Simple Crochet Border for Blanket – Baby Blanket Border for the Springtime Journey Blanket
This tutorial is a simple yet beautiful crochet border for a blanket. 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 baby blanket 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 simple crochet 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.
The free crochet along blanket is hosted through June 3rd-30th. The pattern is free to view on the designers’ blogs as every part released.
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 – 15g/ 33yds/ 30m
Color B – 15g/ 33yds/ 30m
Color C – 15g/ 33yds/ 30m
Color D – 15g/ 33yds/ 30m
Color E – 15g/ 33yds/ 30m
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
Single Crochet Border – Simple Crochet Border for Blanket
These border instructions are intended to work the baby blanket size 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 7 ended on the Wrong Side.
Change to Color E in last stitch of Section 7.
Border Round 1 (RS) – Ch 1, turn. 1 sc in each st across to end of row. (126)
Green arrow in graphic above indicates placing 1 sc in each st across the last row of Section 7.
At end of side ch 2 and rotate to work down the long raw edge as the dotted arrow in the graphic above indicates.
Green arrow in graphic above indicates placing 1 sc in each st across the last row of Section 7.
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 7, place: 2 sc in side of each of the 12 hdc or ehdc rows. (24)across to end of row. (126)
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/STsc]. 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)
At end of side ch 2 and rotate to work down the long raw edge as the dotted arrow in the graphic above indicates.
Place 1 sc in each of the 100 sts of Section 6. (100)
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/STsc rows. (24)
At end of side, ch 2 and sl st to first sc made in round to close.
(504 total sts, 4 ch 2 spcs – 126 sts on each 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. (512 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. (520 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. (528 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. (540 sts)
Cut yarn, weave ends.
The 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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