Welcome to Week Six of your Crochet for Beginners Course. You made it!
This week, your squares will bring together the techniques and stitches you have learned into slightly more complex variants, while also adding in two final decorative stitches: popcorn and bobble stitches.
Bobble stitches have become increasingly popular in crochet designs in the last few years, and add good fun to the designs.
We will also touch on the technique of ‘blocking’ your squares, which requires wetting and pinning your squares to make sure they’re all the same size, ready for assembly.
Finally, we will look at the different ways you can connect your squares together and add a border, the finishing touch for your blanket.
Week Six Techniques
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Blocking
Learn the techniqueThe art of pinning and wetting your squares to shape your project to the same size.
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Joining
Go to Joining VideosThere are a number of ways to join your work, including whip stitch (sewing), slip stitch, double crochet and the zipper stitch. Videos are below!
Week Six Stitches
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Popcorn Stitch
The only time you will take your hook out of your work deliberately to create another bobbly stitch.
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Bobble Stitch
Similar to a cluster, but worked with 5 sets of stitches into the space, and then working a small stitch to make it pop.
Week Six Squares
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Square Twenty-One: Bobbles
Make Square Twenty-OneAdd bobbles into your flat fabrics to add fun details.
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Square Twenty-Two: Popcorn Combo
Make Square Twenty-TwoRather than adding butter and sugar, combine popcorn stitches with other decorative stitches.
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Square Twenty-Four: Plait Cable Stitch
Make Square Twenty-FourWork your post stitches to create a plait-like cable.
Joining your squares
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Whip Stitch (Sewing)
COMING SOONUsing your darning needle, stitch your squares together with a basic whip stitch.
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Slip Stitch
COMING SOONWith your 'right side' facing, slip stitch through the tops of the edging stitch to bring it together.
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Double Crochet
COMING SOONWith your 'right side' facing, double crochet through the tops of the edging stitch to bring it together.
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Zipper Stitch
COMING SOONWork a slip stitch into the back loops only to create a zip effect on your joins.
Edging
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Double Crochet
COMING SOON
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Treble Crochet
COMING SOON
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Linen Stitch
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Scallop Edge
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