Welcome to week 12 of the Study Of Corners crochet along! Let’s get started on bordering last weeks square and joining it to the row below.

Keep reading for our week 12 pattern but if you haven’t heard much about this crochet along before, then check out this blog post here which will tell you what to expect.

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For week 12 we’re joining our C2C Dc gauging squares to both the Waffle square and to the row below. By the end of this week you’re blanket will look like the picture below.

For this square you’ll need a 5mm hook – this is the hook size I used for the whole pattern. I used Caron Simply Soft in the shade Off White. But you can use any aran or worsted weight yarn of your choice.

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Week Twelve Of The Study Of Corners

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We are going to be bordering each piece with a C2C border, which we will also use to join the pieces too.

It’s very important that you take note of the direction your starting C2C block lies for each piece. If it’s wrong, your blocks will not line up with the ones from the previous pieces.

For the blocks on the left hand edge, you will start the border by making 4 rows of C2C stitches. Then how we continue after that depends on which direction we want our first C2C Block to lie – these instructions will be under each square.

To make a C2C stitch:

Start by making a foundation chain of 6.

Row 1. In the 4th ch from your hook make a dc. Make a dc in each of the next 2 ch – 1 C2C Block

Row 2. Turn and ch6. In the 4th ch from your hook make a dc. Make a dc in each of the next 2 ch. Slst into the chsp of the block in the previous row and ch3. 

Make 3dc into the chsp – 2 C2C Blocks

Row 3. Turn and ch6. In the 4th ch from your hook make a dc. Make a dc in each of the next 2 ch. *Slst into the chsp of the block in the previous row and ch3. Make 3dc into the chsp*. Repeat between *and* until you reach the end of the row – 3 C2C Blocks

To continue increasing your rows, Repeat row 3. You will add a block with every row

To decrease your C2C stitches

Turn, make a slst into each of the 3 dc of the previous block. Slst into the chsp of that block and ch3. 

Make 3dc into the chsp.

Slst into the turning ch of the last block of the previous row – You will lose 1 block every row.

As we want our borders around the pieces to be straight sided, we will be using a mix of increasing and decreasing for our rows.

Gauging Square Border

This is where we join your Double crochet gauging square into your blankets.

(The pictures below are upside down – it was the easiest way to make these stitches)

Join your yarn into the backside, top right corner of the Waffle square. 

Chain 2, then slst back into the side of the Waffle square 2 st down. The picture below shows you where to place your stitches into the side of the Waffle square. This square has 27 rows, so you need to treat the rows as pairs. 1 row counts as 2 stitches, the next row counts as 1st – this is because of the fpdc stitches pulling the rows together. So for every 3 rows of the Waffle square, you will have 2 C2C blocks joined into the side.

Now turn your square over and ch3. Make a C2C block in the chsp you just made.

Turn and ch6. Make a C2C block in that chain and then make another block to bring you back to the side of the square. Slst into the side of the square 2 stitches down from your last slst.

Continue making rows of C2C until you reach row 5. We need 5 C2C blocks between our 2 squares. So when you reach the 5th block across it’s time to join into the side of your Dc square.

Join into the Dc square on the back side in the top left corner.

Ch2, then 2 st down join back into the side of the square whilst also joining the top of the C2C block to the side of the square. Ch2, the 2 st down and then join back into the side of the square.

The picture below shows you where your stitches need to go into the side of the C2C Dc square. Each row of the dc square counts as 2 stitches, so you will have 1 C2C block per row.

Continue down to the bottom of the squares, making 18 C2C blocks down the side of each.
You will reach the bottom of the Waffle square first.

Once you reach the bottom of the Waffle square, you will keep working downwards so that you crochet into the border from the last square. This will take you to the top of the Alpine square which will need 5 more rows of C2C adding to it’s top edge.

Remember that for the Alpine square, you only count the dc rows. So you only join your C2C blocks into the side of the dc rows as shown by the arrows in the picture below.

After you join into the top of the Alpine square, start your next C2C row and work back up to the side of the Dc square. Carry on making rows of C2C until you finish working into the top of the Alpine square, which will also mean that you’ve reached the bottom of the dc square.

Now you’re going to join into the first C2C block in the join between the Alpine and the Cluster square. You will be slip stitching between the blocks shown by the arrows in the picture below.

Then turn and start the next row of C2C stitches. This will take you to the bottom edge of the dc square. Slip stitch into the chsp of the last C2C block made into the side of the Dc square, then slip stitch into the corner of the square.

Now ch 2 and then slip stitch 2 stitches over on the bottom edge of the dc square so that you can start making your next C2C row.

Now you will be joining into the rest of the C2C stitches between the Alpine and Cluster squares while working across the bottom of the Dc square. Once you have 5 rows of C2C blocks across the bottom of your dc square, you will start working your C2C rows into the top of the Cluster square.

Remember that for the Cluster square, each single crochet row counts as 1 stitch, the dc rows count as 2 stitches for working out where to join your C2C blocks. The picture below has arrows pointing to where your blocks need to be joined.

Continue making rows of C2C that join both the Dc square and the Cluster square until you have 18 blocks along the bottom of the Dc square.

This will leave the Cluster square with only 13 C2C blocks, with 5 blocks to be added when the next square is joined onto the blanket.

Once you’ve made the 18th C2C block into the bottom of the Dc square, you can cut off. Don’t weave in your ends though, as we can use them to close any gaps in the corners.

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