I’ve been talking so much about joining-as-you-go and crocheted hexagons that I thought it might be nice to have a tutorial on joining. This method will work for any type of granny square (or triangle, or hexagon, etc) pattern. I will also have a pattern up on my blog, Life on Laffer, today for a basic hexagon.

Start by crocheting a single hexagon (the joining will begin with the second).

On the second hexagon, crochet to the final round as the pattern calls for. In the final round, we will now begin our joining. I like to crochet to the first or second corner (if possible) before joining. Begin joining at the corner by chaining one, then slip stitch into the chain 2 space (corner space) of the completed hexagon. Continue to complete the double crochets in the same space: corner on Hex 2 and joined corner complete.

Once the corner space is complete, slip stitch into the next space on the adjoining hexagon. Complete the three double crochets for the working hexagon.You should now have two slip stitches joining the two hexagons.

Slip stitch into the next joining space (hexagons are now joined in three places). You will now be working on the corner space. Make three double crochet in the next space. Chain one, then slip stitch into the corner space of the adjoining hexagon. Make three double crochet in the same space as the previous three. You now have an entire side joined.

If you have any other completed hexagons, you can continue joining in this fashion. Make sure when joining to more than one hexagon and working at the corner, to slip stitch into the first adjoining hexagon then slip stitch again into the second hexagon, then complete the double crochets for the corner.

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