Part 2 - The Continuous Join-As-You-Go Granny Square Blanket Crochet Tutorial!

[@marilynkesinger8067]

I am now teaching crochet to senior residents at an assisted living facility. They are starting the Granny Square next week and I had to find Spider's technique of his CAYGO. I believe it is the best and easiest way to join squares. I found Spider's tutorials 3 years ago when I was making a wedding Blanket for my grandson/granddaughter to be.. I still get compliments on the quality of that Blanket. Thamk you Spider!!! Marilyn Kesinger, Colorado

[@amydixon5576]

This. Is. Life changing! Thanks so much!

[@rachelfogelberg4520]

You are a really great teacher!!! Thank you!!!!!!

[@annmariemannino8227]

Where have you been all my life!!?? Love this method! Thank you!

[@chuloon.central]

You are literally the best instructor for my kind of brain!🤪 I am still pretty new to crocheting but I am somehow able to follow this for my granny squares. This is my very first quilt ever!!! Thank you a million times for your patience & calm demeanor

[@marion4351]

I watched several videos for join as you go. Yours is the best. For the boarder I prefer choice B. I love granny's. I like learning different join methods to make joining more fun.

[@satishpillay749]

I was able to understand very clearly.Thanks a ton.God bless u😅

[@florencecox2022]

THANKS FOR THIS TUTORIAL. GREAT EXPLANATIONS, SO CLEAR, AND LESS STITCHING IN ENDS !!! PITY THE MANUFACTURER OF WOOL WINDING WOULD PUT PULL TABS ON THE CENTRE FOR HANDY NESS !!! LEAR SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY. APPRECIATED BY AN 80yr crafter.

[@necylitonjua3453]

This is the easiest way of attaching granny squares!! Thank you very much this easy to follow tutorial! 😊

[@judysweatman7501]

Yes! GRANNY Squares, granny stitches are my ALL-TIME favorites!!!

[@super.stitch]

❤ beautiful Join. Thank you so much.

[@nazmunnahar9763]

The second technique is much better for me, thanks for the great work.

[@katieruscoe6402]

I've toyed with using this Join so many times, but every time I've watched a tutorial I haven't understood and it's seemed to complex, until I watched your video! now I've got it! Thank you x

[@TheRiseley]

You are an EXCELLENT instructor. Thank you so much. I

[@adav5533]

Great tutorial, easy to understand and follow along. Thank you. 💖

[@haileyhurley9173]

I have tried and tried, and failed and failed to do join as you go and continuous join as you go, and it seemed so fiddly. I stopped doing granny squares because sewing them together just never looked neat to me. I'm not great with sewing in all the loose tails! This video. One run through, and I get it. You're very good at leaving out the "extras," and delivering a very precise, easy to follow tutorials. I appreciate this. I'm on row 3 of my granny afghan for my husband's Christmas present and I'm THRILLED with how well this works up! And how absolutely beautiful it is. It's remarkably stable considering it's held together with slip stitches. Beautiful work. Love it. Thank you!

[@lynnechinnock4020]

Simply great……why didn’t I think of it 🤣 thanks a lot 😘

[@pampreast9921]

This is the easiest join I have ever seen explained that I can understand....TFS

[@debrawolleycrochet]

I love granny square. Found a skull granny for Halloween. Will do next year.

[@heikeheart868]

This is GENIUS! Thank you so much for sharing, I've already made several projects using this method

[@nancysavoy7030]

Thankyou for showing how to do this. Love granny squares but never knew how to put them together

[@conniebumgarner5112]

I learned this method as a young girl (50 years ago) from an elderly lady. I actually made a baby afghan for one of my grandsons using this method to join, and it was beautiful! However, when you don't use a method very often, it is difficult to remember. It took me forever to find the method when I made the baby afghan. So I was thrilled to find it again! Thank you so much! You are a great instructor!

