Easy Crochet Blanket Border – Lapghan Border for the Springtime Journey Blanket
This is an easy crochet blanket border. This crochet border pattern uses only single crochet, so it’s perfect for beginners, but still adds a texture.
This specific pattern is for the lapghan size border of the Springtime Journey Blanket. But you can use this pattern and adjust it for your blanket
Scroll down for the instructions and detailed photo-tutrial.
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To make this easy crochet blanket border, we work a round of a single crochet, then in the next round, instead of working a new round, we turn the blanket first and then work a round of front loop single crochet stitches.
The simple act of turning your blanket adds a nice extra texture to the border.
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The Springtime Journey Blanket
This border pattern is part of the Springtime Journey Blanket Crochet-Along.
The Springtime Journey crochet blanket is a co-design blanket by Shannon from The Loophole Fox and Agat from Made by Gootie, that can be made either as a baby blanket, lapghan or a throw.
This was a free crochet along blanket that was hosted from June 3rd-30th, 2025. The pattern is still free to view on the designers’ blogs.
If you prefer a cohesive, ad-free full blanket PDF pattern, you can purchase it HERE
Materials – if you are making the Springtime Journey Blanket
– Crochet hook 4.5 mm (I love the Etimo Hooks).
– Worsted (#4) weight yarn – I used We Crochet- Comfy Worsted
Total amount of yarn needed for the Baby Blanket Border of the Springtime Journey Blanket:
Color A – 20g/ 44yds/ 40m
Color B – 20g/ 44yds/ 40m
Color C – 20g/ 44yds/ 40m
Color D – 20g/ 44yds/ 40m
Color E – 20g/ 44yds/ 40m
Abbreviations (US)
- ch – chain
- flo – work in front loop only
- dc – double crochet
- Ehdc – extended double crochet
- RS – right side
- sp – space
- st – stitch
- sc – single crochet
- STsc – stacked single crochet: work 1 single crochet in the first st, then work another single crochet into the left leg of the single crochet you just worked.
- WS – wrong side
- […] – crochet the instructions within brackets into the same indicated st/sp.
- * – Repeats are shown via asterisks. Repeat begins at * and ends at ;
Notes
Easy Crochet Blanket Border
These border instructions are intended to work the lapghan size border of the Springtime Journey Blanket.
You can follow these guidelines on how to crochet in the side of the stitches and use them and the following border pattern to work this beautiful border on your own blanket!
Round 1 of the border is worked on the Right Side of the Blanket. Section 10 ended on the Right Side.
Change to Color E in last stitch of Section 10.
Right Handed
Rotate the project clockwise one time to bring the left edge of Section 10 & Row 16 of Section 9 to the top. See graphic below.
Left Handed
Rotate the project counterclockwise one time to bring the right edge of Section 10 & Row 16 of Section 9 to the top. See graphic below.
Border Round 1 (RS) – Ch 1, (do not turn as we already have the project situated properly). [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of STsc/Ehdc, 2 sc in side of dc, 1 sc in side of next sc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. 1 sc in side of each of the 2 transition rows. Place 1 sc in each of the 152 stitches in Row 16 of Section 9. (178)
At end of side, ch 2 and rotate to work down the long raw edge as the dotted arrow in the graphic above indicates.
In side of Section 9, place: [1 sc in side of the next 2 sc, 2 sc in side of next 2 dc/STsc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 7, place: 2 sc in side of each of the 12 hdc or ehdc rows. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 5, place: 2 sc in side of hdc, 2 sc side of hdc, [2 sc in side of dc/STsc, 1 sc in side of next 2 sc, 2 sc in side of dc, 2 sc in side of next 2 hdc]. Repeat inside brackets 2 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 3, place: [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of dc]. Repeat inside brackets 8 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 1, place: 2 sc in side of each of the 24 hdc or ehdc rows. (48)
At end of side, ch 2 and rotate to work down the long raw edge as the dotted arrow in the graphic above indicates.
In bottom of chains of Section 1, place: 1 sc in each chain (48)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 2, place: [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side next 2 dc/STsc, 1 sc in side of next sc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 4, place: [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of dc/STsc, 2 sc in side of ehdc, 1 sc in side of next sc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 6, place: 1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of hdc. [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of dc/STsc]. Repeat inside brackets 7 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 8, place: [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of dc/STsc]. Repeat inside brackets 8 times. (24)
In side of transition rows, place 2 sc. (2)
In side of Section 10, place: [1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in side of STsc/dc, 2 sc in side of ehdc, 1 sc in side of next sc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. (24)
At end of side, ch 2 and rotate to work along the last edge as the green arrow indicates.
Place 1 sc in each st along the final row of Part 10. (152)
At end of side, ch 2 and sl st to first sc made in round to close.
(660 total sts, 4 ch 2 spcs – 178 on top, 152 on side, 178 on bottom, 152 on side)
Change color to Color B.
Border Round 2 (WS) – Ch 1, turn. [ (1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc) in ch 2 corner spc, 1 sc in FLO of each st across to next ch 2 corner spc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. Sl st to first sc made in round to close. (668 sts, 4 ch 2 spcs)
Change color to Color C.
Border Round 3 (RS) – Ch 1, turn. [ 1 sc each st across to next ch 2 corner spc, (1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc) in ch 2 corner spc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. 1 sc last st. Sl st to first sc made in round to close. (676 sts, 4 ch 2 spcs)
Change color to Color A.
Border Round 4 (WS) – Ch 1, turn. 1 sc FLO first 2 sts. [ (1 sc, ch 2, 1 sc) in ch 2 corner spc, 1 sc in FLO of each st across to next ch 2 corner spc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. Sl st to first sc made in round to close.Sl st to first sc made in round to close. (684 sts, 4 ch 2 spcs)
Change color to Color D.
Border Round 5 (RS) – Ch 1, turn. [ 1 sc each st across to next ch 2 corner spc, 3 sc in ch 2 corner spc]. Repeat inside brackets 4 times. 1 sc last 3 sts. Sl st to first sc made in round to close. (696 sts)
Cut yarn, weave ends.
Blanket will benefit from blocking to strengthen lines, though you should not have any parts that pull or are too wavy. Block the blanket to the approximate size listed for the size you’re making.
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