Here’s a step-by-step guide to making a Crochet Granny Square Spiral Sun — a bright, textured square with a spiral center that looks like a glowing sun 🌞
🧶 Materials
Worsted weight yarn (3 colors recommended: sun center, rays, background)
4.0–5.0 mm crochet hook (adjust for your yarn)
Yarn needle
Scissors
📚 Stitches & Abbreviations
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
dc – double crochet
hdc – half double crochet
sp – space
🌞 Spiral Sun Granny Square Pattern
🌪 Round 1: Spiral Center (No Joining)
Using Color A (sun center):
Make a magic ring.
Work: (2 dc, ch 1) 8 times into the ring.
Do NOT join. Continue working in a spiral.
Gently pull ring tight.
You should have 8 small ch-1 spaces.
🌞 Round 2: Build the Spiral
Continue with Color A:
Into the next ch-1 sp: (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc).
Into next sp: (3 dc, ch 1).
Continue alternating:
(2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc)
(3 dc, ch 1)
Work around to create a growing spiral shape.
Fasten off invisibly.
👉 The uneven increases create the spiral twist.
🌟 Round 3: Sun Rays
Attach Color B in any ch-1 space:
In each ch-1 space around:
(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc)
This forms rounded “sun ray” clusters.
Join with sl st and fasten off.
⬛ Round 4: Squaring the Sun
Attach Color C in any ch-2 corner space.
Corners:
(3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc)
Between corners (side spaces):
3 dc in each space.
Work around to form a square.
Join with sl st.
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