on the right side.
Join the strips with the seam between strips (321 sc each), working 1 sc through all four corner center sts at every junction.
Work the Petal Scallop Edge, Rounds 1 to 4, all the way around the cover, following the stitch counts so that a shell lands on every cover corner.
Weave in the last ends, then block the whole cover gently and spread the petals of each daisy with your fingers.

Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them

Working the Layer 2 petals on the same stitches as Layer 1. Layer 2 starts one stitch over, in the back loops, so the long petals sit between the short ones.

Working the ch-6 loops in Round 1 of the frame too tightly. They should be loose enough for the petal tips to lie flat, or the daisy will cup.

Skipping the stitch check. Every square must have 43 sc between the corners in Round 8, or the long seams will not match.

Changing the edge counts. The shells only land on the corners when Round 1 totals 1,572 sc, so count each side before you start Round 2.

Denise

Denise designs crochet patterns for the home, with a soft spot for big, cozy projects that are worked one small piece at a time.

Important Notes

One square is about 10 inches wide, with 43 sc along each side and about 4 stitches to the inch. The daisy is about 6 inches across. Make a swatch of one full square first, because sizes and yarn amounts are estimated.

Buy extra cream yarn from the same dye lot, because the cover uses a lot of it and small color differences show in the frames.

Block each square before joining so the edges line up. The daisies are textured, so steam them lightly and never press them flat.

Wash the cover on a cold, gentle cycle with a color catcher sheet for the first wash because the pink and cream yarns are used together. Dry it flat.

I hope you enjoy every daisy as much as I do. Send me a photo when your cover is finished, I would love to see your colors.

Crochet Abbreviations

01 ch — chain

02 sl st — slip stitch

03 sc — single crochet

04 sc2tog — single crochet 2 stitches together

05 hdc — half double crochet

06 dc — double crochet

07 tr — treble crochet

08 st(s) — stitch(es)

You Ask, We Answer

What is the finished size of this bed cover?

About 70 inches wide and 100 inches long, which covers a queen bed with a generous drop. Add or remove squares to change the size, because each square is about 10 inches.

Can I use a different yarn weight?

Yes. A DK cotton works with a 3.5 mm hook and gives a smaller square, so make more rounds or more squares. Always swatch one full square first and check the stitch counts in the edge, because they depend on the square size.

How do I wash and care for the finished cover?

Wash it on a cold, gentle cycle with a color catcher sheet, then lay it flat to dry. Avoid hanging it while wet, because the weight of the cotton can stretch it.