This join-as-you-go granny squares pattern is perfect for a small pet, including a cat or dog. It’s a great project for using up scrap yarn.

This pattern is available for FREE on my blog HERE.

The free version is supported by advertising on my website. The downloadable PDF for sale on Ravelry includes the full pattern in one printable file without advertisements.

Skills Used
Basic crochet stitches: chain, double crochet, half double crochet, single crochet, slip stitch
Crocheting in the round, increasing
Crocheting into chain spaces (includes video tutorial)
Standing dc, standing sc, crocheting in the back loop (includes linked video tutorials)
Special stitch: dc2tog (includes link to photo tutorial)
Seaming with join-as-you-go (includes written instructions in pattern and link to photo tutorial)

Skill Level
Easy

Finished Size
Small Pet. 19” (48.5 cm) square.

Materials
Lion Brand Jeans (100% acrylic, 3.5 oz/100 g, 246 yd/225 m) – 1 skein in 105V Faded (CA), or approximately 155 yd (142 m) in CA in any medium weight, machine washable yarn.

Lion Brand Heartland (100% acrylic, 5 oz/142 g, 251 yd/230 m) – 1 skein each in 150T Mount Rainier (CB), 149R Great Smoky Mountains (CC), and 171M Cuyahoga Valley, or approximately 70 yd (64 m) in CB, 95 yd (87 m) in CC, and 60 yd (55 m) in any medium weight, machine washable yarn.

US Size J-10/6 mm crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.

Yarn needle.

Gauge
Motif = 6” (15 cm) in pattern. Exact gauge is not critical for this project.