Crochet Mesh Stitch Join

Learn how to join crochet squares with the mesh stitch join to create an open crochet join that looks great with your granny squares and filet crochet squares.

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Mesh Stitch Join for Crochet Squares

This mesh stitch join was created and used in the Jolly Holiday Blanket crochet along as a unique way to join the panels, to match the filet crochet technique used to stitch each of the blanket panels.

There are lots of different and unique ways to join granny squares and blanket squares, and I love to create new ways to make the join a feature in the blanket.

The Hodgepodge Blanket featured the Zig Zag join, worked in a contrasting colour to ensure it stood out, and once again, with the mesh stitch join also looks great worked in a contrasting colour.

This join can be used on any granny squares or blanket squares to join them, and this tutorial details how to:

Join the 1st pair of squares
Add in the next pair of squares
How to join the squares in the other direction
How to work across the panel join

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Jolly Holiday Blanket Crochet Along

The mesh stitch join was releasedas a crochet along (CAL), where each week a new panel was released on this website to create a holiday blanket unique to you!

View the Jolly Holiday Blanket Crochet along details

Purchase the Printable PDF Pattern

The full pattern, with all 12 panels, the joining and edging instructions is available to purchase from either Ravelry or Esty now.

The pattern includes ALL 3 different ways to follow the panel sections of the blanket:

Filet Charts
Written Charts
Fully written pattern

So, whichever way you prefer to read a filet crochet pattern, you can!

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Religious Elements | Jolly Holiday Blanket

There are also 6 religious panels to choose from to create a holiday blanket that celebrates everything about the Holidays. Click the image below to find out more.

How to crochet Mesh Stitch Join

Skill Level: Easy

Materials:

In this tutorial I used:

Any worsted /Aran weight acrylic yarn. I used Paintbox Yarns Simply Aran 100% Acrylic (100g (3.5oz), 184m (201 yds)) in the following 2 shades:
A – Slate Green (226)
B- Champagne White (202)
5.5mm hook
Scissors
Darning needle

Abbreviations

US Terms (UK in brackets)

St(s) – Stitches

Ch – Chain

Ch sp – Chain space

sl st – slip stitch

Sc (Dc) – Single Crochet (Double Crochet)

Dc (tr) – Double (treble) crochet

Pattern Notes for Joining Technique:

If you have any questions regarding pattern instructions please reach out – [email protected]
Join is added with wrong side facing
Beginning Ch 3 DOES count as a stitch.
Yarn should be kept to the back of your project
Insert hook from wrong side on both squares be be joined

How Crochet the Mesh Stitch Join | Video Tutorial

Arrange Squares in order to be joined

Arrange panels in desired order to be joined, wrong side facing.

It’s recommended to work across all rows in one direction e.g. horizontal before rotating and joining in the other direction to ensure join is in same direction when adding in additional panels.

Begin Joining Squares

With WS facing, join in corner of 1st panel, ch 3, sl st to opposite corner on panel above, sl st across next 2 sts of same panel, *working in 1st panel, skip 1, dc in next, sl st in next 2 sts of panel above; repeat across to st before corner, skip 1, dc in next, sl st to ch-2 corner sp.

Adding next panels

**Ch 2, bring in next 2 panels, sl st to ch-2 corner sp of next panel opposite (1st panel), working in other new panel, dc in st next to corner, sl st in next 2 sts, *working in 1st panel, skip 1, dc in next, sl st in next 2 sts of panel above; repeat across to st before corner, skip 1, dc in next, sl st to ch-2 corner sp;

Repeat from** until all panels are joined in same direction.

Repeat to add next row of squares/panels.

Join panels in other direction

Working Across Panel Join

**Sl st across horizontal dc to next panel, sl st to next ch-2 corner sp, working in other panel, dc in st next to corner, sl st in next 2 sts, *working in 1st panel, skip 1, dc in next, sl st in next 2 sts of panel above; repeat across to st before corner, skip 1, dc in next, sl st to ch-2 corner sp;

Repeat from** until all panels are joined in same direction.

Fasten off, weave remaining ends.

Repeat across all rows to be joined.

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