Joining Squares for a Bag Using my February Knot Mini-Squares

After creating 10 squares I am now ready to join them together to create a bag! The layout for the squares can be a bit confusing so I created this video.
*SQUARES*
For my squares, I used the center-out mosaic crochet version of my February Knot Bonus Mini-Square: • February Knot Mini Squ... or read more about the entire series of Celtic Knots here: ashleeslint.co...
*YARN*
I made 6 squares with a darker background and 4 squares with a lighter background. I used a bag of mill ends for my white yarn. It is a Bernat Coordinates acrylic yarn. The colorful yarn is Lion Brand LB Collection Anya in Party Animal. You can see my project details here: www.ravelry.co...
I used Handicrafter Crochet Thread for my handles. I made I-Cords using my Prym Comfort Twist Knitting Mill. See that tutorial here: • Prym Comfort Twist Kni...
You can also make an I-Cord with crochet hooks: • Crochet an I-Cord with...
There are other method of making I-Cords and bag handles; feel free to use whichever technique you prefer! This is just a video showing what I did.
*JOIN*
I used a flat braid join. I do show it and explain it briefly in this video but you can also see that technique here: • Joining Crochet Square... (use the time stamps, try 08:16 or 10:39). Again, feel free to use whichever technique you prefer.
I try to avoid cutting my yarn when joining. So I do one long join, don't cut and continue with a second long series of joins. I do cut my yarn after that. Then I move on to the third long join (front and back of the bag) and again, I do not cut my yarn, then I continue to the top border and cut my yarn when I'm finished that. Minimal ends to sew in!
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*TIME STAMPS*
0:00 Begin
0:46 Yarn
1:20 Squares
2:00 Layout
3:00 Joining by crocheting
3:18 Stitch Markers
6:21 The First Long Join
7:06 Flat Braid Join
11:00 Using corner stitches
11:50 Almost made a mistake with where I put the yarn
12:45 Going around the folded corner
14:01 Second Long Join
17:54 I realize I'm off camera (sorry!) - I'm just continuing with the flat braid join
18:40 Making sense of the bag again
20:07 Looking at the bag after finishing the 2nd Long Join
20:47 Looking at the bag in square form
22:22 The Third Long Join
22:33 Managing the intersections / corners that have already been joined
24:30 Turning at the front corner
25:10 Continuing the 3rd Long Join on the back of the bag
25:23 Top Edging Border
26:13 Dealing with the first valley - slip stitch to the side
27:01 Dealing with the Peaks
27:17 Dealing with the Valleys
28:07 Dealing with the valley where the yarn isn't joined yet
28:48 Ending the border
29:12 Examining the bag
29:32 Adding handles (sewing - yuck)
30:56 Finished bag
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[@alisongomes684]

Oh i love that bag😊😊😊

[@AshleeBrotzellDesigns]

Thank you! I bought this rainbow yarn to make warm items for my kids but I decided I deserved some happy colors too!

[@osmia]

That flat braid join looks great on your bag

[@AshleeBrotzellDesigns]

Thank you ❤️ I really like it too!