Quick & Easy Crochet Edging Patterns

You don’t need a lot of money, time, or even crochet experience to create a special blanket to give as a gift or to donate to a child in need. These quick and easy crochet edging patterns add a handmade touch to any fabric blanket. Choose from the patterns included here or check out all my Crochet Borders & Edging Patterns here.

Add a Crochet Edging to Fabric

To start, pick out a fabric blanket, such as fleece, flannel, or even a receiving blanket. Many craft stores like Michaels and Joann Fabric carry small fleece blankets at very reasonable prices. The easiest approach is to find a blanket that already has stitching around it for you to crochet into, but you can also easily add your own blanket stitching around the fabric or use a tool to crochet directly into the fabric.

Crocheting a Border on Fabric with Blanket Stitching

Many fabric blankets already come with an edge of blanket stitching around them (Fig. 1a and 1b). You can start crocheting right into that stitching by inserting your hook through the top of the blanket stitch and pulling up a loop (Fig. 1c),  then crochet your edging as usual (Fig. 1d). Scroll down to choose a crochet edging pattern.

Adding Your Own Blanket Stitching

If your fabric or blanket does not have a blanket stitch around it, you can easily stitch one on yourself with a needle and crochet thread as I did here for these pretty tea towels. You can follow this tutorial for How To Do a Blanket Stitch, or you can use a sewing machine.

You can also crochet a blanket stitch border right into the fabric by using a special tool, such as a Sharp Crochet Hook or an Edgit Piercing Hook to add the stitching. If you already have a rotary cutter at home, you could also use a skip blade attachment specially made for crocheted edgings.

For this tutorial, I am using a sharp pointed crochet hook (Fig. 2a). To add a blanket stitch, use a coordinating color of crochet thread or separate strands from the yarn you plan to use for the border. Insert the hook into the fabric, and pull up a loop of the thread to the height of the edge of the blanket (Fig. 2b). Then, yarn over and pull through both loops on the hook (Fig. 2c). Continue around your fabric until you have a stitched border to crochet into. Then scroll down to choose a crochet edging pattern.

Quick and Easy Crocheted Blanket Edging Patterns

This free crochet pattern is written in U.S. crochet terms and abbreviations. Stitch counts are provided at the end of each row to help you keep on track.

Resources and tutorials you may find helpful for following this pattern include: Crochet Abbreviations and U.S. to U.K. Crochet Conversion Chart.

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Basic Border

Join yarn to blanket by inserting your hook through a stitch and pulling up a loop (see Fig. 1c above).

Ch 3, work 1 dc in each st until you reach the corner. For rounded corners, work 2 dc in the three corner stitches.  For straight corners, work 5 dc in the corner st. Continue working around blanket.  Join with a Sl st in the top of the beginning ch-3.

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Two-Round Design

Join yarn as above. Ch 2. Round 1: Work 1 hdc in each stitch until you reach the corner. For rounded corners, work 2 hdc in the three corner stitches.  For straight corners, work 3 dc in the corner st. Continue working around blanket.  Join with a Sl st in the top of the beginning ch-2.

Round 2: Ch 1, work 1 sc between each hdc around blanket, continue the same around each corner. Join with a Sl st in 1st sc.

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Shell Border / Scalloped Border

Join yarn as above.

Ch 1.

Work 1 sc in same stitch as loop was pulled up, sk next st, 5 dc in next, sk next st, *1 sc in next, sk next st, 5 dc in next, sk next, rep from * around, ending with a Sl st in 1st sc (depending on how many stitches are around the blanket, you may need to improvise toward the end by perhaps skipping 2 sts or none at all to make the join work properly).

Fasten off, weave in ends.

Little Spaces Edging

I have shared this simple edging pattern before but it is worth including here as well.

Join yarn as above.

Round 1: Ch 4 (counts as 1 dc and 1 ch), skip next blanket stitch, *1 dc in next blanket stitch, ch 1, skip next blanket stitch, rep from * around, working [1 dc, ch 1, 1 dc], ch 1, skip next blanket stitch around corners (Note: you may need to adjust how you work your corners depending on the degree of curve you have to your blanket’s corners), join.

Round 2: Ch 1 (does not count as stitch), work 1 sc in first st, 1 sc in next ch-1 sp, *1 sc in next st, 1 sc in next ch-1 sp, rep from * around, join.

Click here for a stitch diagram.

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