JOINING SQUARES
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Whipstitch, Backstitch, Mattress Stitch
Slip Stitch, Reverse SC
Join-as-you-go
(JAYG) Granny Squares

Continuous JAYG by Susan Van Winkle
Lacy Granny
Joining with Single Crochet

Joining with Single Crochet and Chains

Rule

JOINING SQUARES with Single Crochet and Chains
©2010 Sandra Petit, http://www.crochetcabana.com

This method will work with any number of granny squares and the squares can be any size. Just continue in pattern if your square is larger than this one.

You can join columns together first or rows first. It doesn't matter which way you go. I use rows, though in this case it really doesn't matter since the piece is a square.

Also, if your final row is worked in the same color as your join it will be easier to weave the tails in. However, it will not give the "outline" look. It just depends on what you want.

1) Place slip knot on hook. Place two squares wrong sides together (right side facing up towards you of your front square). You will be working on the right side. If you prefer, you can lay them one next to the other, right sides up. Insert hook in center chain space, going through both squares, join with a single crochet.

 

2) ch 3, insert hook in next space (in this case it is a ch-1). Work a single crochet in that space

3) ch 3, in next space work sc, ch 3, in last space (your corner) work sc, do not finish off. If your square is larger you will do more (ch 3, sc) across, finishing in the corner.

This photo shows your two squares laid flat, at the same position as the previous step.
 

4) take your next two squares and lay them back sides together, just as you did with the first two squares. Your last stitch was a single crochet in the corner space. ch 3, then insert hook in corner space of your new squares, going through both squares. Complete a sc.

5) (ch 3, sc in next space) 3 times (or however many times it takes to get to your corner space). Your squares are dangling loose because you are joining the rows. You will be going back later to catch the columns.

Here are the same squares laid out flat after completing step 5.

You will add as many squares as are needed for that row in the same manner.
 

6) Begin row 2 just as you did row 1. With wrong sides facing, join with a sc in first corner space, going through both squares. Work (ch 3, sc) across, adding additional squares as available.

7) Once all your rows are done, you need to connect your columns, which are presently hanging loose. You're going to begin in the same manner as before. Be sure you are working with wrong sides together, or both right sides facing up, if working flat. Join with a sc in corner space of both squares

 

This is a close-up of the same join as in step 7.

8) When you get to the corner space, you will note that this is where you joined your row previously. You will make the sc in the corner space of your first square, ch 3, then make a sc in the corner space of the second square.

Here is a close-up after the join is made

9) Continue across just as before, working (ch 3, sc) in each space. Work the previous join as in step 8.

10) Move on to the next column or row and work as before. You can do this as many times as needed

 

 

After you are finished assembling the squares, you can put an border edging around the entire piece in the same color as the join for a nice finish.

 

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05/13/10


 

 

 

 

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