How to make a Granny Stool Cover

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Today I am sharing How to make a Granny Stool Cover. This project is perfect for using up scraps so gather your yarny scraps and lets get started.

I used some yarn from my cotton stash. All my yarn is of Sport Weight and used my 3 mm hook. So, you've got your yarn and hook. Lets go.

I am using U.K terms. See the conversion table at the end of this post for US terms.

Start on a Granny Square - my style. I make my Granny Square like this:

ROUND 1:

Chain 6, join to make a ring with a slip stitch in your first chain. Chain 3 (your first treble), make 2 trebles in the ring, chain 3, make 3 trebles in the ring. Repeat this until you have 4 groups of 3 trebles (called clusters) and join the round with a slip stitch in the 3rd chain of your first treble. Fasten off. You have completed your first round.

ROUND 2:

Add a new color (see a great tutorial on how to do this here) and chain 3, make 2 trebles in the corner chain 3, make 3 trebles in the same corner, chain 1, make 3 trebles in the next corner, chain 3, make another 3 trebles in the same corner, chain 1 etc. Repeat this until you have finished your round.

From ROUND 3 and onwards:

Add a new color and chain 3, make 2 trebles in the corner,  chain 3, make 3 trebles in the same corner, chain 1, make 3 trebles in the space between clusters in the previous round, chain 1, make 3 trebles in the next corner, chain 3, make another 3 trebles in the same corner, chain 1, make 3 trebles in the space between the clusters in the previous round, chain 1 etc. Repeat this until you have finished your round 3 and continue to do this every round after until your square is big enough for your stool.

I make the Granny Square slightly smaller than the top of the stool. This way it will become snug instead of floppy when finished.

Now you add a new color and start a new round on your Granny Square BUT (!) stop making 1 chain in between the clusters and only make ONE group of 3 trebles in the corners  - VOILA!

Do you see how the square automatically folds up/down to make a "skirt"?

And you see how it fits snug on the top of the stool now?

Continue to make rounds of 3 trebles without any chains in between until you have the length you desire of your stool cover. I made 7 rows for the "skirt".

My last row is a simple edging made like this:

Add a new color with a slip stitch between 2 clusters anywhere on the side as this makes for a more neat joining at the end, chain 4, slip stitch between the next 2 clusters. Repeat until the round is finished and join with a slip stitch in your first slip stitch. Fasten off roughly.

Lilla katt, lilla kat, lilla söta Charlie...

Sew in, fasten off, weave in, secure, finish all your ends. VOILA! Your Granny Stool Cover is finished and fab-fantastic gorgeous!

If you have any questions, if you find any errors or anything else regarding my tutorial, please drop a line. If you make a Granny Stool Cover, please let me now by leaving a trail so that I can see your beauty. I hope you will enjoy this quick little project as much as I am. I am already planning for yet another stool cover. And I will start hunting for more stools at thrift markets to dress. :D

Kärlek
Annette ♡