Cast on as a knit Fair Isle sweater but morphed into a crocheted afghan. This afghan was my last project started in the 20th Century.

I crocheted the 80 squares in 1999 but didn’t put them together until 2007. The method I used was to crochet the last round of each square in the same color and then slip stitch the squares together on the right side. Finally, in a contrasting color I crocheted one row of crab stitch around the entire perimeter to create a simple border.

The yarn is Rowan Designer DK Wool for all the colors and Debbie Bliss Merino DK for the camel that edges each square.

Joining the Squares

1. Put the squares together wrong sides facing, right sides on outside of each square. Work flat on the table or up in the air.
2. Work in the 2 outside loops of each stitch along the top edge; ignore the 2 center loops.
3. Begin: Put the hook through the 2 outside loops, pull through a loop of working yarn; 1 loop on the hook. *Put the hook through the next 2 outside loops, pull the yarn straight through 3 loops - the 2 outside and the 1 loop on the hook*; 1 loop remains on the hook. Repeat from * to * to the end.

The working yarn is always on the farthest side of the ridge and the loop on the hook is always on the side closest to you. The yarn never comes across the top of the ridge and you always have only 1 loop on the hook. Be careful not to zone out and lapse into single crochet.

This method only works when you are joining the same color edge stitches using the same color yarn. Otherwise it looks really weird. I used the same size hook that I used to crochet the squares.

When you are done the front will look like the picture at left and the back will have the unused loops laying parallel to each other.