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I have been crocheting for years now; well over a decade, maybe even close to two. I have my own (mostly) crochet blog. I’m one of the Crochet board moderators on Craftster. I belong to a crochet guild (or two). I’ve taught many people how to crochet.

And yet, I’m still not clear on what a Granny Square is.

Some would say it’s a very specific pattern made up of groups of 3 double crochet stitches worked into the spaces of a previous round, in the shape of a square, like this:

Some would say that it’s the pattern of 3dc stitches that matters, and that any shape still counts as a Granny Square:

Some would say that what defines a Granny Square is that it is a square crocheted in the round, like this:

Some would say that all that matters is that it be a crocheted square…

or that it be a motif, of any description, that is repeated… (I can’t find the giant granny square blanket I made when I first learned to crochet, so here’s what I found doing a Google Image Search)

And so I ask you, what IS a Granny Square?