how to crochet a moon granny square (part of a set with a sun and star!) 

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yeh but you not even saying the count

@diamond3170 hey, so it actually does show the count. Each numbered row counts as one stitch space that you will work into(1. Is the first stitch you're working into, 2. Is the second, so on) and each stitch will contain two stitches. So, for example, number 2 says "sc hdc," so in that second stitch space of your moon, you will work one single crochet and one half double crochet. If that makes sense lol I'm bad at explaining 😅

@@galerenouf2625 sorry i’m slow 🤭😅

That is so sweet of you! I bet she will love it 🥰

Did you complete it yet.

Thank you so much! That's sweet of you to say 😊

Oh yay thank you! I’m glad you found me! And I’m so happy my tutorial could help you 😀

Wow, thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the pattern 😊

It’s an Australian brand called Blackwattle. This is the Bluegum yarn in Songbird colourway. I got it from Maker Maker in Melbourne 💜

Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks so much for watching! I'm glad you liked it ☺️

Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked them!

Glad it was helpful! Thank you 😊

You are so welcome! I'm glad you liked it. Also the yarn is from Blackwattle in Australia (it's the bluegum yarn in songbird) it's so nice.

Oh yay! Thank you! I’m so glad you liked it 🥰

Thank you for this I've redone this like six times now and was ending up a space short

Thanks so much! The sun and star tutorials will both be up this week 🥰

Yay, I'm so glad it was helpful! Sometimes it's tricky to know how much detail to add to the instructions, so I'm glad it was what you needed. Have fun crafting!

Wow, thank you! I’m glad you liked it!

I’m glad you liked it….i find the music so relaxing!!

Oh a blanket will be fun! The sun tutorial will be up tonight!

@@julescraftfolkand on that, do all the squares have the same number of outer stitches? Would love to use these to make pillow covers, gorgeous pattern

Yes! I designed all three squares to have the same number of stitches on both rounds of the background. That way they are perfect to use together in a project 😀

@@julescraftfolk the lords work 🙏 thank u for responding so quickly!!

You are so welcome!

Wow thanks so much for the lovely words. I’m so pleased you liked it! 😍 Have fun crocheting!

You're welcome, glad you liked it ☺️

mine was the same! :(

Someone in the comments said to put 13dc in the magic ring and in the second round to increase to 26 and then to continue on as normal. This worked for me so I hope it helps you too!

@@Raven-vk4vcoh i realized i was actually missing a stitch she did mention, i just didn’t pay enough attention. but thanks for the tip though 🙏🏻

@@anakeniacarrasco5988 can you tell me what stitched you missed? Maybe that’s where I’ve been messing up too.😅

@@Raven-vk4vchopefully it helps you, these are notes i took when learning how to do it, v messy hahaha. in parenthesis u can read which stitch i’m referring to Take the other color Find the next stitch where you joined the first color And join with a slip stitch (1) Next stitch 1 single crochet 5:30 and 1 half double crochet 5:37 (2) Next stitch 2 half double crochet (3) Next stitch 1 half double crochet and 1 double crochet 6:06 (4) Next stitch 2 double crochet (5) Next stitch 1 double crochet and extended double crochet 6:33 (6) Next stitch 2 extended double crochet (7) Next stitch 1 extended double crochet and 1 triple crochet 7:06 (8) Next stitch 2 triple crochet (9) Next stitch 1 triple crochet (half way) (10) Inverted (so here u have plus 8) And do a slip stitch (19) You are supposed to have 6 extra stitches left of the initial circle

Thank you!! I’m glad you liked it and happy it was easy to learn from. Enjoy making more crochet things! 😀

Thanks so much, I'm glad you liked it. And yes, the music is so relaxing. It's from artlist.io - in order it is Nsee 'Frozen Lake', Idokay 'I Was All Alone', Adriene de la Salle 'Shimmer', Roie Shpigler 'Proximity', Laurel Violet 'Looking Back From Here'

Thank you for this❤ Drives me crazy to have to rewind and look for the right moment 🙄

@@Ullisen haha no problem

Thanks! Would be great for it to be written on screen!

