How to make a Granny Stool Cover

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. I am using U.K terms in my instructions. Lets go.

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.

Sew in, fasten off, weave in, secure, finish all your ends (tutorial here). 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