How to vertical slip stitch

[Paulajbodden]

I have crochet 5 panels in the patternYarnspirations Keep in Check. I do not understand the directions on how to put it together 

[Granny Square]

Link to pattern for reference https://www.yarnspirations.com/bernat-keep-in-check-crochet-blanket/BRC0502-012413M.html#q=keep+in+check&includeContent=true&start=1

I think they are talking about a surface slip stitch, which can be worked in any direction (not just vertical)--you can use it to write your name in script over the surface of a blanket, for example.  Think of it as embroidery with a crochet hook.  The skein is behind the work, you *stick the hook in a 'hole' between stitches where it tells you to, grab a loop from the skein behind the fabric and pull the loop to the top of the fabric, repeat from *in the next hole indicated.

Another way to think of it is, you are doing a slip stitch but thru the middle of the fabric, not in a stitch at the edge of the fabric.

Here is a tutorial https://www.crochetspot.com/how-to-crochet-surface-crochet-or-surface-slip-stitch/

Edited March 13, 2020 by Granny Square