[@lupitareyes7573]

Muchísimas gracias por estos ejemplos son muy buenos para mi yo apenas estoy empezando a crochet cobijas para mis nietos tengo 6 y creo que esto me va ayudar mucho explicas muy bien eres un excelente maestro seré tu seguidora desde este momento dios te llene de bendiciones y te de mas talento para que me sigas enseñando tus técnicas…..no muchos comparten lo que saben…..bravo sigue adelante y dios te siga bendiciendo………saludos desde Chicago Illinois

[@sparky68toni]

Ty fibre spider i love your easy to follow videos ,you have taught me to crochet,ty all the way from Australia

[@eckdm01]

Wanted to say thank you! This join goes so fast and I love the results!

[@paulakoncki4029]

👍👍👍👍Lots of Thumbs up!! I love Granny Squares!! As I was watching this tutorial, it reminded me of my Gran who loved to crochet and I was fascinated how fast her little hands made so many "knots" and turned it into a magic square! I was about 4 years old! Thank you for sharing your wonderful talent with us!! I am busy going through all you tutorials Old and new!! Regards 🥰🧶🌺

[@doriansmith7405]

Thank you so much your video was so easy to follow and my project is turning out beautiful

[@charlottawallace145]

I will be using this from now on. Thank you.

[@kerryburton9544]

Bless you ..I am a relatively new subscriber but I believe you have literally saved my life. I had a serious mental health wobble recent!y and crochet and your tutorials have given me purpose again. I was a knitter first and really only learned to crochet in the past 3 years. I love, love , love your tutorials. You really make me understand the stitch work and formulas. I am working back and am in the middle of my first PI shawl. Thank you for your wonderful channel 😊

[@lynnechinnock4020]

Finally finished my blanket, this was so helpful, looks fab! Thank you so much xx 😘

[@estherwilliams4338]

Fiber Spider...you are my HERO! Love your alternatives. You make crocheting exciting.

[@gillgarrett3631]

Dear Fiber Spider, I love the way you explain and demonstrate how to do the stitches. I have just found your Continuous Join as you go Granny Squares. Having been given a pile of knitted squares or rectangulars to make into blankets for donations. I have started to join them watching your granny square join 😀 It is so easy and I especially hate seeing!

[@FiberSpider]

Thank you so much! If you have rectangles as well, you may want to check out my granny brick wall tutorial - it deals with joining those shapes as well. 😉🧶🕷🕸

[@debrawolleycrochet]

Love this explanation. Second tier is my problem

[@sarahburnett6189]

Made simple thank you 😊

[@nannettehuddle1314]

Thank you so much I like the second way!!!!

[@ruthl.6852]

You video is the only one I could follow and have put together 2 blankets so far. I’m so thankful you do these videos! I crocheted over 300 squares years ago and I’m so excited to finally know how to join them. Thank you SO much!!

[@amandah4834]

Thank you for the continuation of the continuous join spider lol 😂Amanda xx❤️

[@Val-ee9ms]

Thank you for your easy tutorial,

[@dmtnw4480]

I wish I had seen this 3 years ago I did 5 blankets of 4 rows of granny squares this would have been faster than all the sewing stitches I had done God Bless you

[@helentullis1837]

You're so great! Thank you. I must share to you my tweek...if you put last 2 corner joins into first sl st corner join instead of criss crossing it turns out Perfecto ! Voila !

[@mariamonterroso7180]

Loved both videos, thank you.

[@sanaachaudhry817]

Only learned how to crochet about 7 months ago and this video is sooo easy to follow I was able to make a baby blanket from granny squares

[@lindaw9539]

This was great. Best video to help me.

[@conniebowman2473]

I have always hated working with granny squares because of the way I was tought to connect them. I have now changed my mind. This is perfect and awesome ❤️

[@naschka5504]

Hi :) I love your videos and I wann use this tutorial for my granny blanket. This blanket has 200 pieces and I thinn this is a wonderful way to connect them

[@alicemoreno7886]

I loved the second demonstration better, .you the man Spider.

[@lindawellinghoff5432]

Love it. The finish is awesome. I like the second one best. Personal preference. Thanks again.

[@thewitchhut63]

I'm a granny square lover as well but never had much luck joining them, thank you for this very easy to understand method and on the clean up part, I prefer the method you used using the "nether realm," lol. The other way, to me, seems as though there are 4 dc's even though one of them is joined together as one. Like you said, it's all a matter of preference. Love your video's!

