Skull granny square or appliqué

Halloween skull, so spoOOooky! | beginner Pattern

This pattern includes steps to create a skull appliqué or granny square.

You'll need roughly 4 yards (~144 inches) of yarn for the skull and 10 yards (~350 inches) for the square. Optional stitch marker placements are noted, helpful for beginners or when using dark yarns.

Enjoy! 👻

I used Lion Brand DIY Glow Cozy yarn in white and aqua to create the squares pictured in this pattern.

beginner

20-45 minutes

Color 1: 4 yards, Color 2: 10 yards

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Required Tools

1x5mm crochet hook

Recommended Yarn

No yarns added

Stitch Abbreviations

chChain

sl stSlip stitch

dcDouble crochet

hdcHalf double crochet

mcMagic circle

Before you begin...

Key:

MR – Magic Ring (or Magic Circle)
CH – Chain
SL ST – Slip Stitch
SC – Single Crochet
HDC – Half Double Crochet
DC – Double Crochet

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Part 1: Skull

(Make 1)

This is the skull in the center of the granny square.

Round 1

Round 1 forms the start of the skull, 2 eye sockets, and the nose socket.

Start with a MR (magic ring).

CH 1, DC 9* into the MR (*optional: place a stitch marker in the top of the first DC), CH 5, DC 1 into the MR, CH 3, DC 1 into the MR, CH 5, tighten the MR, then SL ST to join into the first DC you placed into the MR.

Round 2

Round 2 completes the skull and forms the teeth.

[CH 1, SC 1] into the same stitch as the final SL ST from the previous round, SC 1* into the next 8 stitches along the top of the skull (*optional: place a stitch marker in the fourth SC at the top-center of the skull if you are doing the granny square).

SC 6 into the first eye socket chain space.

[SL ST, CH 2, DC 2, CH 2*, SL ST] into nose socket chain space (*optional: place a stitch marker in the first CH if you are doing the granny square), SC 6 into the next eye socket chain space, then SL ST to join with the first SC in the skull after the eye socket chain space.

Cut your yarn and pull through.

Part 2: Granny square

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