The Studio

Wouldn’t you’d love to give a handmade blanket as a gift (or even have one for yourself) but you just don’t have time to crochet the whole thing.  I get it!  Now here is a way to make a lovely blanket in just a fraction of the time.  Just take a piece of fleece and put a beautiful edging on it.  Easy peasy!  There are many, many easy borders to add.  Here’s how you do it.  You’ll need to punch small holes about 1/2 inch apart and a 1/2 inch from the edge all the way around the fabric. (I cut the corners of my fabric into a soft rounded curve.  See photo.)  The easiest way to do this is with a skip wheel that you can use with your rotary cutter.  You can also do it with scissors or an ice pick.  Then you need a nice soft yarn.  I like Caron Simply Soft yarn for these.  This is the pattern to the one I just did here.  Round 1: Insert your hook in any of the holes and crochet one half double crochet and chain one.  Repeat all the way around for every hole.  Round 2: Single crochet in every half double crochet from Round 1 and in every chain space. Join to first single crochet with a slip stitch.  Round 3:  Ch 1. 3 Double crochet in next stitch.  Chain 3.  3 Double crochet in same stitch.  *Skip next 2 stitches.  Single crochet in next stitch.  Skip 2 stitches.  3 Double crochet, chain 3, 3 Double crochet in same stitch.  Repeat around from *.  These blankets can be made in any size from baby blankets to large bed size blankets.  Have fun!