How To Put A Border On Crochet Blanket

The Border Once you finish crocheting the main body of the blanket do not fasten off.

How to put a border on crochet blanket. This side will be the easiest where the top edge looks like the V shape youre used to hooking through. SLST to any CH2 corner. Feb 15 2015 - Explore Deb Watsons board edging for chevron crochet afagain followed by 138 people on Pinterest.

Turn the work and create your first single crochet of the new side in the same spot. Sometimes Ill add in a few different colors if I think a thicker border is. Double-crochet once in each stitch across to the corner.

At the end form your corner with a chain turn your work and create your first single crochet. -Before I start a border I work a border of single crochet around the entire blanket. It will make everything appear square and it will add substance to your blanket.

To make a picot you simply chain 3 and then slip stitch in the back loop of the first chain you made. I typically use the same borders over and over again. It is such a simple stitch for such an elegant result.

Insert your hook and draw up a loop to connect your yarn if necessary. Insert hook into any st on a different side of the blanket varying the starting places will make your joins less obvious Ch3 Tr into next st and each st around making 3Tr into the middle st of the 3Dc corner sts sl st into the 3 rd ch of ch3. Again this helps prevent gaps and unsightly holes.

The Granny style border the single crochet with a picot edge and the. Are you looking for crochet border patterns for a baby blanket afghan or throw blanket. For my Cow Potholder I worked up a crochet picot border that could work well for multiples of 5.