[@elliote773]

This is the best join as you go that I have ever seen. Fiber Spider, I am so glad I found you on the world wide web! Yours were some of the first tutorials I followed. You are an excellent teacher.

[@janetpinilo7472]

Dear Fiber Spider - another brilliant tutorial. Craig you have such an easy going approach to teaching it makes it a joy to watch and the work just flows painlessly. You asked which connecting method we prefer: I like the nether-space idea you demonstrated, the second one. Practically invisible to the eye with additional rounds camouflaging the joins, adding polish, elevating the project. Thank you for all the hard work you put in. It is easy to forget you are embracing the tripod working around the legs to give us the best view of the project, plus the editing and all the technical work behind the scene. You are easily my favourite crochet tutor and I delight in coming back to see what I can learn. Thank you Craig.

[@deboraharonow7247]

this is a great tutorial ! Thank You I have learned a lot and it is really easy. DA

[@silvershadow013]

The second one with just the 3 doubles looks a little cleaner. Nice job! I love granny squares!

[@karenmiller0417]

Thanks! This tutorial saved me so much time and hassle on my granny square blanket. Thank you for creating it!

[@RosieMcCann-e9t]

Love this! ❤️ This is the best explanation and demo of this technique that I have seen. It opens up a whole new world of Granny Square projects! It is like 🪄 magic. I really appreciated the diagram you drew; that made it super clear! 🙏 😻☝️😄

[@rosehill7872]

Awesome! Such beautiful colour combination.

[@judygraham9007]

Love it so much ❤️ you are a great teacher. Thank you.

[@hawk71204]

Spider Fiber Craig😃 Do You realize the good you are doing for all those stashed granny squares!!! Ahhh mine are long gone but I am going to start a batch for a baby blanket soon and what a blessing this will be!!!😃❤ Thank You so much!!! Determined Delma😃🤗

[@sofiablakey6454]

You are the best!💕💕😍😍😍

[@annewilson81]

Thank you for a wonderful tutorial. This will be my go to method for granny squares.

[@denisegustafson]

I LOVE this - thank you so much. I do not like the join as you go because I don't always know how I will put my squares together. I adore grannies - a big favorite for me. ❤️

[@lanawatson8806]

I can't thank you enough for teaching this join. I had a queen size granny to make, and this join sacwd me. Thank you again, I love, love, love it.💜💜💜

[@Sacredspiral1111]

Amazing tutorial!

[@lindaschouten5317]

Thank you Fiber Spider for showing us how to do this telnet . I have never seen it before. I am going to try it

[@MelaKB]

Again, so easy to follow you. *THANK YOU* I've learned so much from you.

[@ali007763]

Wow how amazing i have just made my first granny squares blanket and I'm so glad i found your video, I'm so made up and i just love my blanket thank you so ❤️😉

[@simplyrla]

I love grannies but lately avoided them because I am never satisfied with the joins. This really looks like a game changer for me. Can't wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing and doing a fantastic job of making it so very understandable!

[@kathybrenneman1868]

Hi FiberSpider, I haven't written in a while. I have to say you are the best teacher ever. You explain everything in the simplest of terms and show us how to do everything that you teach. You are a blessing. In this time of unrest you bring peace and calm which is much needed. Thank you so very much. You're an angel. Also, I love grannies too and I'm so glad that you do. Thanks again. Your Faithful Follower, Kathy B. 💜 Fairylady0227

[@trudysmay2653]

Thanks Craig! I love your tutorials; you make it so easy to understand the method you are using. My only problem is, I want to try ALL these blankets at once! Thanks again for making it SUPER easy to understand how to crochet these blankets that I thought were going to be too difficult.

