How to work a straight edge on a rough edge - Crochet Fundamentals #28
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this is exactly what I was looking for - a video showing the method explained in the "felted buttons" blog, as I am v. much a visual learner! thank you!
Happy to help :)
Love this idea! It makes your work so much more tidy. I hate messy edges. Can’t wait to try it out. Thank you!
AAAArg! I JUST finished a blanket and now I'm finding this tip...Esther, you are amazing. I will remember next time. Thank you!!
No stress, you will have loads of opportunities in the future I am sure
Thank you so much for sharing this! i’ve struggled frustratingly with the look of my borders for a long time! thank you! thank you!
Good to hear I can help you get a pretty end result you are happy with
You have just saved me from abandoning my project - thank you so much! A very helpful video.
You're very welcome!
So glad I came across your tutorial! The slip stitch row as a foundation is brilliant. That plus one row of single crochet is all my blanket needed. Thank you!
Very helpful, thank you. I also picked up from the your reply to comments that this technique is only required on the ‘rough edges’ of a blanket to start with. The second row would be a then be a full circuit around all four sides of the blanket. (Hope this helps new readers of the comments by putting it nearer the top of the page).😂🤣
Thanks again👏👏
yes, correct. thank you for summarizing :D
Finally!! I have been looking for a solution like this forever! I hated how the single crochet down the side looked so uneven! Thanks and you so much!
you are very welcome, it's a great solution
Thank you! I've read about using slip stitches to work a nice edge on the sides, but your video really helps alot with placing my hook in the right place to make it work and look neat!
You're welcome
Wow thank you so much for teaching us how to do this border I was so stress with my border now my demelza blanket will look very pretty I’m almost done with the rectangle and be ready for connecting my squares and everything else thank you for all the videos of the demelza blanket God bless your hand and keep teaching all beautiful stitches 👏😍👍🙏🙏
Glad to help
Thank you! 1000% will use this technique going forward. I would typically avoid borders because I hate how uneven they can look. Happy I happened to come across your video. 🙂
happy to help :)
Thank you. I've always found it difficult to go down the side of my projects and make them look neat. Now I know what to do. There is always something to learn with crochet and thanks to a good teacher like you I have learnt something very important. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge.
you are very welcome :)
Ur a savior...had to rip my border so many times as I couldn't figure out how to pick the stitches...ur method is so easy...will surely try...
You’re welcome 😊
I remember watching this video when it was first uploaded, and I have not forgotten the tips you gave in this astonishing video, I revisited this video again to make sure that what I'm doing on my current project's edging is the same as this edging. And I have to say I am so pleased with how you teach and explain because if I can remember a technique for 4 years this means that you're explanation is so great and very valuable. Thanks again and keep up the great work :)
thank you for your kind words
. I just frogged the whole side of my blanket b/c I didn’t like the uneven stitches. Now I can make it look nice. Thank you for posting ❤️
You're welcome
I love learning all these ideas from you. Your tutorials are wonderful. Thank you so much for this.
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This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you!
You're very welcome
Thank you so much!!!! This has saved me so much heartache.
wonderful :)
Thank you so much. I went through 6 other videos to find this one. I love the technique. I'm appreciative that you took the time to make this video and share your ideas.
You're most welcome :)
This is a wonderful technique - looks neat and pretty. So very well illustrated - thanks bunches for sharing.
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Best explanation I have ever had! Thank you!
You're very welcome!
This will be a lifesaver on the blanket I'm working on. I always had trouble with this and thought my edging ugly.
From now on, only clean edges 😀
Thank you so much I didn't know what to do as the Baby cardigan had such a uneven edge and I found your video.
I'm so happy 😊Thank-you 💐🌹🌺
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you. I'm using this and it looks great!
OOOh Esther, I love that blanket!
Thank you for the tutorial. As alays, you have helped me immensely. I've been trying to figure this out for years.
Wonderful to hear that I could help 😊
Thank you so much! I was able to finish a blanket very nicely thanks to your video.
You are so welcome!
Thank you so much h for that edge tutorial!! I really need it. Have been struggling with that problem!! You're awesome!!💝💝😄
glad to help
Thank you so much for sharing this tip with clear video.
You're welcome
I really am glad I found your tutorial. Thumbs up to you and A Felted Button. I am gonna go back and do this for all my squares for the Stitch Story CAL.
