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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

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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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