Welcome to the final week of On the Edge...
This weeks task: Crochet Edging...FINALLY!!!
Difficulty Level: 2 Chocolates plus 3 Bonus Chocolates, just for fun
It's time for the icing on the cake, the crowning glory, the creme-de-la-creme, the Bomb with a capital B. Get the hook out, ladies. Let's crochet like crazy. (insert wild excited screams here)
To get the party started...
Eat a chocolate. A girl's gotta be fortified.
Load your hook with a slip knot. Make sure you have about an 8" tail. Don't cut the tail.
Slide your hook under a blanket stitch. Start your stitch from the right side of the pillow case. I like to start by the side seam.
Complete a single crochet.
Directions for how to start the first single crochet: Slide hook under blanket stitch. Hook working yarn (yarn on skein), bring it under the blanket stitch, yarn over hook and through both loops on the crochet hook.
In the same manner, work two more single crochets into the same blanket stitch.
Stitch three single crochets into each blanket stitch all the way around the pillow case. This will be the foundation for the scallop pattern.
When you get back to where you started:
- Chain one;
- Single crochet into the first foundation stitch you made;
- Skip two foundation stitches;
- Stitch FIVE double crochets into the next foundation stitch (all five double crochets go into the SAME foundation stitch);
- Skip two foundation stitches;
- Stitch a single crochet into the next foundation stitch;
- Skip two foundation stitches;
- Stitch FIVE double crochets into the next foundation stitch;
- Skip two foundation stitches;
- Single crochet into the next foundation stitch.
Don't adjust your monitor. This next photo of the first completed scallop is really blurry. Eat another chocolate. Maybe then you won't notice so much.
Continue the scallop pattern (sc, skip 2, 5 dc, skip 2) all the way around the pillowcase.
When you get back where you started, slip stitch into the first single crochet of the pattern. (A slip stitch simply means to insert your hook, pull the working yarn through the stitch and through the loop on your hook. It is a way to connect things.)
Cut your working yarn about 10" inches from the hook. Make the loop on your hook kind of big-ish. Put the end of the working yarn through the loop and pull to tighten. Do not cut the tail.
You now have two "tails" of yarn to deal with. Weave the yarn tails, one at a time, through at least two scallops. To do this, put the yarn tail on a needle. Sneak the needle through the middle of the stitches. Pull the yarn through. I usually weave the yarn in for about 5" in one direction and then come back the other way for an inch or two. Pull the yarn taut. Trim yarn close to your work. Give your work a little tug. The end should "disappear". Weave in the other yarn tail.
You are done! Fini! Completo! You go girl. Slip a pillow into your new Posh Pillowcase. Doesn't it look dandy? Find a sunny spot on the couch. Lay your head on the new Posh Pillow and enjoy those last three chocolates. You deserve it.
Thanks so much for sewing, and crocheting, and eating chocolates with me. Up next at You Go Girl...a tutorial on how to let your jeans out. Chocolate always comes with a price tag. Just kidding. Actually, sometime in the next couple of weeks I will post the pattern for this crochet border. Stay tuned.
And finally, I have started an On the Edge... Flickr group to post pictures of your amazing work. You can join here. I am dying to see all your lovely lovelies.
That's all for now. Don't be a stranger.
Later, blog friends~
Cassie
Love, love, love these! I was wondering how I was going to find a place to find vintage pillowcases. Then it came to me. I have two of them on my bed!!! Yes! From the 70's. Not necessarily my thought of vintage, but they will do, for sure!
Posted by: Lisa | July 04, 2012 at 10:05 PM
This is such a cute idea! Thank you for sharing. :)
Posted by: Bridget | July 31, 2012 at 07:58 AM
Beautiful
Posted by: Pascale | August 02, 2012 at 07:21 AM
Hello! I came across this pattern just love it! I am the editor of AllFreeCrochet.com and would love to feature your tutorial on my site with full credit to you. I know my readers would love it as well, and in return would generate some nice traffic to your site. If you agree and would like us to feature your project, our readers will simply click the link to your blog to get your full tutorial. It's really that simple. Please let me know if this would be ok. I look forward to hearing from you!
Jenny
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Posted by: Jenny | August 27, 2012 at 01:15 PM
I love, LOVE, L O V E this edging!!!! I'll give it a try for sure. Thank you!
