How to End the Crochet Edging for Baby Blankets

Decorative crocheted edging must be securely fastened at the end.

Enhance the appearance of a baby blanket by adding a decorative crocheted edge. You can add this to a store-bought blanket or to one that you have knitted or crocheted yourself. No matter what design you choose for the edging, or how many inches of edging you add, you must end your work securely to prevent the yarn from becoming loose and unraveling.

Things You'll Need

• Crochet hook
• Yarn
• Scissors

Instructions

1. Complete the final stitch of your edging at one of the corners of the blanket. Cut the yarn from the skein, leaving a tail of about 8 inches. Keep the crochet hook looped into the final stitch, as if you were about to continue with another stitch.

2. Pull up on the thread that is looped around the crochet hook, until the tail end of the yarn is pulled all the way through the loop. Set aside the crochet hook.

3. Grasp the tail of the yarn between your thumb and forefinger, about 1 inch from the edging of the blanket, and pull it firmly away from the edging. With your other hand, push the stitch down toward the other stitches at the same same.

4. Insert the crochet hook into the top of the next stitch. Wind the tail end of yarn around the hook and pull the yarn through, forming a slip stitch.

5. Insert the hook in the next loop down, below the slip stitch, closer to the edge of the blanket. Wind the tail end of yarn around the hook again and pull the yarn through, forming another slip stitch.

6. Repeat Step 5, working your way down the corner of your edging until there is only about 6 inches of the tail end of the yarn remaining. Pull lightly on the tail and clip it close to the blanket using scissors. Using both hands, one on each side of the cut end, pinch the edging between your thumbs and forefingers.

7. Pull your hands apart gently and wiggle them in a slight zigzag fashion to adjust the crocheted stitches so they are laying flat and so that the short end of the yarn becomes hidden in the existing stitches.

Tips & Warnings

• If your crocheted edging is very narrow, continue making slip sitiches along the horizontal edge, in the first row between the blanket and the edging after you have worked your way down the corner.

References

• Unique Homemade Gifts: Weaving in Your Ends
• Anonymous Crochet: Weaving in Ends Securely

Resources

• Crochet Collection: Crocheting Edges on Baby Blankets
• Foundling: Crochet