PREMISE
I love cats!
And I always try to create crochet projects with cats, like this bag in the photo – pattern available here,
Immediately after creating this Cat Applique, I thought that I could use it to create a Granny Square.
I searched a lot for Cat Granny Square online and I always found only the cat’s face or the cat’s paws, or the cat was simply an applique on a Granny Square already made: I wanted to have a Granny Square with the Cat as part of it from the beginning and not added later and…here we are!
I found the way to do this with this Cat Applique and I would love to share it with you.
This pattern is totally free, but it’s intellectual property of Elendipity.
You can use it and, of course, you can sell the final products you create, but you cannot sell the pattern or any alteration of the pattern.
If you can share the pattern for free, but remember that you should also always credit Elendipity (as pattern creator) whenever you create and/or sell it and/or share it.
Feel free to tag me on my Instagram if you create it, I would love to see your works!!
HOW TO
To create the Cat Granny Square you will have to first crochet the Cat (Cat Applique at this link) and then you can move on with this pattern to create the Granny Square.
MATERIAL
I used:
- 3.5mm crochet hook
- Rainbow Cotton 8/8 – less than 5gr for the Granny Square part (less than 2gr for the Cat) – You can use the yarn you want of course, I’m telling you only the yarn I used for this project
- stitch marker
- darning needle
I bought the yarn at Hobbii.
TERMS
Here below the list of the stitches (US terminology) that you are going to use for this project.
- CH = Chain
- SS = Slip Stitch
- SC = Single Crochet
- HDC = Half Double Crochet (only for the cat)
- DC = Double Crochet
- TC = Treble Crochet (only for the cat)
- st = stitches
What you find in brackets “(…)” is all in one stitch/chain space.
Ready to start?
Let’s go!!
CAT GRANNY SQUARE
* * * No Cat Appliques were harmed in the making of these Granny Squares! 😅 * * *
START
Take the cat and insert the yarn where you have the stitch marker (which should be your first HDC of the cat’s body)
- R1
Now do CH 5 and then SC 3 in correspondence of the 3 TC on the cat’s body
- Continuing R1
CH 6, SC 2 in correspondence of the 2 DC made between the ears.
- Continuing R1
CH 6, SC 3 in correspondence of the 3 TC on the cat’s body (other side)
- Continuing R1
CH 5, SC 1 in correspondence of the last HDC on the cat’s body
- Continuing R1
CH 1 on the back of the tail (keeping the tail as in the picture).
Join with a SS in the first CH (of 5) you did at the beginning – where you inserted the yarn.
- R2
CH 5, turn.
The first 2 CH will count as DC (you will understand later, at the end of the round)
- Continuing R2
Now you are creating the corner, so in the 5CH space of the previous round, you will do (DC 3, CH 2, DC 3).
- Continuing R2
Now you will proceed with CH 3, (DC 3, CH 2, DC 3) in the next 6CH space of the previous round.
- Continuing R2
Again CH 3, (DC 3, CH 2, DC 3) in the next 6CH space of the previous round and continue with CH 3, (DC 3, CH 2, DC 2*) in the next 5CH space of the previous round.
*You will do only 2 DC (as you can see in brackets) because the third DC is the the first 2 CH you did at the beginning of the round.
Join with a SS to the 2nd CH of the 5 CH you did at the beginning.
- R3
CH 3, turn.
In the second picture you see the same CH 3 but when you have already turned.
You will notice the we are now working on the front again (you can see the cat’s tail)
- Continuing R3
(DC 3, CH 2, DC 3) for the corner – in the 2CH space.
- Continuing R3
CH 1, (3DC) in the 3CH space, CH 1, (DC 3, CH 2, DC 3) for the corner – in the 2CH space.
- Continuing R3
CH 1.
Now you will work (3DC) where you worked the SC 2 in Round 1.
Follow the needle in the pictures to understand where to go and to create the 3 DC.
- Continuing R3
CH 1, (DC 3, CH 2, DC 3) for the corner – in the 2CH space, CH 1, (3DC) in the 3CH space, CH 1, (DC 3, CH 2, DC 3) for the corner – in the 2CH space, CH 1, now you will work (2DC) where you worked the SC 1 + CH 1 in Round 1 at the bottom of the cat.
The first DC will be exactly in the previous SC and the second one in the 1CH space, follow the pictures with the position of needle to understand better.
- Continuing R3
At the end, you will join with a SS on the 2nd CH made at the beginning of this round – where indicated by the needle.
- Finishing
After you’ve done the last st (SS), you will cut a little bit of a tail to weave in.
Take the darning needle and weave all the ends (this one and the initial one, when you joined the new colour) and your CAT GRANNY SQUARE is done! 
- Blocking
Now, if you want, you could block the Cat Granny Square to give a better shape, you can also move the tail and put it in your favourite position.
If you prefer, you can also sew the tail simply using sewing thread and a sewing needle.
You can add eyes and whiskers… it’s all up to your creativity!
Now that you have mastered the pattern you can create as many as Cat Granny Square you want.
You can use different yarn and you can join them together to create various projects: pillow covers, bags, etc.
I’m creating the combo Black+Purple for Halloween and the gold glitter Red+Green for Christmas, etc.
I hope you enjoyed this Free Pattern 🥰
I have other many patterns available that you can find at this link.
Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need any explanation for the pattern – you can write me at info@elendipity-com.stackstaging.com.
I also offer crochet lessons (both in person or online) if you need some help with crochet creations and reading patterns.
You find all the info at this link.
Feel free to tag me on my Instagram if you create it, I would love to see your works!
Happy Crochet!
4 Comments
Marie Dubach
August 4, 2022 7:35 pmI love your patterns. The problem is how many pages I have to print out. Printer ink is not cheap!
elendipity
August 5, 2022 9:31 amThanks for your comment, we’re happy you love our patterns.
Our patterns are long because they have many photos in order to show better the process.
I know printer ink is not cheap, but, in case you decide not to print it, I can guarantee you that our patterns will remain online for you forever, so you can always come back to this page to view it and use it.
Bridget
January 15, 2024 4:47 pmHi there,
I was hoping to find out if you know of a technique for building an applique into a solid granny square with no gaps please?
I have just recently done one that I’d love to turn into a granny square to use as a square pocket for a project I’, working on but am still fairly new to this sort of thing and don’t know how to work out the right stitches by myself, so any guidance would be very much appreciated!
Thanks
elendipity
January 16, 2024 12:26 pmHi Bridget,
thanks for your comment.
Well, actually it is not that easy to connect appliques to Granny Squares. First you have to master the Granny Square method to understand where the applique could go and then you have to do a little bit of maths to see where to connect it. The easiest alternative might be just sewing the applique onto an already made Granny Square, that way you don’t have to do any calculation, you just do them separately and you sew them together.
Eleonora
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