Team Halloween or Day of the Dead 💀 2 free granny square vest patterns

22 September, 2026

Are you Team Halloween 🎃 or Team Day of the Dead 💀? This fall, we bring you two versions of the same on-trend garment: a crochet granny square vest with a two-tone checkerboard design and small embroidered motifs. Download the 2 free patterns from katia.com, made with Katia Merino Classic, and discover some tips from Gallimelmas e Imaginancias to embroider easily on crochet. Pick your team!

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Checkerboard granny square vests

Crochet vests are perfect for layering and adding a modern touch to any look. In these designs, granny squares alternate between black and a contrasting color to create a fun checkerboard effect. The pattern includes the charts for the granny square and the triangular granny square at the neckline, a diagram showing how to arrange and join the pieces, as well as 12 designs to embroider on the squares.

 

🎃 FREE TEAM HALLOWEEN PATTERN 🧶

🎃 Team Halloween

Black + orange and 12 Halloween-themed motifs: witch, vampire, ghost, scar, spiderweb, pumpkin, cat, fright, broomstick, bat, candy and moon. Plus, in the video by Gallimelmas e Imaginancias, you can see how to easily embroider the pumpkin or Jack O’Lantern on a granny square.

💀 Team Day of the Dead

The second version combines black + purple and features another 12 motifs inspired by Day of the Dead, the Mexican celebration: skull, heart with a cross, bones, flower, cross, garland, coffin, candle, heart, flame, eye and gravestone.

 

You can follow the suggested color combinations or choose other shades of Katia Merino Classic and your favorite motifs to make a granny square vest that is uniquely yours. Team Halloween or Team Day of the Dead?

💀 FREE TEAM DAY OF THE DEAD PATTERN 🧶

And if you’re still craving more, discover more handmade ideas to celebrate Halloween and Day of the Dead. Patterns, decorations and yarn projects to enjoy the most frightfully creative time of the year.