Free Crochet Horse Square Pattern

Looking for a fun crochet horse square pattern? This tapestry crochet design features a cute horse motif that works well for blankets, pillows, bags, and more. You can customize the colors to make a classic brown horse, bold black stallion, or playful pony.

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Horse square crochet pattern details

Here’s a quick overview of the materials, sizing, gauge, and pattern notes before you begin.

Materials needed

H-8 (5 mm) crochet hook
Worsted weight yarn (#4) in white and brown
Copy of the horse graph
Yarn needle
Scissors

Skill level

Easy. This easy crochet pattern uses only basic crochet stitches.

Finished measurements

4″ wide by 4.5″ tall (10 cm by 11 cm)

Crochet abbreviations

sc = single crochet
ch/chs = chain/chains
st/sts = stitch/stitches
sl st = slip stitch

Pattern notes

Make color changes indicated by the graph or the written instructions.
Each square on the graph represents a single crochet stitch.
Read the graph from right to left ← on odd-numbered rows and left to right → on even-numbered rows.
← you are working on the “right side” on odd-numbered rows.
→ you are working on the “wrong” side” on even-numbered rows.
Carry the unused yarn color.

Color changes

To change colors, work the last yarn over of a stitch with the new color. This sets up your yarn for the next stitch in the new color.
Carry unused colors across the row by laying them over the stitches you’re working into, so you can pick them up as needed. This is known as tapestry crochet!

Horse square crochet pattern instructions

Make the horse square following the graph or the written instructions.

With white yarn, chain 21, then single crochet into the 2nd ch from the hook and in each remaining chain.
You have made row 1 and should have 20 single crochet stitches.

Free horse crochet square pattern pin featuring a brown horse crochet square on a white background, with callouts for easy to follow pattern, perfect for blankets and pillows, and great for horse lovers.

Graph

Download the horse square graph.

Written instructions

← Row 1: white x 20
→ Row 2: white x 7, brown x 2, white x 11
← Row 3: white x 11, brown x 3, white x 6
→ Row 4: white x 5, brown x 4, white x 11
← Row 5: white x 10, brown x 6, white x 4
→ Row 6: white x 3, brown x 7, white x 10
← Row 7: white x 2, brown x 2, white x 6, brown x 8, white x 2
→ Row 8: white x 2, brown x 8, white x 6, brown x 3, white x 1
← Row 9: white x 1, brown x 5, white x 3, brown x 10, white x 1
→ Row 10: white x 1, brown x 10, white x 2, brown x 6, white x 1
← Row 11: white x 1, brown x 18, white x 1
→ Row 12: white x 2, brown x 16, white x 2
← Row 13: white x 2, brown x 15, white x 3
→ Row 14: white x 4, brown x 14, white x 2
← Row 15: white x 3, brown x 12, white x 5
→ Row 16: white x 6, brown x 11, white x 3
← Row 17: white x 3, brown x 9, white x 8
→ Row 18: white x 11, brown x 6, white x 3
← Row 19: white x 3, brown x 2, white x 15
→ Row 20: white x 20

Adding a border

To add a border, make 2 single crochet stitches in the side of each square along the sides, and in each corner make (2 sc, ch 2, 2 sc).

Finishing the horse square crochet pattern

Fasten off and then weave in the yarn tails. Block if desired.

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