Yer a life-saver! I was all ?? when the instructions said repeat that. I was like repeat what? from which part do we repeat? man, thank you!

Hello! I’m so glad you and your granddaughter like the pattern! The white yarn is just a standard 8ply cotton from Spotlight in Australia - “Four Seasons” brand “Flinders” range. The hand dyed yarn is also Australian - Blackwattle is the name of the company, and it’s the “Bluegum” yarn in “Songbird” colourway. It is such a pretty yarn…but if you’re overseas check out boutique dyers, they might have something similar 😄

Thank you so much for your response. I'm guilty of not looking further down in the comments section before sending you a note. Another person also inquired and I did see the name of the yarn. I looked everywhere but it's sold out, so I ended up ordering a yarn from Yarn Art that my grand daughter said she also likes. I hope it will come out as pretty as the sample you made in the video. I am looking forward to crocheting it as soon as it arrives. Thank you for such a beautiful pattern and video!!

You could try using bigger yarn.😊

Oh yay, I'm so glad to hear you're getting into crochet and that this pattern worked well for you! As for your other granny squares....perhaps you're putting too many stitches into each side, that might cause it to go wavy. Are you following a tutorial for that one? If you're on TikTok send me a vid of what's going wrong and maybe I can help out!

@@julescraftfolk thank you for your response! How can I find you on tiktok?

Yes I made sure they all worked up to be the same size. You can choose to do one round of the background or two depending on how large you want the squares. With one round mine are 3.5inches / 9cm. With two rounds they are 4.5inches / 11.5cm 😀

@@julescraftfolk thank you so much

Hi! Yes, it’s fine to use thicker yarn, your squares will end up bigger. Just use a crochet hook the correct size for the yarn. Good luck!

Thank you! @@julescraftfolk

Hello! Yes, the sun, moon, and star squares all have the same number of stitches on the sides. They look great joined together!

Oh fun! I'm going to make a cardigan with mine! The sun, star, and moon phase squares are all the same size. You can choose to do one round of the background or two depending on how large you want the squares. With one round mine are 3.5inches / 9cm. With two rounds they are 4.5inches / 11.5cm. If you want them bigger just do another round of DC. I've got a video for a 4 pointed star that matches coming out tomorrow too :) Good luck with your project, keep me posted on how you go!!

Hi! Do you mean the second round of the middle circle? If so let me know where you’re seeing the gaps and I’ll see if I can help!

@@julescraftfolk Thank you for such a fast response! Yes, the middle circle before the color switch is riddled with gaps for me and I'm not sure why. It is mainly on the left side of the circle, almost making the same shape as the moon itself :( they're not super visible if not held up to the light, though

hmmm, I can't immediately figure out what might be going wrong. Are you doing 2 dc into every stitch? or is your yarn quite thin? Maybe send me a photo on insta @craft.folk and I can see if I can figure it out!

Do u have a Full video? It’s hard for a beginner to follow along if u skip over parts.

Hello! Yes, this round repeats after each corner, so there will be 4 identical sides to make it into a square. When I say to repeat the pattern I mean make the corner (TC2, CH2, TC2) then do the side (EDC, DC, DC, HDC, HDC, HDC, DC, DC, EDC) then you do another corner. Hope that helps!

​@@julescraftfolk The last EDC before the last corner keeps ending up in the st I have for the moon. I've frogged this four times including the moon and I'm going on #5 and it's still ending in there. Unsure what's going on. Did count my stitches on the moon and the border but it isn't ending where you show in the video

@@girlovecupcake Hi there. It sounds like when you start working with the background yarn after making the moon you are skipping over the slip stitch (first stitch made when making the moon) and instead working a slip stitch into the top of the single crochet (second stitch made when making the moon)...have I got this right? If so, you want to make sure that when you start with the background yarn that you slip stitch into the top of the first slip stitch of the moon. Then you will either chain 3 or do an alternate standing double crochet. In the next stitch (the top of the single crochet of the moon) you will do the extended double crochet. This should also fix the problem you are having when you get round to the other side of the moon....just make sure you work into the top of both slipped stitches at the start and end of the moon. Does this make sense?

