Reverse Single Crochet (Crab Stitch) Border Tutorial & Video
Crab Stitch Border – Pattern Description
Looking for a beautiful and simple blanket edging for your project? The Reverse Single Crochet Border is also known as The Crab Stitch Border is the one for you.
The Crab Stitch Border is created with single crochet stitches made in reverse (hence why it is called the crab stitch) that creates a twisted ribbon effect around your project.
It doesn’t require a special pattern for corners and that makes it a beginner-friendly pattern that can be adjusted to any project and any shape.
It works great for any kind of edge, from square and rectangle projects such as blankets and afghans to triangle edges such as shawls or straight edges such as scarves. You can even crochet it on a round edge such as a dress.
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.
If you are making this border for a blanket, 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 Crab Stitch Border
Pattern Notes
Pattern Characteristics
- solid
- flat
Pattern Repeat
- No multiples required
- 1 row
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
- hdc – half double crochet
- dc – double crochet
Special Stitches
No special stitches are used with this border pattern.
Border Instructions
Step 1: Join in any stitch along your border with a slip knot and a ch1.
Step 2: Hold the loop on your hook with your thumb, twist your hook and insert it into the stitch to your right, from front to back.
Step 3: pick up the yarn on the other side and pull up a loop (don’t yarn over, just hook it and pull it through), you will have 2 loops on your hook.
Step 4: Yarn over and pull up through the 2 loops on your hook.
Repeat steps 2-4 in every stitch around your border until you reach the stitch where you joined your yarn.
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Pattern Swatches
And this is how you crochet the Crab Stitch For Blankets. If you found this tutorial helpful, please share and Pin it! Follow me on Pinterest here.
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