Free crochet Turkey Pattern cute granny square pattern!

A free crochet turkey pattern by Nana’s Crafty Home!

This cute and free crochet turkey pattern is the third square in my Fall Squares Blanket pattern! This Fall / Thanksgiving themed blanket has 9 unique squares that together make an adorable addition to your home!

Get ready to add a touch of whimsy and cuteness to your Thanksgiving decor with this delightful free crochet Turkey Square crochet pattern! This adorable design is bound to bring smiles to your face as you hook away. 

The turkey body is round and plump giving the classic silhouette of a turkey. The two round, white eyes have black centers provided by safety eyes, giving the bird a somewhat surprised and endearing expression.

One of the most striking elements of the square is the turkey’s feathered plumage which fans out behind its body. The feathers are depicted in a vivid array of autumnal hues, including bright oranges, deep reds, and sunny yellows. These colorful feathers are spread out over the body of the turkey.

Adding to the charm of the design are two small, orange feet playfully dangling from the turkey’s round body, giving it a sense of movement, as if it’s just taken a little step.

The crochet turkey square radiates warmth and a festive spirit, making it a perfect piece for autumn or Thanksgiving-themed decorations or projects!

Crochet Turkey Square Pattern Details

The crochet turkey square is part of the Fall Squares Blanket and is the third square in the series.  If you missed the post with all the release dates and details about the blanket you can head on over to that blog post for all the information you will need to make your own Fall themed blanket!  

Previously released Square patterns in the series:

Sunflower Square free crochet pattern
Pumpkin Square free crochet pattern

The turkey square is a fun one! The base square is very simple – the center circle is made with brown yarn and then when switching to cream yarn, the first round of “squaring off” your circle is worked in the back loops only.  This provides an unused front loop in order to add our feathers on at the end.

The feathers are simple shell stitches that are crocheted right onto the square using the unused front loops. So easy!

The head and neck of the turkey is crocheted separately and then once the eyes, beak and embroidered snood are added, it is sewn to the front of the square. The feet are crocheted separately and then sewn to the bottom of the body.  

If you wanted to add wings to your turkey I would recommend using the wing pattern from my previous Chick Square which is part of my Easter Squares Blanket.

If you didn’t want to use safety eyes for your pattern you could simply embroider the turkey’s eyes instead. I love the addition to the white behind his eyes which gives him some real personality! He looks pretty anxious and excitable with those whites showing!

My Fall Blanket uses Red Heart Super Saver* which is a medium worsted weight acrylic yarn.  Very economical and with plentiful color options! You can certainly substitute your favorite worsted weight yarn – Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn!, Red Heart With Love, Paintbox Simply Aran, Vanna’s Choice, Big Twist Value, Caron Simply Soft, Caron One Pound and so many more!  Raid your yarn stash – even mix and match to get your favorite fall colors!

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The next square in the Fall Squares Blanket series is the Scarecrow Square coming on Monday 10/09 so be sure to check back for that.

You can purchase the ad-free PDF of the crochet Turkey Square for a small fee. If you would like ALL the square patterns for the Fall Squares Blanket I also have a complete PDF available as well.

This Fall Granny Square Blanket pattern is also available as an ad-free, printable PDF!  This PDF includes all 9 individual square patterns + the joining and border instructions! You can purchase the individual pattern, or if you love PDFs, you might want to check out my Lifetime Membership. It’s an awesome deal! Never pay for one of my PDFs again!!

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You may also like the following free crochet patterns by Nana’s Crafty Home:

• 1. Turkey Towel Topper free crochet pattern
• 2. Grateful C2C Table Runner free crochet pattern
• 3. Wacky Waddles Crochet Turkey Hat free pattern

Turkey Square free crochet pattern

Pattern written in US crochet terminology

Supplies:

Red Heart Super Saver Weight 4 / Medium (100% acrylic)

•     Cafe Latte 2.6 oz / 136 yds (Brown) 
•     Aran 1.5 oz / 80 yds (Cream)
•     Saffron 0.2 oz / 6 yds (Gold)
•     Burgundy 0.2 oz / 5 yds (Red)
•     Carrot 0.3 oz / 15 yds (Orange)
•     White 0.01 / 1 yd (White)

Size I (5.5 mm) crochet hook
2 – 6 mm safety eyes
Scissors
Stitch marker (optional)
Tapestry needle

Approximate finished size:  14” square

Gauge: First 4 rounds = 4” / 4 dc sts = 1”

Abbreviations:

• MC = magic circle
• ch(s) = chain(s)
• BLO = back loop only
• FLO = front loop only
• sc = single crochet
• hdc = half double crochet
• dc = double crochet
• tr = treble
• sp = space
• st(s) = stitch(es)
• sk = skip
• sl st = slip stitch
• WS = wrong side
• RS = right side
• dc2tog = double crochet 2 stitches together (see special stitches section below)
• yo = yarn over

Special Stitches:

Picot: ch 3, sl st in third ch from hook.

dc2tog: Yo, insert hook into next stitch and pull up a loop (three loops on hook), yo, pull through two loops (two loops on hook), yo, insert hook into next st, pull up a loop (four loops on hook), yo, pull through two loops (three loops on hook), yo, pull through remaining three loops on hook.

Pattern Notes:

• Ch 3 at beginning of each round counts as first dc stitch.
• Turkey head/neck, eyes, legs and beak are worked separately and then sewn to front of panel.
• Turkey feathers are worked in the unused front loops of round 10.

Pattern Instructions

With Brown, make MC.

