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!
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