Learn how to crochet the caramel stitch and work up the Caramel Stitch Blanket Square or Dishcloth! This free crochet pattern is worked in two cheerful colors to highlight the stunning texture of those caramel stitches.
Maybe you’re looking to learn new stitches for a stitch sampler afghan, or maybe you could use another washcloth for wiping those toddler hands after meals! The square is worked in cotton yarn, so you have options, and the stitch definition is fabulous.
I hope you enjoy this pattern!
You can save this pattern to your Pinterest board here.
2026 Granny Square Month Crochet Along
This pattern was part of the 2026 Granny Square Month CAL hosted by Underground Crafter! You can browse 30 square patterns by 20 designers and work up your own sampler-style blanket. Enjoy!
Abbreviations (US)
- ch(s): chain(s)
- pm: place marker in the st just made
- rep: repeat
- rnd(s): round(s)
- rs: right side
- sc(s): single crochet(s)
- sl st(s): slip stitch(es)
- st(s): stitch(es)
- ws: wrong side
- yo: yarn over
Special Stitch
Caramel Stitch: Yo, insert your hook in the next st, pull up a loop (3 loops on hook), yo, insert your hook beneath the st you’d just worked into (the top of the st from two rows back), pull up a loop (5 loops on hook), yo, insert your hook beneath the st you’d just worked into (the top of the st from three rows back), pull up a loop (7 loops on hook), yo and pull through all seven loops on your hook.
1. Yo.
2. Insert your hook in the next st and pull up a loop. You will have three loops on your hook.
3. Yo.
4. Insert your hook beneath the st you’d just worked into (the top of the st from two rows back) and pull up a loop. You will have five loops on your hook.
5. Yo.
6. Insert your hook beneath the st you’d just worked into (the top of the st from three rows back) and pull up a loop. You will have seven loops on your hook.
7. Yo.
8. Pull through all seven loops on your hook.
Materials
- Color A: Queensland Coastal Cotton Ocean Mist Weight 4 Medium (100% cotton, 185yd/169m, 3.5oz/100g) Pink Sand Beach 1 skein
- Color B: Queensland Coastal Cotton Weight 4 Medium (100% cotton, 185yd/169m, 3.5oz/100g) Watermelon 1 skein
- G/6 4mm crochet hook
- Stitch markers
- Scissors
- Tapestry needle
Finished Size
8″ x 8″
Gauge
14 sts x 16 rows = 4″ x 4″
Notes
You can get an ads-free, easy-to-print PDF of this pattern over at Etsy or Ravelry!
Square is worked carrying the yarn up the side to minimize the number of ends to weave in. These floats are enclosed in Rnd 1 of the border.
Turning ch never counts as a st.
To adjust the width of this square, ch any even number.
For another pattern featuring gorgeous caramel stitches, check out the Caramel Coffee Crochet Baby Blanket.
Caramel Stitch Blanket Square or Dishcloth Pattern
With color A, ch 26.
Row 1: Sc in the 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across, ch 1, turn. <25 scs>
Rows 2-5: Sc in each st across, ch 1, turn. <25 scs>
Row 6: (rs) Drop (do not cut) color color A, join color B, sc in the first st, *caramel st in the next st, sc in the next st; rep from * across, ch 1, turn. <13 scs, 12 caramel sts>
Row 7: (ws) Sc in each st across, ch 1, turn, drop color B, pick up color A. <25 scs>
Rows 8-29: Rep Rows 2-7. You’ll end on Row 5 of the rep.
Cut A. With B, continue in border instructions.
Border
Border Notes: Border is worked in joined rnds with rs facing. You’ll need to skip 5 row ends on the sides. Try working 5 row ends then skip 1 to achieve the correct st count. Enclose any yarn floats as you work the final edge in Rnd 1.
Rnd 1: Work (sc, pm, sc) in the same st, [sc across increasing by 1 st somewhere in the middle, in the corner work (3 sc, pm in the middle sc), sc down the side, in the corner work (3 sc, pm in the middle sc)] twice ending the final rep with only 1 sc in the starting corner, sl st join. <Excluding marked corners, each side of the square should have 26 sts.>
Rnd 2: Ch 1, work (sc, pm, sc) in the same st, [sc across, in the corner work (3 sc, pm in the middle sc)] four times ending the final rep with only 1 sc in the starting corner, invisible join. <Excluding marked corners, each side of the square should have 28 sts.>
Cut yarn, fasten off, and weave in ends.
