HARLEQUIN CROCHET ALONG BLANKET 2022 - WEEK 5: The Border

Harlequin blanket border

Part 1

Prepare 

Make sure you sew in all your ends 

Is your blanket a square? Fold it diagonally to check! 

Part 2 

Border 

Row 1 In Graphite, starting with a Standing HDC, going under any stitch, place 1HDC all around your blanket. On the sides, try to find a good location, evenly spaced out and not too many stitches. Corners: 2HDC, 2CH, 2HDC. SS to close the round.

Row 2 In Grey, standing HDC, then 1 HDC on top of every stitch.  Corners: 2HDC, 2CH, 2HDC. SS to close the round.  

Row 3 In Citron, in a corner, starting with a standing DC, do another DC, 2CH and 2DC into that same corner, then *sk2, in the third st place 1DC 1CH 1DC*, repeat *-* until you meet a corner. Place 1HDC on top of each DC of the previous round. Then do the corner Corners:  2DC, 2CH, 2DC.  SS to close the round. 

Row 4 In Grey, starting with a standing HDC, place 1HDC in front of the Citron V, 2HDC in the chsp of the V. (So going around the stitches and not picking up the strands of the v on top of the stitches) Corners: 2HDC, 2CH, 2HDC. SS to close the round. 

Row 5  In Graphite, starting with a standing HDC, place 1 HDC on top of every stitch, picking up the v.  Corners: 2HDC, 2CH, 2HDC. SS to close the round.

Key 

CH    Chain

HDC    Half Double Crochet

st    stitch

SC    Single Crochet

SS     Slipstitch