I always like to try new twists to regular stitches or patterns. As I was thinking of a new Father’s Day gift, I wanted to design a sign with a twist. I had a couple of options on my mind, but I decided to go with a plain simple design and work with this textured spiral square as the building block.
It is an easy pattern once you get the hang of it.
You can play with colors by making the square part in one color and changing it for the spiral part.
I worked my DAD sign with a 4 mm hook to get a tight square. However, if you will be using this square to make a blanket, I highly recommend using a 5.5 mm hook.
If you want to know more about how to increase the flat circle diameter before turning it to a square, this tutorial explains it.
You can also find this tutorial explaining how to join squares together helpful.
And finally, for the DAD sign, I used 3 colors: black, grey and red.
All squares are made with worsted yarn (4) and a 4 mm hook.
I skipped the black edging in the graph as I did not have enough black yarn. I also decided to make the black squares plain (I did not do the half double crochets on the spirals) for the same reason.
That affected the size of the final squares due to the lack of tension added by HDC stitches.
But overall, I am happy with the final project and my husband liked it as well (Yes, he saw it when I was finishing it.. An early Father’s Day gift 🙂 )
You will need to crochet the following number of squares:
Black: 76
Red: 12
Grey: 24
Each square is about 2.75″
Width: 44″ = 111.7 cm
Length: 19.25″ = 48.9 cm
That’s all for today. I hope you enjoy the tutorial and pattern.
Till next time, stay safe and keep crocheting 🙂
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