Here is a step-by-step crochet tutorial to make this beautiful 3-color granny square with raised diagonal texture (like your image).
I’ll explain it clearly so you can follow even without a chart 🧶
🧵 MATERIALS
- Yarn: 3 colors
- A (center) pink
- B (petals) cream
- C (background) brown
- Hook: 3.5–4 mm
- Scissors, yarn needle
STITCHES (US terms)
- ch = chain
- sl st = slip stitch
- sc = single crochet
- hdc = half double crochet
- dc = double crochet
- tr = treble crochet
- sp = space
- FPdc = front post double crochet
🌸 ROUND 1 – CENTER (pink)
This makes the small flower center.
- Make magic ring
- Ch 3 (counts as first dc)
- Make 7 dc into the ring
→ total 8 dc - Pull ring tight
- Sl st into top of ch-3
- Cut yarn, fasten off
You should see a small circle with 8 stitches
🌼 ROUND 2 – CHAIN LOOPS (cream)
This creates spaces for petals.
- Join cream yarn in any dc
- Ch 4
- Sl st in next dc
- Repeat (ch 4, sl st in next dc) around
- You will have 8 chain-4 loops
- Sl st to first loop
- Fasten off
🌼 ROUND 3 – RAISED PETALS (cream)
Each loop becomes a thick petal arm.
Join yarn in any ch-4 loop.
In each loop, work:
- 1 sc
- 1 hdc
- 3 dc
- 1 hdc
- 1 sc
👉 All stitches go inside the same loop
Repeat for all 8 loops
Sl st to first sc, fasten off
Now you have 8 thick raised petals
🟤 ROUND 4 – MAKE THE SQUARE (brown)
Now we turn the flower into a square.
Join brown yarn between any 2 petals
Side stitches
Between petals:
- Work 3 dc
Corner stitches
At every 2nd gap, make corner:
- 2 dc
- ch 2
- 2 dc
Full round pattern
- (3 dc) between first petals
- Corner: 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc
- (3 dc) next space
- Corner
- Repeat until 4 corners formed
- Sl st to first dc
Do not fasten off
🟫 ROUND 5 – DIAGONAL TEXTURE (brown)
This round gives the twisted look.
Important:
Work front post stitches around the dc from Round 4.
Side stitches
- FPdc around each dc (3 FPdc)
Corners
- 2 dc
- ch 2
- 2 dc
Repeat around:
- FPdc across sides
- normal dc in corners
Sl st, fasten off, weave ends
✅ FINISHED SIZE
- About 10–12 cm (4–5 in)
- You can add more rounds to grow the square
💡 EXTRA TIPS (important!)
- Pull loops slightly tight for neat petals
- Keep hook straight when doing FPdc
- Block square for perfect edges
- Use cotton or acrylic for best stitch definition
