How to Join Granny Squares with an INVISIBLE Seam (Mattress / Ladder Stitch Tutorial)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- In this beginner crochet tutorial, we will learn how to sew granny squares together with the Invisible Seam (also called Mattress or Ladder Stitch). This seam leaves a completely invisible finish on the front, with perfect, sharp corners. The stitches are barely noticeable on the back. Although this stitch is time consuming, the result is worth it as no other joining technique gives such a neat finish. This seam should work with most granny square patterns that have chain 2 corners.
THE ORIGINS OF THIS TECHNIQUE
This stitch has a wide range of uses in many different crafts such as knitting, doll making, and sewing. It goes by many different names - I even learned to how to use it for suturing when I worked as a midwife. I do not claim to have come up with this technique myself. I learned a version of this stitch for granny squares years ago from a blog post online - it has been so long I am not 100% sure where from. It may have been here as I remember I definitely learned JAYG here: www.cherryhear...
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If your corners have 3 chains (or 1) then you will need to adapt this method in one of two ways:
1) Assign either the 1st and 2nd chains or the 2nd and 3rd chains as the "corner ch2" and treat the other chain as if it were any other stitch. Your squares may be slightly skewed but if you are consistent in the chains you assign as the corners and potentially block your finished project you should still have the same look as if you did 2 chains.
2) Ignore the 2nd chain entirely, i.e. put your needle in through the first chain and out through the third chain. You squares will not be skewed but you will not have sharp right angles in your corners
I recommend trying both and going with the method you prefer the look of. Remember there is no right or wrong in crochet, only preferences for different techniques!
Finally! The perfect join. Where has this been all my life! Not only do the squares line up perfectly, the seam is so sturdy. Thank you so much!
You’re welcome! Glad you like it too 😁
Came to say this!! Better thank expected thank you!!
It's been sitting in hand sewing, I mostly see it used to close up pillows or stuffed toys. Never would have thought to do it with crochet though, now I've just gotta get my brain to comprehend how to do it with my hooks since I don't have a tapestry needle
@@echosbento I've not done this with a hook before but I imagine it's possible!
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Finally, a tutorial that shows the 4 corners! I’ve struggled with that. Love your method, clear instructions. Will try on my next granny project! ❤
I’m glad the tutorial is helpful for you. Thankyou for commenting ❤️
This is incredible. I’m going to cry 😂 the most beautiful joins! I’m making a blanket for my two babies and I’m just so excited I found this video. Perfection. Truly. You’re a Queen. 🎉
I’m so glad you like this join and good luck with your blanket ❤️
Your video cover image with the sharp corners drew me in … after your video, I’ll never seam any other way again. So clean. Thank you oh so much! 👍💕
Me too
I agree, the corners with this method are just perfect
Thank you so much. You explain this technique so clearly. My late Mum was fantastic with crochet and tried to teach me so many times but I just didn’t get it. Since losing her I’ve been determined to learn in her honour and can now crochet granny squares and I LOVE it. Your tutorials are amazing and you explain at just the right pace. Thank you😊
After 60 years of knitting and crocheting this is the best join I have ever seen. I just tried with knitting and it worked just as well. BRILLIANT!! Thank you so much.
Wow! So glad to have helped you learn something new after 60 years ❤️
I have never been able to get my squares to look and lay flat when stitching together! I quit making squares until recently then rolled my eyes because it was time to stitch together. I saw your short video and found you here for the whole video. WHAT A GAME CHANGER!!! Thank you thank you thank you for showing the stitch and the how-to ! My project is stitching together beautifully. Thank you again. ❤
Thankyou for commenting. I’m so happy this video has helped you 🥰
I have squares for two blankets that have been sitting for 5 years because I couldn't find a good way to join them at the corners. I am so grateful!
Absolutely brilliant after 30 years I now have perfect joins. Thank you.
I'm very grateful for this little tutorial. The mattress stitch is exactly what I need to join my granny squares, and it works like a charm. You are very talented at explaining and showing what to do. My mother as well as my grandmother taught me to crochet when I was a little girl, but I only started again now as I am a granny myself. Thank you for this helpful video!
I'm so happy you found my tutorial helpful. Happy hooking🙂
Finally showing the corners and how to properly pull stitches up snug. I have struggles with this. Thank you for this perfect tutorial. Need to get busy with my Granny Squares. Teaching my daughters friend how to make them. I can now teach her this technique too.
Please share more of your fabulous crochet skills and knowledge! Your work is impeccable and that is what I aspire for! Thank you❣️
I absolutely will! I have a long list of tutorials I’m working my way through. And Thankyou so much for your comment, it means a lot ❤️
This is, hands down, the best mattress stitch join tutorial for crocheted squares. Absolute perfection. So much love and gratitude to you for your time and talent in making this video for us. ❤🙏
Top notch tutorial! I was sold when you mentioned how much you love this join...it exudes confidence from a person who has the experience. And you said 3 times, in total. Just superb. Thank you.
