Squares into circles

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Hi there! How do I make square into a circle?

[Avon Lady]

_{There are several good ways. I suggest you google "How to crochet squares into circles".  They give a LOT of information--much better than I can explain!}

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Maybe if I explain a bit better. I have a number of granny sqaures that I want to add an edge to so that it looks like a doily or better yet, a mandala. I can do circles into sqaures but for the life of me I can't figure this one out... The squares are either stashbuster projects or therapy and now I want to create something new. Any and all help and suggestions are welcome. Thanks!

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Dear Avon Lady. Google was not my friend as it gave me many ways to get from circles to squares, circles in squares but not vice versa. I'm going to try again.

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Dear Avon Lady. Google was not my friend as it gave me many ways to get from circles to squares, circles in squares but not the other way round. ????

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This may take some fiddling/ripping to get it right, but just doing this in my head...this has you working a 'hill' on each side of the square independently, not continuing to work in the round.

 

Join yarn in a corner chain space.  

Chain 3, work across the granny pattern 'as usual', make a DC into the next corner space.  Turn.  This results in a shorter row with slanted edges.

 

From here it will probably require some trial and error if the squares are large.  If you repeat that row, you'll end up with a pyramid.  What you'll need to do is narrow each row MORE each row at some point.  Depending on the size of your square, it may only take a couple more rows.  Maybe the next row is a longer slanting chain & stitch on each side, and only 1 or 2 stitches in the first and last granny 'shell'.  Or, if the grannies aren't huge, just repeat the above rows a couple of times and it will be roundish... you might be able to round it off with a finishing border of grannies or something else all around.

 

I read your first post the same way that Avon Lady did at first, probably because I've seen a lot of 'circle to square' patterns.  The only rounding of of squares I could think of is a doily that adds a half circle to each side of a square, but that ends up sort of 4-leaf clover shaped, not round.

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Thanks a bunch for the advice! Will post photos before, during and after.