For stitch story you work an edge around the square, zo working slip stitches should not be needed
It's all in a Nutshell Crochet, thank you.
I love this! Thank you for sharing!!
You're welcome 😊
This is such a nice clean edge. Thank you for sharing. I have always struggled when working an edge on my blankets.
Happy to help 😊
Brilliant! Thank you!
I am so very glad I watched this video. This is my favroite one of working on the edge. I used your great idea to work on the little scarf I crochet for my kitty. The edge looka very nice. Hence I'll surely come back to this video after I learn another stitches. So far I just know the single crochet stitch as I only began to learn 3days ago. Thank you so much again for this video,a huge help 😊
This is a great technique to make your work look neat. I hope you enjoy crochet more and more with each project :)
This is amazing!! Thank you so much. I would need to go up a hook size.
This video is perfect! Thank you so much!
You're welcome
Thank you so, so much for this tutorial. Finally! I can have a nice and even edge. 🙌😘🙌
You are so welcome!
I got here from Susan's blog. You both are amazing, thank you. Subscribed, of course 😉
welcome :)
Thanks for this Video. I'm watching you from Germany. I started to crochet about one year ago. Thanks for this offer. I always had this problems when I made scarfs or blankets. Now I have a very good solution.
Wonderful 😊
I'll be trying this technique out on my last project. Never thought of working a row of slip stitches before doing the last stitch.
it really makes a big difference!
Thank you so much for this trick!
It's so funny because I just finished Jacobs ladder afghan and I was having problems with the sides.....so thank you for this tutorial!!
Perfect, happy to help
This is the most amazing solution, thank you Esther! I even did a few strategic single skips to match this up to my four square perfectly 😘
Perfect!
Wonderful! Thanks for this great tip.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this video. I'm having a problem with a wonky blanket edge and I think this will solve it nicely.
wonderful :) sometimes all you need is a tip at the right moment
Thank you so much for sharing this great tip
you're most welcome
Thank you for sharing. Very helpful!
You're welcome
Thank you so much for kindly sharing. I'm diagnosed severe OCD & I can't tell you how less stressful it is to get a neat edge now hehe. You're better than any of my medication 😉 xoxo
I don't like uneven edges either :D
@@Itsallinanutshell is there a way to add a photo once I've finished my blanket? Just didn't know if you'd like to see how your kind advice & tutorial has helped. Once again thank you for taking the time to share 💜😊 xx
Wonderful idea! Thanks
you're welcome
I learned this technique on 'felted button' but i couldn't get it to work. The sides stitches were too tight and the fabric wasn't flat. Trying to crochet looser wasn't working and there you said go up a hook size ! it's working now. You saved me. Thanks!
Sometimes all you need is a small tip. Happy crocheting!
thank you for this tip. I am just about to put a border on a blanket I have crocheted and I've been looking for something like this. I've never been happy with my borders.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
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Brilliant! Thank you 🙏
Do you have a video about your turning chain technique? It doesn't appear that you use chain stitches, and your double crochet edges are beautiful!
I love this! Thank you! I’ve been agonizing how to go abt my first crochet project ‘coz my edges are messy 😭. You just saved me for all that worry
glad to help :)
really great teacher
Thank you! 😃
Very helpful trick!!
I know, this is so cool, and really easy
Thank you so much! Will try this technique on an Afghan I finished yesterday.
the techique gives a great finish :D
Thank you for this helpful video. Can't wait to try it when I finish baby blanket!
I use this technique a lot myself, really usefull!
Hello, what a great way to add a nice edge to have a good start at making a blanket border look gorgeous! I just this evening finished a baby blanket. It needs a border and I love this stitching technique, especially for the side edges. Also, the crochet piece that you are demonstrating on... I have never seen that pattern!! A flower bud with stem crocheted into the piece as you are creating it! Lovely.. Stunning! I am so hoping that you or any reader, might know where I can find this pattern. I have been searching and found other flowers and stems, yet not this one! None, that I have seen compare to this pattern.
Hopefully for some help. I am Janice, from Michigan, USA. Thank you. 😊
This panel is part of Demelza blanket. Pattern is on ravelry
Muy interesante👏
Thank you so much !!!’
you're welcome
Just what I was looking for. Now I just need to be able to recognise my own stitches down the side 🙄
I am sure you will figure it out
Thank you for this wonderful video. Would be great if you could you please make a video to add an edging to a v-neck crochet top
I do not have any clothing videos on my channel.
