Afghan Finishing and Assembly

Here, courtesy of Janet Szabo, are a few final tips to help you put the finishing touches on your own beautiful afghan.

After all the squares have been finished, they must be blocked and then sewn together.

Use a tapestry needle threaded with yarn to darn in all yarn ends.
Wash and block each square to 12"x12".
When squares are dry, join them top to bottom first, using mattress stitch or slipstitch crochet. Be careful not to pull joining thread too tightly.
Join strips of squares at sides by weaving garter-stitch edges "bump to bump." Again, be careful not to pull joining thread too tightly.