How To End A Double Crochet Border
This video demonstrates how to make a double- crochet edge.
How to end a double crochet border. Again youll want 1 SC if the rows in your work are equal to single or half double stitches youll need 2 stitches per double crochet and 3 stitches per treble crochet stitch. Locate the loop in the chain next to the one you just made and add in your next stitch. Begin on the top of your blanket with the right side facing you.
Continue down the chain adding your stitches according to your pattern until you reach the other end. Always start your border with the main color from you. Continue working the pattern as normal to the next corner.
If a crocheted border does nothing else it cleans up your edges and helps to hide minor imperfections. If you are on the chain line your next stitch will be a single double slip triple or treble stitch depending on your pattern. One of the very first edgings or borders I learned in crochet was the simple Scalloped Edging or Shell Stitch Border.
Double-check to make sure that the number of shells on one side is the same number as the number of shells on the side opposite to it. Sl st to ch 1 to join. The video uses a large cardigan neck to create a double crochet edge on.
A crochet blanket done in all single or double crochets can be dressed up with a unique border to really make it stand out. Crochet along with Brittany as she demonstrates how to add a simple double crochet border to C2C corner to corner crochet projectsPATTERN USED IN DEMO. Do the same thing on the bottom half of the dc.
How to Double-Crochet a Border on a Blanket. When you get to a corner work 1 sc st into the ch-2 sp created in the row below. Then slip stitch into the first stitch on the new side of the work.