Sewing Crocheted Squares Together
There are lots of ways to assemble crocheted squares: You can crochet or sew them together; you can work a single crochet, a slip stitch, a running stitch, or our favorite: a whipstitch.
A whipstitch seam is quick and easy, low-profile and durable. We used a whipstitch to sew together the blanket from our Learn to Crochet a Granny Square Blanket Kit. Here’s how we did it…
And here’s how it looks… Nice and tidy!
I love in south fla so a lighter yarn is my preference . I like white and yellow varied squares, a throw for my bedroom‼️
Hi Eileen,
Thanks for writing in! We have many wonderful light linen and cotton yarns on our website! Click the shop side of our home page and you’ll be able to search yarn by fiber. Thanks!
-Adam
When stitching together the granny squares with the gentle giant yarn do you stitch it together with giant yarn?
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for the question. You will stitch the squares together with the Gentle Giant itself. Thanks!
-Adam
Hello! Thanks for such a lovely pattern … can you explain how to add on to this 4 square piece (making the entire blanket)? Like adding squares 5 and 6, 7 and 8, and so on? I am not sure if we keep making 4 squares and then join the 4 groups of 4 together in this same manner to make 16 — I’m probably making it too difficult and hoping the answer is a simple one!
Hi Laura,
Great question! Our video shows this modular view to demonstrate how the squares will all fit together, and you can continue sewing squares as they are complete if you wish by whip stitching each new square to the existing ones. However, to minimize the number of ends left to weave in, I like to start by sewing all my squares into strips first, and then seaming all those strips together. I first lay out all my completed squares to determine where I would like them placed, and then, column by column, do all the horizontal seams so I have completed strips. I then whip stitch each column to its neighbor using a very long piece of yarn.
I hope that helps, and happy stitching!
Julianna
Hi!
Are the squares “right” side up at the start of this demo? Does it matter?
Also do you weave in the ends of the finished granny square first or can you see them in as you do this?
Thanks!
Hi Chloe,
Thanks for writing in. In this tutorial, all the squares are right side up! However, the whipstitch can be done either way, since it looks the same on each side. In answer to your other question, you can weave in your ends at any point! I like to do so before seaming, but it’s really up to your personal preference. Hope this helps!
All the best,
Lili
do you have written instructions with picture of joining the gran ny squares with this whip stitch?
Hi Jan,
Thank you for asking! Unfortunately, we currently only have a video tutorial for this technique. We do have closed captioning for our videos, which may be helpful to use as a written guide for each step, though!
I apologize for the inconvenience, but I hope the video captions are still helpful in the meantime!
All the best,
Margaret