Free Horse Square Crochet Pattern for Beginners

ByMelissa

Saddle up for a fun crochet adventure with this adorable crochet horse square pattern! Whether you love horses or just enjoy cute and creative designs, this square is perfect for adding a little country charm to your projects.

Use it to make blankets, pillows, bags, or anything that could use a touch of wild and free spirit! Pick your favorite colors to create a classic brown horse, a bold black stallion, or even a fun, colorful pony.

Grab your yarn and hook—it’s time to gallop into your next crochet project! The free pattern is below.

Image of a horse square crochet pattern with the text “horse square free crochet pattern” and “lovable loops crochet designs”.

This is a tapestry crochet pattern

This horse head square is a beginner tapestry crochet pattern. Tapestry crochet is a crochet technique where you use multiple colors of yarn to create patterns and designs in your projects.

With tapestry crochet, you make color changes following a picture graph (also known as a “grid” or “pixel chart”) or the written instructions.

Tapestry crochet allows for intricate patterns and color work, like this free horse crochet pattern.

This square crochet pattern is perfect for beginners!

If you’re new to tapestry crochet, this crochet horse pattern is a fantastic starting point. Why? Because it only uses two colors, making it the perfect project for beginners.

Plus, since it’s a small project, you won’t feel overwhelmed. It’s a great way to practice how to crochet a square with color changes and get comfortable with the tapestry crochet technique.

Square project crochet ideas

Crochet squares are super fun to make, and you can use them for all kinds of cool projects! You can stitch them together to make a warm and colorful blanket or turn them into a stylish square crochet bag.

They’re also great for making pillows, coasters, or even a crochet square cardigan! If you like decorating for the holidays, you can use squares to create festive stockings, table runners or wall hangings.

The best part is that you can mix and match this horse with different designs like my cactus, bow, flower, or heart square crochet pattern, to make something unique. The project ideas for this free crochet horse pattern are endless!

Horse square crochet pattern information

Materials needed

  • Crochet hook:  H-8 5 mm hook size
  • Yarn: worsted weight yarn in white and brown
  • Copy of the horse graph
  • Yarn needle for weaving the yarn tails in

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 terms

  • ch(s): chain(s)
  • st(s): stitch(es)
  • sl st: slip stitch
  • sc: single crochet 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.

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.

Image of a horse square crochet pattern

More free crochet square patterns

If you liked this free crochet pattern, you may also like my crochet granny square bag, flower square crochet, single crochet square bag, crochet granny square blanket, and my crochet daisy granny square.

What are alpha crochet patterns?

Alpha patterns are pixel drawing designs used primarily in tapestry crochet and C2C (corner to corner) crochet techniques to create letters, numbers, or easy pixel art ideas.

These patterns allow crafters to spell out names, messages, or create detailed images and motifs using a pixel grid approach.

Each square on the grid corresponds to a stitch in crochet. These patterns are also commonly referred to as “pixel crochet charts”, “grid crochet patterns”, or “crochet graph patterns”.

Pixel art in crochet design

When I design my tapestry crochet patterns, like this horse square crochet pattern, and my corner to corner crochet patterns, I create pixel charts. These charts are also known as “graphs”, “alpha patterns”, and “grids”.

You can use these pixel crochet patterns not just for crochet but also for knitting, cross-stitch, needlepoint, weaving, tapestry, beadwork, and even pixel art- just like this horse pixel art crochet pattern.

Let’s connect!

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