I just now came across this tutorial. Thank you for making it so clear! I would like to know if you have the pattern and yarn list for the lovely piece shown in this video?? It is gorgeous, such beautiful colors.
the fabric shown is part of Demelza crochet along. More information on my blog here: itsallinanutshell.com/2016/11/24/demelza-blanket-video-tutorials-color-distribution-and-yarn-amounts/
Would you typically do the slip stitch around the complete blanket and then follow up with the first row of pattern? Or would you slip stitch only on the two rough edges?
I only do it on the rough edges. And then start with the first border round
Awesome! Thank you so much
Even ur rough edge is perfect.
everything is relative :D
This was amazing to learn this but when I do my single crochet border do I use same size hook or go back to smaller one I used for blanket
love your videos, do you have a totorial on the rose ting you are doing the efe on its beautiful.
The pannel i am using in this video is part of the Demelza blanket. The video for the pannel you can find here th-cam.com/video/fw4r-VTBbwU/w-d-xo.html
Where can i find this blanket pattern? I love it. I was looking for an edging tutorial and have fallen in love with not only the technique but the pattern. Thank you so much for posting this!
This is from the Demelza blanket pattern. You can find all the info and links on my blog here:
itsallinanutshell.com/2016/11/24/demelza-blanket-video-tutorials-color-distribution-and-yarn-amounts/
Even before you did the slip stitch on the sides, your sides were so even. Do you have a special trick for starting your rows to avoid gaps and bumps? Thanks for the video, plan on using this technique on a baby blanket I am working on.
no, not really.... sorry :(
Thank you for this. Very helpful. I am very interested in the pattern that you're working on. Is it one of your tutorials, the tulip style flowers?
The pannel is part of the Demelza blanket which i have a series of videos for.
I am intrigued to try this technique on a blanket I crocheted with many color changes. My question: when you do the slip stitches on the second rough edge, do you start from the opposite corner? That is, in this video, you started at the top corner and worked down the side to the bottom. On the other side, do you start at the bottom and work up? This way your border stitches would go in the same direction as your slip stitches on both sides. Or would this make the fabric twist or curl? Would it be better to start the slip stitches at the top on both sides? Or does it not matter?
This is a wonderful video! I am very new to crochet (just picked up the hook last week, as a matter of fact!) and wasn't able to quite understand what the Felted Button meant in the written instructions, but this video cleared it right up! Thank you so much for sharing it. I do have a question...when you were doing the chain stitches around the edge, I noticed you went through one loop, one loop, then two loops when you got to the end of the dc. Can you tell me why and if it makes a difference whether you go through one loop or both loops? Thank you! I look forward to learning more about crocheting through your videos :)
it makes no difference if you do one or two loops. the reason why i sometimes used one loop and sometimes 2 is because sometimes 1 loop is easier than 2 to get in to. i look at the stitches and if there are 2 loops readily available i use 2, if not i go through 1 loop only.
Thank you so much! :)
sometimes you'll end up with a gap or almost a hole depending on whether you grab one or two loops. I find I have to eyeball it and sometimes rip it out to get it right. this IS a great video. thanks again.
Love your video - you make it look so easy. I am trying this but not happy with the end result. My project looks awfully bumpy on the underside (on the side edges) - what am I doing wrong? Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
most likely it's a tension issue. maybe you are not keeping your yarn tight enough when you turn rounds?
Very nice thank you. What would you do for a 2 or 3 chain at the edge that counts as a double crochet or treble (UK/US) or a HDC. Sometimes these also don't count as a stitch and you are asked to do a double crochet or treble in same stitch but the chains don't count as one.
when the ch don't count, work in the tr or other stitch next to it that does count. If the ch counts as a stitch, work one or two slip stitches in the loops of the starting ch.
When doing your row of slip stitches, why do you sometimes go underneath only one loop but in other places you go underneath both?
it depends on the stitch, sometimes there is room for two loops and sometimes not. it's playing by feel what works and what not.
@@Itsallinanutshell OK. Thanks.
