HOOKERS ON THE EDGE Part One - Coronavirus CAL

WE ARE HOOKERS ON THE EDGE

(although I do hope that this project has given you some form of comfort at this strange and stressful time)

I believe that ALL blankets are made better by working a border. They can also hide a multitude of sins (not to mention wobbly edges...) As this is a very busy blanket the border will be fairly simple in design but you can use whatever colours you want whether that is just one or several different ones. Have fun and enjoy it! I suggest you start the first row with as neutral a colour as possible so as not to draw attention to the bumps and wobbles. As you work the edge it might all seem very messy,  but believe me, when it is finished you won't notice it. 🤞

PART ONE

Round 1
With a neutral colour join yarn to the top short edge,  right side facing, about 10 stitches from the left-hand corner. Chain 2.
Work 1 htr in every stitch to the end.  Work 1htr, 2ch, 1 htr in the last stitch to form the corner,

then turn the blanket to work down the long side.
Now work htrs evenly along the whole side, working in between the last 2  stitches of the row, not in the stitch itself and working roughly 2 htrs for every tr length and 1 htr for every htr/dc  -  see the photos below. Even though a treble is a 3-ch-height you would have far too many stitches if you worked 3 htrs along the edge for every tr on the blanket. I hope that makes sense! Use your own instinct and keep checking that it lies flat...if there are any obvious wobbles then you might have put in too many stitches. It is worth getting this right, so don't be scared to pull some out and re-do it.

Work 1 htr 2ch 1 htr at the end to form the next corner then repeat the process along the bottom edge and the second long side. Join with a slip st to the top of the Ch 2.


Round 2

Ch2, now work 1 htr in every htr around and work 1htr1ch2 1htr in the corner spaces.

Round 3

Ch3, * miss 1 st, 1 dc in next st, ch2,  repeat from * to end working 1dc, ch2, 1dc  in the corner spaces.