Hello! You could just put the square on the diagonal, but it depends what position you want the moon to be in. If you want the moon to stay in the same position, but the background around it is diagonal (I hope that makes sense) you will need to start the background round (after the moon) with a dc, hdc, hdc, hdc, dc, dc, edc, 2tc ch2, 2tc (so that corner will be on the top of the moon) then continue with the standard pattern. Hope that helps!

@@julescraftfolk thanks, I'll give that a try😁😁

Not a stupid question…I should’ve said that it’s US terms. Have fun on your crochet learning journey, you’re going to love it!

Hello! Yes, I get what you mean, in that section of the video my audio is a tiny bit out of sync (so annoying!) if you look at my hands I actually count 22 stitches, but when I say 22 it looks like I've finished counting. When you're counting yours you should have 24 in that round in total (excluding the chain 2 you made at the start of the round). Hope that helps and sorry about the confusion.

Thank you for your reply! I kept rewatching the video till I figured out what I was missing. Great tutorials, been making moons and stars ever since I came across these.

Hi! It is Four Seasons brand Flinders cotton. I got it from spotlight!

Hello! It might be that you have an extra stitch in the second round of the middle circle (before you made the moon). If so, look at timestamp 4:30 and make sure you're joining this circle up at the first DC....also count the stitches in this circle and make sure you have the right amount. Good Luck!!

You can choose to do one round of the background or two depending on how large you want the squares. With one round mine are 3.5inches / 9cm. With two rounds they are 4.5inches / 11.5cm

@@julescraftfolk okay thank you!! I’ll use a little bit thicker yarn and a 4mm hook and hope it turns out 13cm, bc that’s the size I need!

@@Catsarebreadyou could always try adding an extra round of double crochet…or half double crochet. That would get it around 13cm I think.

@@julescraftfolk I’ll try that first then! Thank you for your help!!

Hello! The white yarn is just a standard 8ply cotton from Spotlight in Australia - “Four Seasons” brand “Flinders” range. The hand dyed yarn is also Australian - Blackwattle is the name of the company, and it’s the “Bluegum” yarn in “Songbird” colourway. It is such a pretty yarn…but if you’re overseas check out boutique dyers, they might have something similar 😄

Hi there. It sounds like when you start working with the background yarn after making the moon you are skipping over the slip stitch (first stitch made when making the moon) and instead working a slip stitch into the top of the single crochet (second stitch made when making the moon)...have I got this right? If so, you want to make sure that when you start with the background yarn that you slip stitch into the top of the first slip stitch of the moon. Then you will either chain 3 or do an alternate standing double crochet. In the next stitch (the top of the single crochet of the moon) you will do the extended double crochet. This should also fix the problem you are having when you get round to the other side of the moon....just make sure you work into the top of both slipped stitches at the start and end of the moon. Does this make sense?

The white yarn is just a standard 8ply cotton from Spotlight in Australia - “Four Seasons” brand “Flinders” range. The hand dyed yarn is also Australian - Blackwattle is the name of the company, and it’s the “Bluegum” yarn in “Songbird” colourway. It is such a pretty yarn…but if you’re overseas check out boutique dyers, they might have something similar 😄

The Sun, Moon, and Star squares are all the same size. You can choose to do one round of the background or two depending on how large you want the squares. With one round mine are 3.5inches / 9cm. With two rounds they are 4.5inches / 11.5cm

And somehow I only getting 12 stitches in the outer edge

Oh no! Perhaps there is something going wrong with the moon round and you’re left a few stitches short. If you wanna send me a photo on Insta @craftfolk I’ll see if I can figure it out 😀

Thanks. I found what I did wrong. When switching back to the "sky" yarn I skipped the first stich of the moon. Which was the slipstich it was hard to get into that one. But I did a second one and turned out perfect

@@borostyankvaszta7128thank you for pointing this out! ive had to redo mine 3 times until finally seeking the comments section for help and im glad youve commented this cause i finally realized why ive only been getting 8 on the last side, thank you!

I'm glad I could help. It was frustrating for me as well.

You can choose to do one round of the background or two depending on how large you want the squares. With one round mine are 3.5inches / 9cm. With two rounds they are 4.5inches / 11.5cm

@@julescraftfolk thank you