Posted by: KamiJns | August 31, 2012 at 11:20 AM
This is by far the clearest, simplest explanation I have seen for any crochet stitch. Thank you! I am almost finished putting together the squares for my first blanket, and I was looking for a simple, pretty border to finish it off. I think I've found it!
Posted by: Jennifer F. | October 01, 2012 at 12:20 PM
I did it!! And I'm so excited! Your tutorial was easy to follow; both the text and the pictures made sense to me. (And that's a fairly large compliment, since I'm not too good at 'seeing' things that are 3D in my my mind's eye.) If ya wanna take a peak at the end product, here it is: http://otavashop.blogspot.ca/2012/10/red-buds-pillowcase.html I've already whipped up 6 or 7 more that are just waiting for trim now.
Posted by: Dawn | October 06, 2012 at 06:59 PM
Yayyyy!! I just crocheted my very first edge thanks to your wonderful, clear instructions!! Thank you so much !!!!
Serafina :)
Posted by: Serafina | October 10, 2012 at 02:43 PM
What size and type yarn did you use for this and what size crochet hook? Thanx for a great tutorial!
Posted by: Carol | January 18, 2013 at 09:04 AM
I have just found this site. Your tutorials are so easy to understand. I look forward to creating.
Posted by: Connie | January 19, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Oh my gosh, I am so glad I saw this after week four...there is no way I could have waited for the finale. My pillowcase is awesome and I am starting my crochet!!! thank you. Love love love your blog.
Sue
Posted by: Sue | February 20, 2013 at 10:20 AM
Thank you sweet girl for this amazing tutorial. I have been dreaming about floral flannel pillowcases and wanted a crochet border. Yours is beautiful. Now I'm off to Hancock's for fabric. :) Hope your day is as nice as you've helped make mine.
Posted by: Mollye Self | March 05, 2013 at 06:46 AM
How did you make the holes in the fabric? Hem stitch with a wing needle? Love the fabric....
Posted by: Laura | March 20, 2013 at 06:40 PM
I don`t get it, where do you explain how to close the pillow-case so your pillow isn`t
falling out all the time?
Posted by: sandra | March 21, 2013 at 05:40 AM
I wanted to let you know that I used your tutorial (which is wonderful by the way) and made some pillowcases for a friend's mom who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. They turned out great. I blogged about them on my (mostly food) blog at: http://athomemyway.blogspot.com/2013/04/homemade-pillowcases.html
Thank you for the inspiration and the great pattern. These just turn out so pretty, cheery, and beautiful! I couldn't believe that I made something that turned out so well. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!
Posted by: gina | April 02, 2013 at 10:05 AM
Didn't make the pillowcase, but got a brainwave to use this stitch on a to-go coffee cup sleeve. So pretty:
http://thegoodrebellion.blogspot.ca/2013/05/pretty-in-pink.html
Posted by: Desiree | May 28, 2013 at 09:37 PM
I know this is an old post, but it's still a goodie, and I just used this tutorial to decorate a project of mine. You can view it on my blog if you like: http://yearofcraftingdangerously.blogspot.co.nz/2013/06/more-hotness.html
Posted by: Leanne | June 17, 2013 at 06:20 PM
thank you for the tutorial... i'll try to make it :-)
Posted by: Ferdiya Norisca | August 19, 2013 at 01:51 AM
I absolutely agree with the positive comments above. For a beginner, the instructions so easy to follow and the pictures are so very clear. thank you ever so much
Posted by: Lily | August 19, 2013 at 04:41 PM
Just Beautiful! I am making them too!
Posted by: LaDean Lombardi | September 18, 2013 at 04:36 PM
Love, love, love the pillowcases
Posted by: Kathy Neff | November 20, 2013 at 11:29 PM
What size thread and hook did you use please?
Posted by: Kathy Neff | November 20, 2013 at 11:30 PM
Just finished my first one and it is lovely! Thanks for the tutorial…
Posted by: JaneE | January 02, 2014 at 01:48 PM
What is the sewing stitch you do first on the pillow slip?
Posted by: Susan Dombek | January 14, 2014 at 09:42 AM
How is the hole made to get started?
Posted by: Andrea | April 28, 2014 at 09:55 AM
Great instructions - have lost my glasses but can still follow this! And it's just what I was looking for to edge my denim jacket - not too plain, not too fancy - thank you :)
Posted by: Julie | May 23, 2014 at 06:46 AM
This is the most understandable crochet tutorial I've ever seen! Nice job. Thank you.
Posted by: Karen Griska | January 25, 2015 at 04:58 AM