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Welcome to week six of the 2025 Make it Your Way Crochet Along! Today we are going to join our squares together to create our stitch sampler blanket.
On Friday, after our squares are joined I will post two options for a blanket edging that is really going to set the textures in your stitch sampler blanket off.
Typically, when I join stitch sampler squares together I enjoy crocheting them together and using a bold, solid join that really helps to set off the colours and textures.
To achieve this look, I simply use a row of single crochet worked in the back loops only of my squares. There are many different ways, however, to join blanket squares. So if you are working the Make it your Way crochet along and have another favourite way to join, go for it!
The Make it Your Way Crochet Along:
Welcome to the final week of the Make it Your Way event! If this is your first time hearing about this event, don’t worry, it has been designed to that you may work at your own pace and the crochet along patterns will remain here for free on my Website and the PDFs available in my Etsy and Ravelry shops.
Thus far in the crochet along you will have selected five blanket square patterns that we will be joining to create your own unique stitch sampler blanket. You will have worked four squares in each of the five patterns for a total of 20 squares.
Our blanket square options so far have been:
Week One:
November 5th: Option A: 564 yards total (141 yards per square): Herringbone Ribbing Afghan Square
November 7th: Option B: 488 yards total (122 yards per square): The Boxed Bead Afghan Square
Week Two:
November 12th: Option A: 716 yards total (179 yards per square): Raised Diagonal Square Crochet Pattern
November 14th: Option B: 512 yards total (128 yards per square): Sidesaddle Shell Afghan Square Crochet Pattern
Week Three:
November 19th: Option A: 768 yards total (192 yards per square): Fur Stitch Square Crochet Pattern
November 21st: Option B: 640 yards total (160 yards per square): Cone Stitch Afghan Square Crochet Pattern
Week Four:
November 26th: Option A: 612 yards total (153 yards per square): Waistcoat Moss Square Crochet Pattern
Week Five:
December 3rd: Option A: 640 yards total (160 yards per square): 3D Twisted Granny Afghan Square Crochet Pattern
December 5th: Option B: 536 yards total (134 yards per square): Pistachio Afghan Square Crochet Pattern
If this is your first time hearing about the Make it Your Way Crochet Along, you will want to check out the Introduction and Materials post. Each week, during this event, I will provide two options for a crochet afghan square. You will choose one of the patterns, make four squares in each and at the end we will join the all together. You will then have your very own, beautiful stitch sampler blanket!
The Materials:
For the crochet along I have encouraged you to choose a favourite medium/worsted weight yarn – it can be new to your or from your stash, but choose a favourite! For my blanket I used two different colours, working two squares in each colour.
For the joining and edging, I chose my darkest colour present in the blanket and used it to really set the other colours off.
For my blanket I will be using the Pound of Love yarn by Lion Brand Yarn. You will also need a 5 mm (H/8) crochet hook.
Barn Quilt Blankets is a collection of five blanket crochet patterns that feature a beautiful geometric designs. The book is now available in both paperback and ebook formats on Amazon! You can read about it here: BARN QUILT BLANKETS
PDF Copies are now available:
The crochet patterns for each of the squares in these blankets can be found here on Rich Textures Crochet and will always remain free to follow here on my website. However, if you wish to follow a PDF of the blankets and wish to add the patterns to your library, you can find them to purchase in my Etsy and Ravelry Shops linked below:
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE PDF FOR THE TRANQUIL BLUE BLANKET ON ETSY
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE PDF FOR THE TRANQUIL BLUE BLANKET ON RAVELRY
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE PDF FOR THE PUMPKIN SPICE BLANKET ON ETSY
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE THE PDF FOR THE PUMPKIN SPICE BLANKET ON RAVELRY
Now that we have all of our squares worked, let’s join them together!
Joining your Squares Together:
Arrange squares in the desired order in a 4 block by 5 block grid with four blocks along the top and five blocks down the side. The entire blanket requires 20 12 x 12 blocks.
Join colour A with a sl st under both loops at the end of any row.
Working through both thickness, with the right side of your squares facing, sc in the blo of each st (Picking up the blo of each st across from each other in each square) all the way across. When you come to the end of a square, pick up the next square in the row and continue working single crochet across.
I prefer to work all of my vertical rows first, followed by my horizontal rows. While working the horizontal rows, when you come to the next block, simply skip the already worked seam and continue to single crochet across.
Repeat this until all squares have been joined, both horizontal rows and vertical rows.
