So glad you stopped by for the Every Which Way Crochet Borders Blog Tour! Edie Eckman’s new release Every Which Way Crochet Borders features 100 unique border designs! Each pattern includes step-by-step pattern instructions and symbol charts to guide you through, as well as plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. Can’t wait? … try out this free preview border pattern that Storey Publishing has so graciously shared with P2P readers …
Free Crochet Border Pattern!
Excerpted from Every Which Way Crochet Borders © 2017 by Edith L. Eckman. Photography by John Polak. Chart by Karen Manthey.
#71
Base rnd, each side: Multiple of 6 + 3 + corners.
Begin in corner st.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 2 sc in first st, *ch 5, skip 3 sts, [sc in next 3 sts, ch 5, skip 3 sts] to corner st, 3 sc in corner st; rep from * around, omitting last 3 sc, sc in same st as beginning sc, join with slip st to first sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 6 (counts as dc and ch 3), *sc in next sc, ch 3, sc in next space, ch 3, [skip 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sc in next space, ch 3] to 1 st before corner st, sc in next sc, ch 3**, dc in corner st, ch 3; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join with slip st to third ch of ch-6.
Rnd 3: Ch 1, sc in first st, *ch 5, skip 1 space, sc in next (space, sc, space) [ch 5, sc in next (space, sc, space)] to space before corner st, ch 5, skip 1 space, sc in corner dc; rep from * around, omitting last sc, join with slip st to first sc.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *ch 3, sc in next space, ch 3, [skip 1 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3, sc in next space, ch 3] to corner st**, sc in corner sc; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join with slip st to first sc.
Rnd 5: Ch 1, sc in same st, *ch 3, sc in next sc, [ch 5, skip 1 sc, sc in next sc] to corner, ch 3**, (sc, ch 1, sc) in corner sc; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, sc in same st as first sc, join with sc to first sc.
Rnd 6: Ch 1, 2 sc in space formed by joining sc, sc in each sc, 3 sc in each ch-3 space, 5 sc in each ch-5 space and 2 sc in each ch-1 corner space around, join with slip st to first sc. Fasten off.
Stitches & Notes
Rnds 1–4 are exactly the same as Border #70 (see page 128), but a slight change in the last 2 rounds straightens up the edge.
There are so many more edging patterns where that came from! Here are a few more of my faves …
Looking for a book on crotchet borders as i would like to learn different patterns. I love to crochet blankets and afghans as gifts. Will be joining a group of ladies that crotchet anything to help cancer patients or children. So, would love to learn new techniques to end the projects nicely. Thank you.