This is wonderful! I do have a question. How do you manage the turn of corners with slip stitch? Thanks!
you don't have to, the slip stitches is only in a straight line. when working a sc edge, you simply step over from the regular stitches on one edge, to the slip stitches on the next edge
The longer I've crocheted the better my edges look all the time. Sometimes my tension varies and I end up with a gap where I made a looser turning chain. Sometimes I feel that some edge "issues" are just part of what crochet "is" and can't be eliminated, only lessened. I just finished a scarf and took great care to keep my edges as uniform as possible. Would this edging work on a 6 inch wide scarf? I'm afraid that the drape would be greatly effected. I used roving yarn and it would be next to impossible to frog if the edging made the piece more stiff. I wished I knew in advance what this edging will do to the drape!
i have used this on blankets before, and to my experience it does not affenct the drape.
Should we use the same hook size as used on blanket?
For the slip stitch edge, I suggest going up a hook size. Then, go back to your original hook size when working the edge stitches.
Hi again :-) I have completed a rug which is 1 x dc (uk treble) and 1 x turning chain on every row. So would I make 3 x slip stitches (for the dc) and then another for the turning chain? I would be grateful for any tips :-) Many thanks, Karen
For a border around a treble stitch do I go through three loops? I can’t find any video examples on treble stitches so its a bit confusing for me!
For US trebbels you would do 3 slip stitches
Hi, your edges are.so neat already. Do you not chain at the start of rows?
Yes, i do chain , but tightly.
I'm gonna start a new cardigan and it will give me a great neat start for my collar and all around border. Thank you so much. by the way i also love your flowers, do you have a pattern somewhere?
the fabric you see is part of the Demelza blanket. I have a video for that too.
@@Itsallinanutshell Thank you very much. The blanket is very beautiful. I really like your work.
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This is great. But what about if you have ch 2 or ch 3 for the first stitch of each row?
then you can work the slip stitches into those chains
Hi. Thank you. Do you slip stitch all the way around or just on the uneven edge?
Just the uneven edge
when using slip stitch for uneven edges, do you have to also use on top and bottom of afghan or can I start a border on the top and bottom of the afghan without using the slip stitch prep?
you don't have to use the slip stitches, you can also work directly into the side of the blanket
How would you do it on half double crochet please
exactly the same, you work slip stitches on the edge of the hdc just like you work on a dc. for an hdc I would think that 3 slip stitches per 2 hdc would give a good distribution
When doing the slip stitches, do you do them in the loops or in the space underneath for the turning chains?? I’m sorry if you’ve already answered! 😅
if I need only one slip stitch, I work in the space underneath, but if I need two or more I will work in the turning chain.
Can you show how you continue and do all the sides?
The other two sides are regular crochet stitches, you work in them like you always do.
Would you do 1 or 2 slip stitches in a half double crochet?
I would do 2, but if you are a tight crocheter 1 is better. Also look at the pattern how many stitches you need to make for the border
Is there a video on how to connect the final corner together?
when all the way round with dc stitches, or which ever stitches you work into the slip stitches and along the regular edges, close the round with a slip stitch
How many slip stiches would you put in a half double?
I would put 2 in a half double.
Beautiful! Thank you very much for sharing! How many stitch on the corners, 3?
I did not work a corner, just the edge itself
How to you do a hale double crochet stitch for a slip stitch? Is it like a single crochet slip stitch?
i don't understand your question. In this video I work slip stitches on the edge of a fabric. It is the same, no matter what stitches the fabric is made of.
How do you handle a row that was hdc? How many st do you pick up?
work 5 slip stitches over 2 rows of hdc
Hi, when your turning a corner do you just carry on with the slip stitch in the next
there would be no need to put slip stitches on the adjacent edge because there you will have the top or bottom of the crochet stitches, which don't need anything done to them.
Thanks for your quick reply😊
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I’ve been doing this slipstich for the border but I don’t know how to do the corner. Can somebody help?
you don't need to do a corner because there are normal stitches to work into. otherwise, look at video 3 of Connected Cushion where I also do this technique
How many slip stitches do you do in the corners?
typically only one, and then when you work into the slip stitches, work 3 sc in the corner slip stitch
It's all in a Nutshell Crochet Oh ok. Thank you. I was confused because everyone was saying how you do 3 stitches in the corner but when I tried to do 3 slip stitches it wouldn’t work. That makes more sense