Round 1: Ch 3, 11 dc in MC, join with sl st in top of ch-3 and tighten ring. (12)

Round 2: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, sl st in top of ch-3. (24)

Round 3: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in next st, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next st,* repeat from * to * to end, sl st in top of ch-3. (36)

Round 4: Ch 3, 2 dc in next st, *1 dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st,* repeat from * to * to last st, 1 dc in last st, sl st in top of ch-3. (48)

Round 5: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in next 3 sts, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 3 sts,* repeat from * to * to end, sl st in top of ch-3. (60)

Round 6: Ch 3, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in next st, *1 dc in next 4 sts, 2 dc in next st,* repeat from * to * to last 2 sts, 1 dc in last 2 sts, sl st in top of ch-3.  (72)

Round 7: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in next 5 sts, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 5 sts,* repeat from * to * to end, sl st in top of ch-3. (84)

Round 8: Ch 3, 1 dc in next 2 sts, 2 dc in next st, *1 dc in next 6 sts, 2 dc in next st,* repeat from * to * to last 3 sts, 1 dc in last 3 sts, sl st in top of ch-3.  (96)

Round 9: Ch 3, 1 dc in same st, 1 dc in next 7 sts, *2 dc in next st, 1 dc in next 7 sts,* repeat from * to * to end,  sl st in top of first st. (108)

Fasten off brown.

Round 10: Working in BLO, join cream in first st, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next st, hdc in next 4 sts, dc in next 4 sts, tr in next 4 sts, *(2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in next st, tr in next 4 sts, dc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, dc in next 4 sts, tr in next 4 sts,* repeat from * to * two times; (2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in next st, tr in next 4 sts, dc in next 4 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sl st in first st. (120 + 4 ch-2 corner sp)

Round 11: Working in both loops, ch 1, sc in same st, sc in next st, hdc in next 4 sts, dc in next 6 sts, tr in next 4 sts, *(2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in ch-2 sp, tr in next 4 sts, dc in next 6 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sc in next 2 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, dc in next 6 sts, tr in next 4 sts,* repeat from * to * two times; (2 tr, ch 2, 2 tr) in ch-2 sp, tr in next 4 sts, dc in next 6 sts, hdc in next 4 sts, sl st in first st. (136 + 4 ch-2 corner sp)

Round 12 – 13: Ch 3 (counts as first st), *dc in each st to next ch-2 sp, (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp,* repeat from * to * to end, sl st top of ch-3.  (152 round 12, 168 round 13)

Fasten off.  Weave in ends.

Feathers

With gold yarn, (working in FLO from round 10) sl st to first unused front loop from round 10, ch 1, sc in same st, *sk next st, (3 dc, picot, 3 dc) in next st, sk next st, change colors (see note below), sc in next st,* repeat from * to * to end of round.

Note: Color changes for feathers: [gold, orange, red] 3 times, then 1 more in gold.

Fasten off.  Weave in ends.

Turkey Head / Neck

With brown, ch 12.

Row 1: Dc in fourth ch from hook (skipped chs count as first st) and in each ch to end. Turn. (10)

Row 2: Ch 3, dc in same st and in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (12)

Row 3: Repeat row 2. (14)

Rows 4 – 5: Ch 3, dc in each st. Turn.

Row 6: Ch 3, dc2tog, dc in each st to last 2 sts, dc2tog. Turn. (12)

Row 7: Ch 3, dc in each st. Turn.

Row 8: Ch 3, dc2tog, dc in each st to last 2 sts, dc2tog. Turn. (10)

Row 9: Repeat row 8. (8)

Rows 10 – 11: Ch 3, dc in each st. Turn.

Row 12: Ch 3, dc in same st, dc in each st to last st, 2 dc in last st. Turn. (10)

Rows 13 – 14: Ch 3, dc in each st. Turn.

Row 15: Ch 3, dc2tog, dc in each st to last 2 sts, dc2tog. Turn. (8)

Row 16: Repeat row 15. (6)

Row 17: Ch 3, dc2tog, dc in each st to last 2 sts, dc2tog. (4)

Without fastening off, sc evenly around outside edge, sl st to first st.

Leaving a long tail for sewing, fasten off.

Beak

With orange, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook and in last ch.

Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Eyes (make 2)

With white, make MC, ch 1, 6 sc in MC, sl st to first st. (6)

Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing.

Feet (make 2)

With Orange, ch 3.

Row 1: 1 sc in second ch from hook and in last ch. Turn. (2)

Row 2: Ch 3, sc in second ch from hook and next ch, sl st in sc at base of ch, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook and next ch, sl st in next sc from row 1, ch 3, sc in second ch from hook and next ch, sl st in unused loop from foundation ch on st at base of ch.  See photos on next page of PDF.

Row 3: Ch 1, 1 sc in same foundation ch loop, sc in next unused loop from foundation ch.  Turn. (2)

Row 4 – 6: Ch 1, 1 sc in each st. Turn. (2)

Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.  Weave in remaining ends.

Note: In the photos below for the feet you will not be changing color as shown unless you desire to have a different color for the leg.  This color change is to better show how the leg begins.  

Assembly 

Affix safety eyes to middle of each eye, then with long tails, sew eyes to head of turkey.

With long tail, sew beak to head of turkey below the eyes.

With a long tail of red, embroider red snood next to beak.  Weave in ends.

With long tail, sew head / neck of turkey to main body below feathers.

With long tails, sew legs to bottom of body.

Weave in remaining ends.

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