I have just subscribed and then saved this excellent video. I’ve had a few crochet disasters over the years when granny square bedspreads that I’ve crocheted together, after a couple of years , have unraveled along the crocheted seams…….literally a never ending story! 😢
So now I always sew my squares together…….but I am never happy with that because the result looks thick and clumsy after all the hard work making the squares ( see Janie Crow Love is enough). Many thanks for this clear explanation of a truly useful stitch.
Welcome to the channel and thankyou for commenting. I am so glad this tutorial was helpful for you! Another tip for preventing crochet unravelling is using a sharp needle when weaving ends in - I find they are much more secure than a blunt needle
Amazing. Not only the technique but the tutorial is also seamless (see what I did there)
19 years on and off crocheting and still learning, love that.
Wow! I have been crocheting for 55 years and this is revolutionary! Thank you for sharing this gem! 😘 Terry from BC Canada
I’ve been struggling with the 4 corners for forever, it would always look sloppy but now they look beautiful!! At first this I was getting flustered bc I just couldn’t seem to get it down but after watching the tutorial more closely and understanding it omg!! Easiest join ever!! Thank you!!
That is incredible! Finally no bulky seams!
I have a big blanket to put together and as I expect it to be heavy, I think this is going to be my best chance of having it hold together in a seamless looking way. Thank you!
Thank you for adding this tutorial video. I found it a bit tricky to start with, not your fault in any way, I just couldn't get my head round it. I've got the hang of it now, only another 48 squares to attach too. Thanks again, x
Since I saw this video I thought about it for a couple of days and decided to pull my project apart and redo using your method. Your instruction was very clear and easy to follow. Very happy with the finish, it was worth it. Where have you been all my life, indeed, but from now on I will not look back! Thank you so much!!
I'm so glad you found the tutorial so helpful :)
Thank you for this precise tutorial. Now I can join my granny squares which have been sitting on the side for almost a month because I can't find the right way to join them until I found your channel. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
Thank you so much & May God bless you for this wonderful explanation 🤲
Thank you! this is best demonstration of the mattress stitch I have seen and the only one I know of that shows that beautiful corner join.
EXCELLENT Presentation. The 4 corner detail is wonderful!
Thankyou! It really is the best way to get sharp corners in granny squares
This Is AWESOME!!!❤
Detailed, Simple & Easy. Nice & Neat!
Thanks For Sharing! 😊I've been crocheting Off & on for well over 40 years.
So glad you found this tutorial awesome😊
Thank you for this tutorial! I am doing a blanket that calls for the mattress/ladder stitch, and was SO happy that my joins look like yours, even the 4 corner join! You were very thorough
You are so welcome, glad it was helpful!
Wow! I replayed it many a times to see heavens where is that red thread gone. I struggled so much while joining my first ever grannies. Thank you. My go to tutorial channel from now onwards 😊
Oh wow Thankyou 🥰 I’m so happy you liked the tutorial!
That is the *best* youtube tutorial i have seen for invisible join!
This is NOT mattress stitch though!! Mattress stitch is totally different and noticeable too. Best youtube tutorial i have seen for that is the 10 year old Moogly one. The invisible join is way, way better looking and i think also easier to do.
This stitch has different names in different places around the world 🤷♀️ I have found that mattress stitch is the most common name I’ve seen for this technique in crochet and knitting, so that is what I call it
Thank you for this tutorial, I would have done it differently and it wouldn’t have ended well. 😂 This is a keeper. Well done video and explanation. ❤
@@libbylandscape3560 so glad you found this tutorial helpful 😊
This seaming method is perfection! I've used other versions of the mattress stitch and this one makes it so much easier with perfect corners. Thank you so much for sharing your technique. God Bless.
You are so welcome!
UA-cam was reading my mind. I came to search for a video on invisible joining on the lego blanket I'm constructing, and your video was right up front. This is genius! Exactly was I was looking for, thank you!
So glad this has been helpful and good luck on stitching together your blanket 😊
I have all my squares done. Waiting for the perfect invisible join … found it! Hugs from Portugal 🇵🇹
Hi from England 👋
I have granny squares ready to join. Lovely, timely video❤️❤️❤️
This is awesome. Thank you. I have been crocheting for years and I never even heard anyone mention this stitch. Thank you for your hard work to teach and video this for us. It is greatly appreciated.
