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here in this video you're going to find
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two ways to join your granny squares
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together so you can make lots of great
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projects like cardigans pouches like
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these it doesn't matter it's just two
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simple ways so the first way is using
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slip stitch it gives you a nice flat
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seam it's very easy to do and it's just
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a really good firm strong way of joining
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them you'll find it unbelievably easy
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once you get going so simply take two
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squares and put them right sides facing
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each other or you can even do it out on
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the level like this so you can keep them
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next to each other so there's two
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different ways of holding your squares
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and it's up to you so I've got my slip
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knot there and you can put that on the
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hook and then feed it through where
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you're starting or you can put your hook
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through first now I tend to choose to
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put my hook through first
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so I've gone into that corner but I've
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gone to the very end stitch and I'm just
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going through the back loops okay just
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the back loops and then I'm going to
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through and we're on our
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way and then the next stitch along just
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going through the back loops of each
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one and then wrap the yarn
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round and bring it back through all the
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loops it's a slip stitch so it comes
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through all the loops that are on the
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hook and then you keep doing that to
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every stitch along that straight side
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now be careful make sure you do every
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stitch make sure you keep everything
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lined up if you realize you didn't start
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in the right place just pull it back go
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back to the beginning when you're
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learning these sorts of mistakes happen
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but you just go through the backs now
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you will see videos and instructions
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where you go through the whole stitch
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and use all the loops that's fine try
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that see what you think of that but I
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find it's a nice really flat seam if you
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just go through the backs and you can
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see that I work with one on top of the
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other but some people do work with one
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next to the other see what feels
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comfortable and you just keep going all
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the way along until you get to the very
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end stitch at the other end and even as
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somebody who's done this quite a lot I
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still do check as I'm working along just
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keep checking that I'm keeping lined up
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it is surprising how easy it is to miss
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a stitch so you can see how that looks
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nice and tidy and then you can simply
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cut your thread feed it through the loop
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and finish it off or if you carry it on
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get the next two squares make sure you
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put them the right way round so that
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they're going to end up where you want
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them and then just carry on so again
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you're going into the very end stitch on
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that side which is probably right into
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the corner depending on your square and
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just carry on where you do the yarn over
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and pull it through all the loops and
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you can carry on like that for as long
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as you like get your strip and then
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start joining the next strip and so on
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and indeed you can then come back the
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other way and join them the other way
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and it's a really really simple but
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technique and you can see I've done two
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panels and I'm now going to fasten the
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two panels together so I'm still just
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joining granny squares but this time I'm
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going to do it with a double crochet
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join now that's UK terms it's a single
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crochet join if you're using American
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terms so you can just go through the
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corner i don't like doing that so I'm
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going to again go through the stitch
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right at the end and I'm going to go
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loops and just get through there and
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then I'm going to put my loop
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on just like I did before going to put
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the loop on the hook and I'm going to
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pull it tight and then pull it through
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and that's how I like to
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start oh I'm just having a bit of
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trouble with the loop there can you tell
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do you know what should we just do a new
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loop if you're enjoying this video
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please give me a thumbs up to help other
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people find it um and we'll get back to
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okay let's get a loop on there and pull
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it through again if you prefer to put
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the loop on and then go through that's
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up to you but this time when I come back
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through you can see I'm ready to
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start let's get the right thread i don't
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tail okay so you go through those back
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loops just like you did
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before wrap your yarn over and pull it
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through but just pull it through those
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two then yarn over and pull it through
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so you're forming a double crochet UK
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terms single crochet American terms on
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every single stitch so as before make
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sure you use every stitch and if you're
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sticking with the back loops make sure
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you do that all the way you can use both
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loops it's entirely up to you and this
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time you're going to end up with a
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little ridge which is actually really
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effective especially for round pouches
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or bags like this it can look really
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pretty so you can just keep going until
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you get all the way around or along your
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length now I'd just like to say that's
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two techniques you've learned there and
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that is all you need there are other
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ways of joining granny squares and get
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adventurous and explore them all but
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those two more than enough you actually
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only need one so good luck and enjoy
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your granny square projects
