Square 6! Crochet Along Afghan Sampler (June)

It's that time! Ready? Square 6 (June) of the Crochet Along Afghan Sampler, Broad-Striped Moss Stitch, is waiting for you, my friends. 

Welcome back! And welcome if you're just joining us, we're thrilled to see you, too. This month's Square features the Moss Stitch, also known as the Granite Stitch or the Sand Stitch. We will work it in a single color for each of our two squares. For your future reference, this stitch can create interlocking colors when changing color within your piece, as seen below. It's a great stitch to have in your crochet toolbox.

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SQUARE 6, JUNE

Back to this month's square. Square 6 of 10 for our Sampler is comprised of ten rows of Moss Stitch alternating with 10 rows of Single Crochet. The square has five subtle, broad stripes highlighting the different textures of these two flat stitches. The Moss Stitch is worked up in alternating chains and single-crochets, with the single crochet of one row landing in the chain of the row below it. 

Of course we're going to keep to solid color work for each of our squares. For June, that means working one Broad-Striped Moss Stitch Square in Color C, represented here with Caron Simply Soft in Country Blue; and a second square in Color A, for me that's Caron Simply Soft in Grey Heather. Here's how it looks written up... 

Hook

H/8 - 5.00MM, or size needed to obtain 9"x 9" square

Yarn

Colors C and A -- For me that means Caron Simply Soft in Country Blue (Color C) and Grey Heather (Color A)

Stitch 

st: stitch
ch: chain
sc: single crochet
ch-1 sp: space created by chain stitch of previous row

CONSTRUCTION

Row 1: Working in Color C, ch 41; begin in 4th ch from hook (3 ch counts as 1 st), [sc, ch 1, skip next st], repeat across, sc in last st; 38 stitches

Rows 2-10: Ch 2 (counts as 1 st, here and throughout), turn, skip first st, [sc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip st], repeat within [] across, sc in turning ch; 38 stitches

Rows 11-20: Ch 1 (does not count as st, here and throughout), turn, sc across; 38 stitches

Row 21: Ch 2, turn, skip first st, [sc, ch 1, skip st], repeat within [] across, sc in last st; 38 stitches

Rows 22-30: Ch 2, turn, skip first st, [sc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip st], repeat within [] across, sc in turning ch; 38 stitches

Rows 31-40: Ch 1, turn, sc across; 38 stitches

Rows 41: Ch 2, turn, skip first st, [sc, ch 1, skip st], repeat within [] across, sc in last st; 38 stitches

Rows 42-50: Ch 2, turn, skip first st, [sc in ch-1 sp, ch 1, skip st], repeat within [] across, sc in turning ch; 38 stitches

Border: *work 38 sc along one side of the square, ch 1 (does not count as stitch); repeat from * on each side of the square. Yarn off, and weave in ends.

Repeat with Color A for a second, separate square.

HOMEWORK

Keep on hooking! The next square (Square 7) will release on Tuesday, July 28. Start thinking about your favorite joining method. I haven't decided how I'm going to join these together -- I'm leaning toward a whip-stitch or a mattress-stitch between the squares and a 2"-3" border around all. But! I'm open to suggestions; how do you prefer to join squares? Do you think you'd prefer a crocheted border between the squares? We're over halfway there, we'll need to decide before you know it.

In the meantime, don't forget to upload your progress to our Flickr Group and tag your Instagram shots with #afghansampler so we can all cheer each other on and answer questions as they come up.

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Ren Murphy writes for The Inspired Wren.

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