[@sharoncjackson9201]

Thanks 👍

[@alicehill6077]

I love granny’s as much as you do. I really love this and am definitely going to do this. I have wanted something like this for a long time. Thank you so very much. Love it. Love it 😍💕 thank you. Alice

[@thewovenknotcrochetthehand4721]

Thank you..you explain things so clearly;) Much appreciated 🧶🤩

[@jodielarson1530]

I love this technique so much!! Another similar version I’ve used is from Ophelia Talks. Her version she follows the same path as yours, but she attaches a bit differently. I really like the way you join in those pesky corners. Thank you so much for taking the time and care to share this with us. ❤️

[@sharonrootes1833]

I absolutely love the way you joined the squares I'll have to try it

[@pattippie4188]

I love you Spider

[@cherseckold9366]

Thanks for the tutorials love the continuous join ... wish I knew about it 2 weeks ago have just finishing off joining my squares together lol

[@tahiramorshed6482]

I’m a big fan of your videos...they are very helpful and inspiring! Thank you so much 👍

[@sarahtheis571]

I love this join. Thank you so much. I can't stand granny squares but I had an order for a granny square blanket this has been great love the look. Thank you again ❤️

[@vickiehodges7333]

This is so awesome, everything you show us you go slow and make it so easy and fun,Thank you.

[@lindaw9539]

Love it. Thank you

[@rachelpierce1004]

Thank you so much for this, I have been crocheting for a year and have loved your tutorials... I am granny square obsessed as it was the first thing I learnt, now I can join them all together ❤

[@momgrandma5496]

Always thorough, please show us your blanket when it is all done.

[@philomenamccarthy1070]

Thank you do much for this brilliant tutorial. I am putting a granny blanket together and loving this method! Your instructions are so clear and detailed. Excellent!

[@brendaoberle2001]

Funny that l saw your video today! I just finished my scrappy granny square blanket, by doing the same method!! I just went with what l had seen in the past videos and it worked out!! I'm loving my blanket! Hope you have a great weekend!

[@lesleyoliver5582]

Great to have these videos to save. I love your teaching technique, always so clear and precise. Stay safe and well and thanks from Australia 🐨🐨🦘🦘

[@anitakins4051]

Your tutorials are the best..I can't wait to make this

[@pamspurlsofwisdom2661]

Just finished my first granny square blanket with the new border technique and love it. I am also a granny square “nerd” and really do like this method I’m finishing off the granny squares. I chose the three in the two corner method since that looks more uniform.

[@mailigibson5818]

This was a great tutorial. Thank you for sharing. I just followed your videos 1& 2 to connect a blanket of squares I think this will be my go to way of connecting my granny squares from now on. It is brilliant and once you get used to it, so easy and it looks beautiful. You did a wonderful job demonstrating this technique. I look forward to watching more of your tutorials. Thank you again.

[@jennlandry7721]

I've always been hesitant to try this technique, but I will definitely be trying this now. Thank you for making such a great video explaining how to accomplish the join as you go method!!!

[@melissakeller3628]

This is so AWESOME!!! Thank you so much for sharing this method of putting the granny squares together. It's similar to the bag you did a while back on joining granny squares. I really appreciate this very much. And I like the second method you showed with a double crochet in each section. Thank you very much. 😊 Yes I love granny squares.

[@meegangaffney1979]

It also works with 1 and 2 corner chain clusters.I use the dc/dctog/dc. It seems to hold tighter and looks neater . There are also schematics for this.

[@K.McDowell]

I can't wait to try this, thank you so much. Hope you have a great weekend 🌷😊

[@jennifermciff3548]

Thank you for this!!! I LOVE grannies too, and have been needing this tutorial!

[@quinellleftwich1781]

I love it and I am planning a granny square blanket made with the daisies. I am using pound of love in black, red, white and the darker grey. I know its supposed to be spring colors but I wanna use it for more or less...the fall. I will be using this method. Thank you!!!

[@MsSusieq1960]

Definitely going to try this

[@bettydiggs2563]

GREAT, I WILL try THIS.

[@katee2231]

Thank you!

[@peggiulibarri4747]

Hidey, Spidey....Great tutorial! I found Roselikescrochet's site, and it was good, but I really like the changes you made..so much easier to follow. I also happened upon a site called WOW!!!Crochet (or CrochetWOW!!!), and she slipped all the dcs together. Still like your method best.

[@wendellmonster6179]

I really enjoyed this way of joining the granny squares I just wondering do you have a video on how to do a continuous granny square blanket? I appreciate any help you can give me thank you happy crocheting Sue

[@YARNBARF]

So, I actually have to make all of the squares in my project first, THEN they all get connected? Thank you for this tutorial!!

[@lindaw9539]

Yes I lime granny