Single Crochet Edging ( For Blankets With DC Rows)

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Ever wondered how to fix those wonky edges and curled up corners on your newly finished crochet blanket? I’ve got the fix for you! Crochet a single crochet border around it.

How to put a border on an uneven crochet blanket? Depending on the height of the stitches used in the blanket design, you will need to make one or more single crochet stitches per each row along the side of your blanket. The bottom and top edges of your blanket only require you to crochet 1sc in each stitch, while the corner stitches will have 3sc to help carry over the yarn to the other side.

Today I’m going to show you how to crochet a simple single crochet border for blankets that are made with double crochet stitches or have double crochet stitches at the end of the rows, such as the classic basketweave stitch or the gingham pattern.

If you are looking for a sc border for blankets that are made with single crochet or treble rows, check the tutorial of Single Crochet Blanket Edging here.

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Why Choose a Single Crochet Edging?

The single crochet border gives a super neat finish to any blanket or afghan. It’s easy to make and perfect for colorful afghans with busy patterns.

It helps hide yarn transitions made on the side of the blanket when you changed colors so you don’t have to cut the yarn and weave in ends.

A sc border is also the foundation row for any edging and I recommended starting with one before crocheting a more detailed border as it straightens the blanket edges and will help you count the stitches with ease.

This type of edging is gender-neutral and because of its simplicity, it suits baby boy blankets. It goes perfect on those “manly” afghans because there are no frilly or lacy parts that men steer away from so often.

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How To Crochet The Single Crochet Border (For Blankets With DC Rows)

How to use this border

on afghans that have yarn transition on the edge of the blanket from changing colors
on lacy blankets to give them some structure
for boys’ baby blankets and men’s afghans
as a foundation row for more intricate borders
on blankets with colorful busy patterns

Pattern Notes

Pattern Characteristics

solid

Pattern Repeat

no multiples required

Supplies Used

the same yarn that you used on the blankets (use the main color, in my case Marriner Yarns DK in pink
one size smaller crochet hook that you used on your blanket, in my case a 4.5mm crochet hook
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I recommend going a size smaller because it’s easier to insert it into the stitches along the side of the blanket and also because it will create a tighter and straighter trim. It’s easier to fix an extra tight edge by blocking the blanket, but you can’t fix a loose, puckered one.

Abbreviations

Pattern written in US terms using Craft Yarn Council abbreviations.

ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sl knot

st(s) – stitch(es)
sc – single crochet

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SC Edging Pattern

For this tutorial, I am working on the blanket from my latest design, the Pig Baby Blanket (coming soon!) which was made with the one-row repeat basketweave stitch.

This blanket has rows ending in double crochet stitches and today I’m going to show you how to single crochet around it.

To begin the single crochet border, make a slip knot and join yarn in any stitch in the top row of the blanket (last row you made).

Step 1: Crocheting on the top row

Ch1 (counts as your first sc), sc in each st across until you have 1 st remaining on that top row of the blanket

Step 2: Making the corner

3Sc in that last stitch to create the corner and carry the yarn over to the side of the blanket

Step 3: Crocheting on the side of the blanket

You are now crocheting on the side of the blanket where you have rows ending in double crochet stitches.

Crochet 1sc around the post of the dc stitch and 1sc in the base of that dc stitch.

Continue making 1sc around the dc post and 1sc in the base of the dc stitch until you reach the bottom of the blanket edge.

Step 4: Crocheting on the bottom of the blanket

Now that you reached the bottom of the blanket side, it’s time to create another corner. Make 3sc in the first stitch in the blanket’s bottom row (the starting chain you made for your blanket).

Then make 1sc in each stitch across until you have 1 st left. Make the corner by crocheting 3sc inside it.

Step 5: Crocheting along the side of the blanket

Repeat step 3 and crochet along the other side of the blanket until you reach the top row of the blanket.

Step 6: Finishing the sc border

Repeat step 4, make the corner, and crochet 1sc in each stitch until you reach the ch1 you made at the beginning of the round. Sl st in that chain.

Repeat steps 1-6 if you wish to make more sc rounds on your border.

And this is how you crochet a sc border for blankets that have treble rows.

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