This method is very similar to the flat braid join, except you do not drop lp from hook and pick it up again. This is faster and easier but does not give the twisted look of the flat braid join. Still, pretty and very useful. I’ve used this method way more than the flat braid join over the years, but now I find myself using the flat braid join more for the little extra beauty it gives, especially on special projects.

Scallop Join Step by Step

Step 1: (optional, and not shown in photo. To see blocks edged before adding the joining round, see this post.) To edge the first block, join with sc in any corner, ch 3, sc in same sp, (ch 3, sc in next ch-sp) around with (sc, ch 3, sc) in each corner ch-sp, join. Fasten off.

Step 2: Join with sc in ch-sp below top left corner, and work edging rnd same as step 1 around left edge, bottom edge and right edge to top right corner. Sc in top right corner, ch 1, remove hook from lp, sl st in bottom right corner of first block, ch 1, sc in same corner on second block.

Step 3: * (Ch 1, sl st in next ch-sp on first block, ch 1, sc in next ch-sp on second block). Repeat from * across to corner; repeat in corner to be sure you connect corner to corner and have two sc in each corner.

Step 4: Ch 3 and join to finish round. Fasten off.

As you go through learning to do this, look at my post on flat braid join as well. Basically you work the scallop join just like the flat braid join, except on flat braid join where you (ch 2, drop lp from hook, insert hook in next ch-sp on first block, pick up lp, ch 1, sc in next ch-sp on second block), substitute this: (Ch 1, sl st in next ch-sp on first block, ch 1, sc in next ch-sp on second block).

If you are making the Variations on a Theme Blanket shown in these examples, here are all the posts for that blanket.

This blanket is called “Variations on a Theme” because as I worked on stitch swatches, I found myself wanting to create many variations of one basic stitch pattern just to see how far it could go. It’s a stitch sampler blanket using many of these patterns.

Here are all the CAL posts:

First post: Variations on a Theme CAL