I love granny squares <3 A few weeks ago I started making headbands, and while going through my stash I came across 3 squares I had made months ago for a blanket, before I found out that there was not enough yarn (something I inherited, so no chance of buying more). I just thought they would be perfect for a headband, so I joined them and did a few rows of sc on both sides of the band. Turned out well, I think You can see it here: 
Here I'll post the pattern for the square in the first photo. I'll do it in crochet short hand, but please ask if you don't know how to read this Square: With colour A, ch 5 and join with sl st to form a ring. Round 1: ch 3, 23 dc in ring, join with sl st to top of ch 3. 24 sts. End colour A. Round 2: With colour B, ch 3 in space between 2 dc and make 2 dc in same space, then ch 1. Skip next space and make 3 dc in next space, then ch 1. Continue in this manner around, making 12 groups of 3 dc separated by ch 1. Join last ch 1 to top of ch 3 with sl st. 48 sts (36 dc + 12 ch 1). End colour B.Round 3: *With colour A, ch 3 in any ch 1 space and make 5 dc in same space. Make 3 dc in each of the next two ch 1 spaces.* Repeat from * to * 3 more times, but make 6 dc instead of (ch 3, 5 dc). Join with sl st to top of ch 3. 48 sts.Round 4: Sl st to the next space between dc and ch 2 in this space, make 1 hdc in next. In the following space, which should be in the centre of the group of 6 dc, make 3 hdc. Continue in this manner around and join with sl st to top of ch 2. 56 sts. Bind off and weave all ends.Note: I made 2 squares with above colour use, and the second with reverse use of colour, and then did round 5 in colour B instead of A, so they all had the same colour in the last round. This to make the joining and edging look nicer I joined with colour B. From the front, I did 1 row of sc on one side of a square and turned. I then placed it on top of another square, right sides facing each other, and did sc through both loops of both squares. This join sticks out a bit on the wrong side of the work. After joining all the squares, I added 2 rounds of sc on each side of the band. There are many ways to join squares - I like this one because it looks flat from the right side.If your squares are just a bit too small to make a fitting headband, you can just add more rows when joining them. Also, you can add more rows on the edges of the band, if you want it to be higher and more like a tube.I think that's it! Please ask if something is completely muddled up And if you need ideas for motifs, I have loads of links.
updated by @sissemor: 02/14/15 03:18:29AM
