Crochet Butternut Squash Square: Step-by-Step Instructions and Material Guide

The crochet butternut squash square is a beautiful and charming design that captures the essence of the season with its warm colors and textures. This square can be used as a cozy decoration for home decor, as part of a larger blanket, or even as a unique gift.

Materials

Yarn: Red Heart Super Saver Jumbo (weight 4 – medium)
White (14 oz/369 g, 744 yd/681 m)

For the fruits/vegetables, I used different color scrap yarn (see photos for color matching). *Red Heart Super Saver in your choice of shade will work well for all of these.*

Hook: I/9 – 5.50mm for granny squares
G/6 – 4.25mm for fruits

Other Materials:
Stitch markers

Tapestry needle

Scissors

Sizing

Gauge

12 DC x 6 rows = 4”

Finished Dimensions

5.00” length x 5.00” width

Abbreviations (US)

st – stitch
sl st – slip stitch
ch – chain
sk – skip
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
tc – treble crochet

Notes

Brackets [ ] indicate directions worked in the same st. For example, sc 5 means sc 1 in five sts; [sc 5] means sc 5 in the same st.

Beginning ch 4 counts as a treble crochet.

Instructions

Granny Square

Make a magic circle.

Round 1: ch 4, *dc 3, tc 1, repeat from * twice, dc 3, sl st in the top of the starting ch 4 (12 dc, 4 tc).

Round 2: ch 4, turn, dc 2 in the same st as the starting ch, *dc 3, [dc 2, tc 1, dc 2] in the tc of the previous row, repeat from * twice, dc 3, [dc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, sl st in the top of the starting ch (28 dc, 4 tc).

Round 3: ch 4, turn, dc 2 in the same st as the starting ch, *dc 7, [dc 2, tc 1, dc 2] in the tc of the previous row, repeat from * twice, dc 7, [dc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, sl st in the top of the starting ch (44 dc, 4 tc).

Round 4: ch 4, turn, dc 2 in the same st as the starting ch, *dc 11, [dc 2, tc 1, dc 2] in the tc of the previous row, repeat from * twice, dc 11, [dc 2] in the same st as the starting ch, sl st in the top of the starting ch (52 dc, 4 tc).

Finish off and weave in ends.

Block.

Butternut Squash

In tan yarn, ch 13.

Row 1: sc in the first ch from the hook and in each across (12).

Row 2-3: ch 1, turn, sc across (12).

Round 1: ch 1, hdc in the same st working down the side of the project, hdc in the next two sts, continue around the foundation ch edge of the project, [hdc 2] in the corner, [hdc 3] in the next two sts, sc, sl st 7, [sc, ch 1, sc] in next corner, sc in next two sts, [sc, ch 1, sc] in next corner, sl st 7, sc, [hdc 3] in the next two sts, hdc in the last corner, sl st in the beginning hdc (14 sl st, 2 ch1-sp, 8 sc, 18 hdc).

Finish off and use the yarn tails to sew onto a granny square.