The Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan—Joining and Edging

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Finishing the Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan

It’s that time of year! Time to finish the block-of-the-month afghan and get it ready to gift to someone special. Yourself perhaps? Have you been nice this year? I don’t know about you but, as much as I love crochet, I want to get all of my Christmas gifts finished soon so I can enjoy the weeks that my children are home. So, let’s get this bad boy finished and wrapped up with a big fat red Christmas bow!

I hope you’ve enjoyed crocheting each member of the Fellowship this year. They all have unique talents and personalities, but each has an underlying nobility which is admirable.

If you’re just getting started, you can find the LOTR The Fellowship of the Ring Block of the Month Afghan blocks and panels here:

• Intro Post
• Gandalf
• Frodo Baggins
• Samwise Gamgee
• Aragorn
• Legolas
• Meriadoc (Merry) Brandybuck
• Peregrin (Pippin) Took
• Boromir
• The Fellowship panel
• Of the Ring panel

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Preparing the Fellowship Blocks

Okay, there are a couple of things we need to do to prepare the blocks and panels to be sewn together.

You should have already edged each block with a row of single crochet. If you have not done this, do it now. The single crochet row makes it easier to match up stitches and sew the blocks together. The single crochet row should be done in the same color as the background of each block – DUSTY GREEN for all blocks and panels in this afghan.

For the joining and edging, you will need:

~ Lion Brand Vanna’s Choice Yarn 3.5 oz skeins in the following colors (amounts are approximations):

• Chocolate — 9.5 oz (for sashing, joining, and border row)
• Mustard — 1.8 oz (for border row)

~ Size H Crochet Hook or whatever hook you used to crochet the blocks and panels.

~ Yarn Needle

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Add Sashing to Each Fellowship Block and Panel

Before sewing the blocks together, we will add a row of sashing around each block. Sashing just means one or more rows of crochet added around each block to separate the blocks from each other. Most often, I use the same color sashing around each block. This gives a tidy, unified appearance to the entire afghan. Below is the Gimli block edged with a row of half double crochet sashing.

For this afghan, stitch a row of half double crochet (HDC) around each block with 5 HDC in the corners. You’ll need just under half an ounce of yarn for the HDC row around each block and almost twice that for each border panel.

It is worked as follows:

1. With right side facing, attach CHOCOLATE yarn in any single crochet (SC) stitch from the row below with a standing HDC.
2. Work HDC1 in each stitch on the side of the block to the corner.
3. In the corner stitch work HDC5.
4. Continue around the block in like manner.
5. Join with slip stitch (SL ST) in the first HDC. Fasten off.

Crochet a sashing row around each of the 9 Fellowship members and around the top and bottom border panels.

Joining the LOTR Fellowship C2C Crochet Afghan

The Fellowship of the Ring Afghan Layout

Begin by laying your blocks out in whatever order you wish. I chose to give precedence to Gandalf, Frodo, and Sam by putting them in the first row. It felt right as Gandalf is the guide to the Fellowship throughout the story, and Frodo and Sam are the first to begin the journay with the ring and ultimately see it through, together, to the end.

Next, I placed Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas – the human Ranger, the dwarf, and the elf. These three become fast friends and fight side-by-side through many battles, including the final one before the gates of Mordor.

And finally, we have Merry, Pippin, and Boromir. Merry and Pippin are inseparable so, of course, they had to be side-by-side in the blanket. Again, if felt right to have Boromir with Merry and Pippin as he protected them from the Uruk-hai with his life.

So here’s the final layout. Feel free to switch it up if you like!

Row 1: The Fellowship Border Panel

Row 2: Gandalf, Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee

Row 3: Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas

Row 4: Meriadoc Brandybuck, Peregrin Took, Boromir

Row 5: Of the Ring Border Panel

Assembling The Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan

You may join your blocks together by whatever method you prefer. I have used either a basic whip stitch or a flat slip stitch join. For this afghan, I used a flat slip stitch. If you have another method you prefer, feel free to use it.

Join the Fellowship member blocks into rows first. Stitch Gandalf, Frodo, and Sam together. Next, stitch Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas together. Finally, stitch Merry, Pippin, and Boromir together.

Next, join all the rows together including the top and bottom panels.

the Fellowship of the Ring Afghan Borders

We’re almost finished! The Lord of the Rings Fellowship Afghan has just a couple of simple border rows.

The first border is done in CHOCOLATE and is just like the sashing we did around each block. This creates an even look to the sashing between and around the blocks. We’ll follow it up with a row in MUSTARD.

Sashing Border

1. With right side facing, attach CHOCOLATE yarn in any HDC stitch from the sashing row below with a standing HDC.
2. Work HDC1 in each stitch to the corner
3. In the corner stitch, work HDC5.
4. Continue around the afghan in the same manner.
5. Join with a SL ST in the first HDC. Fasten off.

Final Border

For the final border, attach MUSTARD in any HDC from the previous row with a SL ST. CH1. Work Reverse Single Crochet (RSC), also known as Crab Stitch, around the entire blanket. See the Videos page for a linked tutorial.

And there you have it! One amazing The Fellowship of the Ring C2C Crochet Afghan! Will you keep it for yourself, or is it a gift for one very lucky Lord of the Rings fan this Christmas? I’d love to hear! Answer in the comments below.

Finished size: 57 inches x 73 inches

~ Lucinda