UK Terms

Frida’s Edging
Frida’s Flowers Blanket – Block 8
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Block 8 – Edging
When I was designing this piece I wanted to try and make the making up and finishing process as quick
and easy as possible. By joining as many of your blocks together as you can as you go along means that
you don’t have a massive making up job to do, but you do need to add the edging.
When I design my blankets I like the edgings to be straight rather than be dictated by the shape of the
motif I have chosen to use. I suppose I think in the same way as a patchwork designer would when
laying out the pieces of a quilt. This tends to give me a bit of a challenge in terms of design as I often
have to design small filling pieces to make sure things straighten out and I am not left with strange
shaped edgings. However, on this blanket I really liked the zigzag edge created by the hexagon shapes
at the top and the bottom, so decided not to design fill in pieces.
With all the intricacies of the motifs I decided to keep the border simple and so opted for a relatively
easy edging. I really like the fact that that it looks like rickrack braiding and think it would look as good
in any of the other left over shades.

NOTES:
Block 8 – Edging Fastening Off and rejoining Yarn
Yarns used: You will achieve a much neater color change if you complete
rounds and fasten off the yarn, rather than joining mid stitch.
When fastening off a yarn at the end of a round, the slip stitch
that you have made to join can look like a stitch when you are
working the following round. Make sure you count correctly
3672 3674 3093 and do not count the slip stitch as a stitch when working
Poppy Shrimp Black subsequent rounds.

Dealing with yarn ends

EQUIPMENT I tend to sew yarn ends in as I go along—doing this makes
4mm & 4.5mm hook the finishing process much easier as you will have less to do.
Sewing needle Sewing yarn ends in as you go along also means that you are
less likely to loose stitches or make errors with your tension.
MEASUREMENT
Pre blocked – 19.5cm wide at widest point Joining your pieces
You will join them together using double crochet and a 4mm
ABBREVIATIONS hook. To save yarn, you could use slip stitch instead, but will
ch(s) chain(s) RS right side need to use a larger hook (4.5mm).
cm centimetre(s) sp(s) space(s) When joining, corner sts on the motifs need to be used more
dc double crochet ss slip stitch than once.
dc3tog work 3 double crochet st(s) stitch(es)
sts together (2 sts decreased) WS wrong side
htr half treble

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Block 8 – Edging

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METHOD Working along the zig zag edge: On the next round you
Once all your pieces are complete and joined together you With RS facing using Poppy & 4mm hook, join yarn into
are ready to put the edging on. I have designed a simple central st of 3dc made on previous round at corner by working
edging as I didn’t want to detract from all the detail within the 1ch, 1dc into same st, * [1ch, skip next st, 1dc into next st] 9
blanket and also had to think about left over yarn amounts. times, 1ch, skip 2 sts, 1dc into st to left side of dc3tog made on
previous round, 1ch, skip 2sts, 1dc into next st, [1ch, skip next
Note: You will need to use a 4mm hook for the double crochet st, 1dc into next st] 9 times (last dc should be in central st of
stitches and a 4.5mm hook for the slip stitches. 3dc made on previous round), 2dc into same st; repeat from *
4 times,
Foundation round along the edge: With RS facing using 1 2

Black & 4.5mm hook, join yarn into last st made at top left
blanket corner block by working 1ch (this is the final st made
on the last row of a Half Dahlia Block with zig zag blanket
edge to the right and does not count as a st)

Working along the straight edge: * using 4.5mm hook,

16ss along side edge of half motif stopping at the flower, 7ch,
leaving ch at the back of the work skip flower, 16ss along
remaining edge of same motif, ** skip join, using 4mm hook
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and corner stitches again 21dc along edge of next motif;
repeat from * twice then work from * to **

Working along the zig zag edge: Using 4mm hook 3dc into
next dc (this is the first st of the final row on the Half Dahlia
Block), 1dc into each next 18sts (don’t worry if your stitch
count is 1 out either way at this point), * dc3tog over next 3
sts by working 1 incomplete dc into the next st & the seam &
the next st of the next block, 1dc into each next 18sts, 3dc into
next st, 1dc into each next 18sts; repeat from * 3 times, dc3tog
over next 3 sts by working 1 incomplete dc into the next st & Working along the straight edge: Note: along the next edge
the seam & the next st of the next block, 1dc into each next treat slip stitches and chains made on previous round as you
18sts, 3dc into next st normally would, but when working into slip stitches work into
one side of ss so that only half the stitch is used
You have completed the first edging round on half the blanket
– repeat as set along remaining straight edge and zig zag * 1ch, skip next st, 1dc into next st; repeat from * to end of
edge once more so that all 4 edges have a base round of sts straight edge, making sure last dc is in central st of 3dc made
and you finish by working 3dc into same st as 1ch made at at corner on previous round, 2dc into same st
beginning of round, ss to join, fasten off.
1 2 You have completed the edging round on half the blanket –
repeat as set along remaining zig zag edge and straight edge
once more so that all 4 edges have a base round of sts and you
finish by working 2dc into same st as 1dc made at beginning
of round, ss to join, fasten off.

Note: When working along the zig zag edges on the next
round you need to make 1dc into the st to the left of the
dc3tog made on previous round and make 3dc into central st
of 3dc made at tip of zig zag. You may find that in some cases
you need to skip 1 or 2 sts to make the pattern work – this is
to do with the sts you used. If I have written skip next st & you Round 2: On the next round you will start by working along
need to skip 2 that is fine and vice versa. I found I have to skip the zig zag edge, followed by the straight edge. Start the
2sts at the tip of the zig zag a couple of times round at the opposite zig zag edge to where you have just
fastened off
Round 1: On the next round you will start by working along
the zig zag edge, followed by the straight edge Working along the zig zag edge: With RS facing using

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Shrimp & 4mm hook, join yarn into central st of 3dc made on Sew in yarn ends
previous round at corner by working 1ch, 1dc into same st, * Block & Press
[1ch, skip next st, 1dc into next ch sp] 19 times, 1ch, skip next
st, 3dc into next st (this is the central st of 3dc group made on
previous round); repeat from * 4 times

Working along the straight edge: * 1ch, skip next st, 1dc
into next ch sp; repeat from * to end of straight edge, making
sure last dc is in central st of 3dc made at corner on previous
round, 2dc into same st

You have completed the edging round on half the blanket –

repeat as set along remaining zig zag edge and straight edge
once more so that all 4 edges have a base round of sts and you
finish by working 2dc into same st as 1dc made at beginning
of round, ss to join, fasten off.
1 2

Round 3: On the next round you will start by working along

the zig zag edge, followed by the straight edge. Start the
round at the opposite zig zag edge to where you have just
fastened off

Working along the zig zag edge: With RS facing using Black
& 4mm hook, join yarn into central st of 3dc made on previous
round at corner by working 1ch, 1dc into same st, * [1ch, skip
next st, 1dc into next ch sp] 9 times (or down to ch sps at dip
of zig zag), 1dc into each next 2 ch sps, [1ch, skip next st, 1dc
into next ch sp] 9 times, 1ch, skip next st, 3dc into next st (this
is the central st of 3dc group made on previous round); repeat
from * 4 times

Working along the straight edge: * 1ch, skip next st, 1dc
into next ch sp; repeat from * to end of straight edge, making
sure last dc is in central st of 3dc made at corner on previous
round, 2dc into same st

You have completed the edging round on half the blanket –

repeat as set along remaining zig zag edge and straight edge
once more so that all 4 edges have a base round of sts and you
finish by working 2dc into same st as 1dc made at beginning
of round, ss to join, fasten off.

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