Crochet Patterns for Relaxation

The traditional granny square is the ultimate mindless crochet pattern. Once you've got the basic formula down, you'll never need to look at the pattern again.

See Also:

• Free patterns for different variations of crocheted granny squares
• Free patterns for granny afghans
• Free patterns for finished projects made with granny squares

This is one of the fastest, easiest patterns ever. It's just basic double crochet stitch, made extra-special during the finishing process by the addition of some gathers and a pretty jeweled doodad in front.

See Also:

• Free crochet neck warmer patterns
• Easy crochet patterns
• Crochet for beginners

This fun pattern is sized for all the ladies in the family, from babies to adults.

Here's a free pattern for a baby afghan square worked in single crochet stitch. My sample is made using several colors of fingering weight yarn. While there are a few color changes in the edging, most of the block is made up of solid-colored rows of single crochet.

This is a great pattern for beginning crocheters, and also for veteran crocheters who like to have a project handy when watching movies or talking on the phone.

Sometimes there's a fine line between relaxing and downright boring. If you want to keep things interesting, using variegated yarn is one creative approach. It allows you to create a multicolored design without doing lots of color changes. You get the best of both worlds - a relaxing pattern that looks interesting but still doesn't require a whole lot of brainpower.

This dishcloth is a good example of a relaxing pattern that incorporates variegated yarn. The dishcloth is square, and doesn't require any complicated shaping.

Here's another example incorporating variegated yarn. These potholders are based on the easy pattern linked above. They are just as easy as the others, although perhaps a bit more interesting to crochet.

• Blue variegated potholders, as shown



• Perhaps you'd prefer to use browns and neutrals instead.



• Remember, you can make the potholders in any color you like - variegated or solid. Feel free to substitute any color, as long as you use a yarn that is comparable to the one called for in the pattern.

This scarf pattern requires slightly more brainpower than some of the other projects listed above, but it's still pretty easy; there's a lot of repetition, allowing you to easily learn the pattern from memory. You don't ever need to change yarns.

Since the yarn is so bulky, the scarf works up pretty quickly.