Crochet Borders For Granny Square Blankets

Adding your border to a granny.

Crochet borders for granny square blankets. I love working the border it s so fast zooming along with no fiddeliness yes it s a favourite part of mine. How to crochet a border for your granny blankets and afghans. With these borders you won t wind up with a flat edge so it will be more challenging to join your granny squares together. Edging groups of granny squares can have pitfalls and i thought you may like to see my method for avoiding.

You can use it to edge a blanket a hat or even the cuff of a sleeve. Blankets made with all one color can also be spruced up with a border in a contrasting color or many colors. Sl st slip stitch. Simple borders can compliment busier crochet blankets just to give it a nice finished touch.

How to add a simple shell border to a granny square baby blanket crochet tutorial a pretty shell border is the perfect way to finish off a crochet project. See more ideas about crochet afghan crochet crochet borders. Adding a ruffled edge to a shirt cuff a nice border to a blanket or pillow or finishing a garment collar are all common ways that edging is used to finish a project. There are many decorative border designs.

Dc double crochet. Borders can pull a motif blanket pattern together and add the finishing touches that make a pattern really wow. Apr 21 2020 explore allfreecrochetafghanpatterns s board crochet afghan borders and edges followed by 75965 people on pinterest. This super simple crochet edging gives a lovely finish for your granny edged blankets.

In today s granny square month post i m sharing twenty seven free crochet border patterns for your next granny square or hexagon blanket. Leaving an edge unfinished is fine but if you really want your project to stand out choosing an appropriate edging can really give it the edge. But which crochet edging design should you use. It s best to save these ideas for when you want a crochet square to stand on its own whether it s a small project like a coaster or a large one like a single granny square blanket.

A crochet blanket done in all single or double crochets can be dressed up with a unique border to really make it stand out. A row of plum then four colours so far think i ll add two or three more then a plum edge. Your choice of crochet edge can make or break your blanket. We re adding this border to our mini granny square temperature calendar blanket.

A border will add the finishing touch to a blanket it will neaten a uneven edge square everything up and give substance to your blanket. As you can see from the picture above i m on the border of my granny square blanket. Grab your hook and let s crochet the cross back stitch together. Sc single crochet.