Crochet Moss Stitch Border For Blankets
Moss Stitch Border – Pattern Description
Today I will show you how to crochet a simple, plain, but elegant crochet border for your blanket: The Moss Stitch Border.
The Moss Stitch Border is a simple one-row repeat crocheted in the round with alternating single crochet stitches and chains, to create a plain, flat texture that looks good from both sides.
Use the moss stitch border on blankets that have a more complicated pattern to them, the contrast between a textured blanket and a plain border is simply gorgeous.
Scroll down to see the step-by-step tutorial or watch the video if that is easier for you, but before you do, I recommend you crochet a base row on your edge before starting the border.
Use any plain stitch for your base row, I always make a single crochet row around my blankets before crocheting any border.
Check out my base row tutorial for blankets with double crochet rows or base row tutorial for blankets with treble rows to give you an idea of how a base row is made based on the different types of stitches your blanket rows are made with.
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Video Tutorial
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How To Crochet The Moss Stitch Border
Pattern Notes
Pattern Characteristics
- solid
- flat
Pattern Repeat
- An uneven number of stitches on each side
- 1-row repeat
Supplies Used
- Marriner Yarns Aran
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- 5mm crochet hook
Abbreviations
Pattern written in US terms using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations.
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- ch – chain
- sk – skip
- yo- yarn over
- sl st – slip stitch
- sc – single crochet
Special Stitches
No special stitches were used for the Moss Stitch Border.
Pattern Instructions
- ch1 at the beginning of each row does not count as a stitch
- stitches contained within * * are the repeat section for that side
- stitches contained within ( ) are crocheted in the same stitch or chain space
- TIP: Row 1 is where you adjust the pattern in case you don’t have uneven numbers of stitches on each side of your project. Simply adjust the pattern by single crocheting in the following stitch without skipping a stitch (only once per side).
Row 1: Make a slip knot and join in the corner stitch with a chain (if you made my Base Border Row, it will be the 2nd of the 3sc you have made in the corner when you crocheted the base border, if not, is the stitch in the corner).
Step 1: (Sc, ch2, sc) in the same corner stitch.
Step 2: *ch1, sk1, sc*, repeat from * until you have 1st left before the corner stitch, ch1, sk1
Repeat steps 1 & 2 on each side of your project until you reach the first sc you have made in this row, sl st in that sc
Row 2: sl st in the ch2 space to bring the yarn in the corner, ch1 (does not count as a stitch)
Step 1: (Sc, ch2, sc) in the same ch2 space.
Step 2: *ch1, sk the next sc stitch, sc in the next ch1 space*, repeat from * until you have crocheted in the last ch1 space on that side and reach the ch2 space of the next corner, ch1
Repeat steps 1 & 2 on each side of your project until you reach the first sc you have made in this row, sl st in that sc
Repeat row 2 until you have the required border width
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Pattern Swatch
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Happy Crocheting!
