100 mix-and-match designs, with charts, written patterns and 8 stunning projects by Claire Montgomerie
The ultimate granny-square guide complete with 100 mix-and-match granny squares with charted and written instructions; a step-by-step beginner's guide to stitches, chart reading and more; PLUS 8 stunning granny-square projects!
From Claire Montgomerie, the best-selling author of the global phenomenon, The Granny Square Card Deck series (with 400,000 copies sold!).
Inside this gorgeously giftable, beginner-friendly guide you'll find:
- 100 colourful grannies, carefully designed to be mixed and matched in any combination!
- Every granny-square design with both written and charted instructions, and a full-size, full-colour photograph, so you can follow the patterns with ease in whichever way you prefer.
- A complete guide to getting started, with information on yarn and hooks, a step-by-step illustrated stitch guide, advice on joining your squares, a complete guide to reading charted patterns and guidance on choosing and using colour.
- 8 gorgeous projects to put your granny squares into practise, including a cardigan, bag, cushion, scarf plus a collection of 4 colourful blanket options.
If you love The Granny Square Card Deck series, you will love this book, which contains a comprehensive toolkit of the crochet stitches and techniques needed, a step-by-step guide to reading charted patterns, 100 side-by-side written and charted patterns, plus 8 stunning projects!
This comprehensive book is a must-have guide for any granny-square lover, whether you're picking up a hook for the first time, or looking for designs to inspire you!
This expanded paperback edition includes the charted patterns from The Granny Square Card Deck (9781800922297, 2023) and The Granny Square Flowers Card Deck (9781800923065, 2024).
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION 8
GETTING STARTED 10
About the squares 12
Yarn 14
Hooks 16
Other equipment 18
Basic stitches 20
Stitch chart symbols 30
Special stitches 32
Reading a stitch chart 34
Different working directions 42
Working over or under existing stitches 43
Using segmented charts 44
Working 3D flowers 45
Joining your squares 48
Color construction 51
THE 100 GRANNY SQUARES 54
THE 5 PROJECTS 256
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About Claire Montgomerie
Claire Montgomerie is a textiles designer specializing in crochet and knitting. She has written many best-selling books on these topics, and also styles and edits the UK craft magazine Inside Crochet.
- The Beginner's Guide to Crochet has now sold over 54k copies;
- The Granny Square Card Deck sold out before its publication date and has now sold over 250k copies worldwide, in 12 different languages, topping best-seller lists around the world!
- The Granny Square Flowers Card Deck published in May 2025 and has so far sold 100k copies;
- The Granny Square Stitches Card Deck published in November 2025 and has so far sold over 50k copies copies.
Claire lives in Cambridgeshire.
Check out her website: clairemontgomerie.com and Instagram: @clairemontyknits
