{"id":1638,"date":"2018-11-05T08:07:49","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T13:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/couchsurfercrochet.com\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2019-12-28T10:25:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T15:25:25","slug":"stash-buster-granny-cal-joining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/couchsurfercrochet.com\/stash-buster-granny-cal-joining\/","title":{"rendered":"Stash Buster Granny CAL – Joining"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey crocheters! I hope you have enjoyed working on this Crochet Along! These squares have been so much fun to create, and I LOVE seeing all of your color choices! We are in the home stretch! This week we will be joining all of those squares together, and next week we will be adding a border to finish! We are now done with the most difficult part of this Crochet Along : making all those squares! If you are just joining us, all the of the square patterns can be found here:<\/p>\n

Week 1<\/a>
\nWeek 2<\/a>
\nWeek 3<\/a>
\nWeek 4<\/a><\/p>\n

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I wanted to use a joining method that worked up quickly but would also leave me with something beautiful. Because this blanket is already so colorful, I didn’t want to the joining method to outshine all those beautiful squares!<\/span><\/p>\n

I found this tutorial<\/a> on Carina’s Craftblog. I love the look but didn’t want to join the squares two by two. So I figured out how to do two full ROWS at a time. You will work your squares from the bottom right, working right to left. Here is the way you should lay out your squares:<\/p>\n

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Make 4 stacks: the matching ones from each week (the same pattern rotation, such as the “1 row of one color, 3 rows of one color, 1 row of one color” listed as “A”. Those are the 16 you made for Week 4. Lay out your squares:<\/p>\n

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A close up\u00a0photo to\u00a0help:<\/p>\n

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What you will need:<\/strong>Yarn:<\/em> Size 4 (medium weight) yarn. I used mostly Red Heart<\/a> and Impeccable<\/a> yarns since most of my stash comes from Michaels stores<\/a>!
\n***since I used yarn from my stash I don’t have an exact amount needed, but I know you will need at least 400 yards of one solid color to do the joining and border!\u00a0<\/em>I chose to use Caron One Pound yarn in Medium Grey<\/a> for my joining stitches. It’s a nice simple neutral so it doesn’t compete with all those colorful squares!<\/p>\n

Hook:<\/em> Size I\/9 5.5mm<\/a><\/p>\n