I love the clarity of the narrator,the demonstration is perfect. You really know your stuff. Thanks a lot
Thankyou so much for your comment. It means a lot to me 🥰🥰
I all but gave up on seaming squares with a needle because the intersections were not perfect until now. Thank you a million times over.
@@loreleigreenstein5991 you are so welcome, glad this tutorial was helpful for you 😊
Looking for an easy tutorial for sewing my pieces together. Well done and thank you :)
Beautiful join with perfect corners! 🎉 Thank you, from Pakistan
13yes crocheting and I haven't seen this before... 😲🤯 Thanks for sharing and making a really easy to follow tutorial
Glad it was helpful!
This was seriously gorgeous. I can't wait to seam my granny squares now!
Thank you for explaining, and demonstrating so clearly, how to join Granny squares. You're a great teacher! 🎉😊
Thank you so much, glad you found this tutorial helpful 🙂
I have seen and tried many ways of joining Granny squares. But most this leaves the corners open or do some kind of weird filling.
I'm really glad i find this.
Thank you.
I'm stunned! Thats' amazing! I was searcing a way to sew the parts of the Blossom and Blooms blanket from Sirdar and you just pop in my suggestion list! You're a queen, thantk you so much !
What a clear and beautiful tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing this. I am going to use it!
Greetings out of the Netherlands. 🌷
Marjan
Thank you so much for this! ❤ I’m making a Minecraft blanket for my nephew, which requires 360 small granny squares and LOTS of different colors. It will be difficult using coordinating yarn all the way through, so this invisible stitch is precisely what I’ve been searching for. I also love how well you explain and show everything. Those corners! 🥰 Thank you again!
this stitch is impressive! when i first saw the preview for your video i didnt believe that this stitch would actually be invisible. im currently working on my first blanket and have been searching for ways to connect my granny squares and will defineitely be going with this method. great work!!
When I discovered it years ago (I think from a blog but I'm not 100% sure which one) I couldn't believe it either until I tried it for muself. Good luck on joining your blanket, it will take a while but the effort will be worth it.
I’ve always struggled with mattress stitch. Your video is excellent. Now I feel up to the challenge. Thank you so much. 😊
This is the greatest join for invisible joining ever!! Thank you so very much
You’re very welcome, I’m glad this video was useful 😊
Good video! Thanks. I have been checking and practicing several ways to join grannies in a project I am working on, a Summer top for girls; I have found the way I will do it from now on, your way. I have watched this join technique in other videos, but your video is so clearly explained, shown, that I already saved it to my crochet related playlist.
Oh my this was such a great tutorial! Thank you! Now I’m going to be even more addicted to granny squares! ❤
I’m so happy this tutorial helped and has fed your granny square addiction! There needs to be more granny squares in the world 😁
this is the exact tutorial i have been searching for. thank you!!
So happy this helped!
Me too!
@@meemamakes LOVE LOVE YOUR VIDEO THIS IS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR THANKS FOR SHARING.
I have just finished a complex moroccan HEXAGON cushion using this method and all the stitches are perfectly lined up to make the pattern look as it should ...... I have used ladder stitch in the past and sometimes the stitches don't line up properly when complete. Thank you so much for this tutorial Meema, I'll never use another joining stitch again !
I am so glad this works well for hexagons too! I will have to try it 🙂 glad this video was helpful for you
Thank you so much for this great method of seaming!
Thank you for this! It was slow enough, you explained it well, and the camera was close enough.❤
I’m so glad this tutorial worked for you 😊
Wow wow this is awsome finishing touches to sewing granny squares love your instructions so clear an precise love watching your videos
Thank you so much, happy you like my videos :)
I was looking for a joining method for a cardi I’m designing, and this looks like the perfect solution, especially since I may have to use a different yarn or sewing thread for joining! Thanks!
The best I have found on UA-cam.. liked and subscribed .. could you please 🙏 also show how to crochet a border after you have joined the squares together to finish a blanket or a bag .. thank you so much xxx love and blessings from Manchester xx🙏💝
I’m making a granny square sweater with really contrasting colors and needed an invisible join and this is so perfect!! I’ve used my darkest yarn to sew my squares together and it’s completely invisible from the front and the edges are soo clean! I was trying to sew them together with another method that was supposed to be invisible but wasn’t, and I had to take apart the whole front panel of my sweater and redo it in a fit of frustration, but this completely solved my problem. Thank you so much ❤️
I am so happy this worked out well for you, I used it for my granny square sweaters too!
Great tutorial .Thank you.
I love your enthusiasm for this stitch,I can see why after trying it.❤
I didn’t realise how much I said “I love this” until I edited it 🤣🤣
your video and added instructions are great and today I learned something new and neat. Thank you!
