So over the past little while, we’ve been chatting about how to make different styles of Granny Squares, like the original, solid, Daisy, and African Flower! I have so many more ready to be posted, but today, we’re going to talk about how to make them into a blanket. This way, whichever square you choose you’ll be able to start attaching them together when you’re ready!
Which one is your favourite? I am loving the African Flower! It’s such a beautiful symmetrical flower that is so lovely.
So to get started with attaching them together, I like to lay out my squares and decide how they look, and determine which one goes where. For example, I don’t want a big section of one colour, or a stripe of one colour, or something like that.
So, unless all your squares are exactly the same, I recommend laying them out and taking a picture so you know where they all go. So for me, when I started laying out all of my squares, several of them were too big, so I have to work on the sizing for some of the patterns, but a bunch more of them were largely teal than the other colours, so it was pretty easy for me to use them as an anchor for our blanket, and use all the other colours around and create this great checkerboard style to it. What do you think?
Did you notice the new ones? The heart, celtic weave, vertical ribbing and the circles. Which tutorial do you want to see first? Comment below, or on the YouTube video.
So attaching the squares together can be done many ways, and today we’re going to go through 3 of them, Slip stitch, double crochet, and sewn.
Method 1: Slip Stitch
So this method creates a lifted band between your squares. It gives you some pretty texture. It’s nice and easy, see the image below.
Method #2 Double Crochet
In this method we’re creating a larger band between our squares by double crocheting back and forth between our squares. I like this one because a larger section between squares makes the beauty of the squares ‘pop’. For this one, insert your crochet hook into the corner stitch for one of the squares, draw up a loop, and chain 2. Now insert your hook into the corner stitch of the other square, dc into that stitch, then continue working double crochet back and forth between the 2 squares to the next corner.
Method #3: Invisible Sewn Join
This time, we’re using a Yarn (Darning) needle.
Want to watch the video tutorial? Check it out below.
Which one is your favourite? Comment below, and tell me which square you want to see next time!
Much Love,
