Crochet Edge Patterns

Corner to Corner – Have you seen the new craze!

September 18, 2016 By: Deena Price1 Comment

If you follow any crochet blogs or facebook posts then more than likely you have seen the C2C craze!

I taught myself this afghan pattern by watching this video tutorial – VIDEO

The C2C (or Corner to Corner) afghan is relatively simple to make and works up pretty quickly! It is such a fun way to make diagonal stripes and the pattern can easily be adjusted for a baby blanket up to a king size blanket.

The other new craze is a new yarn that only Michael’s Craft Stores carry. It is the new Caron Cake yarn! It was originally distrubuted for the 100th anniversary of Caron yarns and was only going to be sold for a month, but it became so popular that it sold out in most areas in a week! With the popularity of the yarn, they are putting it back in production full time and stocking it back on the shelves. It will be available again sometime between October – December. If you are lucky enough to still have some in your Michael’s store you may want to snatch it up! I purchased enough for 2 sets of blankets and a scarf and hat set.

Caron Cakes are 20% wool and 80% acrylic. 7.1 oz and 200 grams with approximately 383 yards. It is a medium (4) weight yarn and the recommended crochet hook size is H.

So, I combined both the C2C afghan with a few skeins of the Caron Cake yarn in Funfetti and made this adorable throw blanket for my 8 year old daughter for Christmas.

This pattern is quickly becoming my favorite for making a quick afghan that doesn’t have a lot of holes in it but has a nice texture and pattern! Happy hooking!!!

To make the border for this afghan I crocheted 3 rows of double crochet around and then added 1 row of scallops with 7 double crochets per scallop.

to make this throw sized blanket I used 5 Caron Cakes.

Sparkly Baby Blanket!

July 25, 2016 By: Deena Pricecomment

I tend to work on 5-10 crochet projects at a time…sometimes that means that a project can get pushed to the side and not completed very quickly. This last weekend I decided to dig an old project out and complete it since I am caught up on my temperature blanket finally!

I went digging through my pile of UFO’s (Un-Finished Objects) and found this cute baby blanket that just needed an edging finished on it. The yarn is a beautiful shade of burgundy with a silver thread running through it. I found a white yarn with a silver thread running through it in my stash and decided it was perfect for the border!

Close up of blanket and stitches:

The pattern for this blanket is free and available at – http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/clusters-and-crosses-blankets

I chose to do a simpler border because my thread already has a lot going on!

For the border:

Row 1 – With white yarn, SC around whole blanket, join with SS

Row 2 – Chain 2, 2DC in each SC around, join with SS

Row 3 – Chain 2, 1DC in same stitch, *1DC in next stitch, 2DC in next stitch around*, join with SS, Tie off white thread

Row 4 – Switch to burgundy yarn, Chain 1, SC in each DC around, join with SS and tie off.

How Do You Get Those Holes in the Blankets to Crochet Into???

September 6, 2014 By: Deena Price1 Comment

Well…that is the question I get asked most often.

So what are those holes and how do they get there and why are they so important? To be able to crochet nicely around a flannel blanket it is very important to have evenly spaced holes that stay open. There are a few different ways to do this. Some people use an awl to punch their own holes. I have not tried this method because I don’t believe I would get the evenness that I want and there is no stitch keeping the holes open. I have also seen products that are supposed to help you line up the holes so that you can punch them evenly. If you do a web search you will find lots of ideas on how to make the holes, but for me they all had one problem – due to the nature of flannel fabric, the holes do not easily stay open. I found instructions online for using a wing needle in your sewing machine to make the holes. This solved the problem of evenly spaced holes but because our sewing machines only have one needle, it does not stitch the hole open.

While I was looking online for a solution to my problem, I was fortunate to run across the website – www.heirloomhemstitching.com. It was the solution I had been looking for! Julie has a hemstitching machine that makes the holes that I needed to have a nicely completed project! So for about 6 years now, I have been buying my fabric and sending it to Arizona! I do not receive any compensation for promoting Julie’s site but I have always been happy with the work that she has done and the speed that she can do it in!

If you look around on Julie’s site, she tells all about the hemstitching machine and how it works. She also has her pricing list posted.

So here’s how it works for me…I buy flannel when it is on sale and I mail it to Julie. I buy 2 pieces of coordinating fabric that measure 1 yard each for each blanket and burp cloth set. Out of that fabric, I get one small baby blanket and 2 burp cloths. If you don’t want the burp cloths you can opt for 1 larger blanket.

She uses her magic (and her hemstitching machine) to turn my fabric into crochet-able blankets and burp cloths! I receive them back like the picture below. you can see that there is a salvage edge around the burp cloth. The close up picture below shows how her machine works to both punch the holes and sew them open at the same time!

After I receive my fabric, I trip the salvage edge off. I only leave about 1/4 of an inch of fabric. Trim slowly and carefully. If you cut into the hemstitching you can ruin your blanket.

All that is left to do now is to pick a crochet thread, pick a pattern and get to work! For this project I picked a variegated yellow crochet thread. It is the Omega brand 100% nylon thread. I chose to use the Basic Shell Crochet Edge Pattern that you can find on my site! Good luck and happy stitching.

Cathedral Edge Crochet Pattern

June 18, 2009 By: Deena Price3 Comments

Cathedral Edge Pattern –

Row #1 – SC all the way around the blanket, SS to join

Row #2 – *SC in the first stitch, skip 2 stitches, work 4 TR in the next stitch, CH 3, SC in the top of the last TR to form a bump in the same stitch as the previous TR, work 4 more TR, skip 2 stitches** Repeat from *to**. Repeat around the blanket, placing SC in the corners, join with a SS to first SC

I love using this pattern for this dinosaur material. The pattern reminds me of the spikes of a dinosaur!

Double The Fun Crochet Edge Pattern

June 18, 2009 By: Deena Pricecomment

Double The Fun Pattern~

Row #1 – SC around entire blanket, SS to join

Row #2 – DC in each SC (can be done in contrasting color) around entire blanket, SS to join

Row #3 – (optional) if you have used contrasting color – SC in each DC with 1st color. (not pictured)

Fence Post Crochet Edge Pattern

June 18, 2009 By: Deena Pricecomment

Fence Post Pattern~

1st Row – 2 SC in each hole, SS to join

2nd Row – CH 3, *SC in every other hole** repeat around, SS to join

3rd Row – CH 3 (this counts as the 1st DC), DC in the same stitch, CH 2, the 2 DC in the same stitch. In every other loop of the 2nd row, * 2 Dc, CH 2, 2 DC**, SS to join. Repeat from *to**. Finish off.