Thank you SO much for this!! I am making a baby blanket and I want it to have a herringbone look, so no seams between the squares. Al the "invisible" tutorials I found were not it! I saw some tutorials on the mattress stitch but they looked so complicated. I was ready to scrap the project until I found this video. THANK YOU!!!
I have used this ditch before, but you took it to a higher level!
Absolutely beautiful. Thank you so much for this!!!
thank you so much i think i just fell in love with this stitch
Incredible! This is the stitch I was hoping for when searching for something. Thanks for explaining it so well!
This is BEAUTIFUL! Your tutorial is the easiest to follow...thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much. I'm finishing a blanket, and I wish I saw this first. Can't wait to try it out myself! 😊
thanks to your video, my granny squares tote bag turned out so neat and beautiful, thank you so much
You are so welcome and congrats on your finished project. I love granny square bags!
can’t wait to try this!!!!! it’s been a bear to find one that has all four corners.
Omg so I am making a Mario pixel granny square blanket for my son for his bday and this is absolutely perfect for that. I was dreading seeing it together because I didn’t know how I was going to without all the color changes showing but this is PERFECT. Thanks for sharing 🥰🥰
Ooo it would work so well for that. What’s the pattern? I’d love to see it to show my partne r
A really good tutorial explaining clearly how to join squares invisibly. Really helpful. Thank you.
I’m so glad this was helpful for you ☺️
thank you soso much for showing the four corners in the center i always struggle with the four corners
I'm glad this helped! It's the only way I've found that gives "pointy" corners
Thank you I was looking for a nice way to attach my work and now I'm happy with the outcome ❤
You are amazing, THIS is the best tutorial that's out there! Thank you sooooooo much for explaining and showing everything so easily understandable!
Thank You for this tutorial I'm in the process of joining squares, this will help so much! Love how the stitch is invisible.
Oooo good luck in joining your squares. What are you making?
Thank you for sharing. Your voice is heaven💚💚💚💚
Does it work if you have only one chain in the corner?
@@nancymurphy2832 it will but you might struggle to get the sharp corners
Okay, I'm just going to say it: I love you. ❤You covered everything I ever wondered about this invisible seam so wonderfully! Thank you. I'm subscribing!
Well, that is quite the wonderful join, so thank you...I'll be needing THAT stitch!!! Grateful!
Glad this video has been useful 😊
Thank you for sharing this technique! You are a natural at teaching. 😊
Thankyou so much, that’s so lovely to hear ❤️
Hello! I have one question! How do you know how long of yarn you need? I’m worried if I’ll be out of yarn as I’m connecting squares
You put your yarn 3 times the length of your work. Hope this helps.
Hello, I have an afghan that is gojng to be 6 ft square. Can I just cut reasonable lengths of yarn and tie then together with square knots to keep going?
Brilliant! Thank you. Love this join!! 😊
I have been looking for a true invisible join tutorial! Thank you! ❤
You're welcome 😊
I love how you used different color and thanks for sharing
LOVE, LOVE LOVE your video, thank you, You are the BEST of all!
Thank you for a very clear explanation❤❤
I guess it will take a million years if you are making a big blanket, but it sure looks beautifull. Thank you for sharing
Yes it does but I think it’s worth it
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EXCELLENT tutorial! Thank you so very much. My baby blanket came out simply lovely. I used your four colors. You've got skills!!!
Thankyou and I’m so happy this tutorial helped!
This made making my bandana go so smoothly!
Thank you so much, your tutorial was super helpful
This tutorial is very helpful with this join. Thank you for the tutorial, I am looking forward to trying this technique in the future.
Thank you very much for this tutorial !
That was beautiful! Really nice four corner join.
Thank you so much. You explain exactly 💯 . I needed this tutorial.
I tryed this year's ago ,but didn't do well. Never tried it agin. So now I believe I can do it THANKS❤❤😂❤❤
What I like about this video, as compared to the half dozen other I watched, is Meema tells you how to start so you lock in your yarn and then she tells you how to join corners so they're perfect. Also, she's actually doing the mattress stitch, not the ladder stitch and then calling it a mattress stitch. So this IS the video.... IMHO. Thanks Meema!
I've been looking through videos on youtube for hours and can't find a single video that tells you how to tie off the seam yarn. Why isn't anyone explaining that?
Literally me too!!!!!
Didn’t she though? It’s the same way you attached the yarn at the start
I would add a border to really lock it all in. I hope that was helpful.
@@haleysquires128I would add a border to really lock it all in. I hope that was helpful.
You lock in the same way you weave in yarn ends. I weave in my ends on the back side and make sure I reverse my weaving over the area I just woke my end in. Only do this for a couple of stitches and split the previous woven yarn with your stitches. It will be nearly impossible to pull out and can only be removed by back tracking each woven stitch.