Sarah's Edging

This beautiful edging is for a sewn fleece shawl made for a friend, it is to be sewn to the already made shawl for our friend Sarah. It can be used as a trim for a crocheted shawl, wrap, or even a throw or an afghan. It quite lovely and very easy to make, it could easily substitute for tassels in just about anything.

Materials:

Red Heart worsted weight yarn Royal (I only needed 1 skein)
Crochet hook size H
Scissors
Blunt needle to weave in ends

Base of Edging-

With a worsted weight yarn with a color of your choice (I used Red Heart Royal), and H crochet hook,
Ch 15.
Row 1- 1 dc in 5th ch from hook, *ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch, rep from * across. Ch 4, turn.
Row 2- 1 dc in next dc, ch 1, *1 dc in next dc, ch 1, rep from * across. Ch 4, turn.
Rep row 2 until you reach the length you want for your edging.

Sewing Straight Edge of Edging-

(You will now be working across the length of dc mesh stitches you just made. This is the edge you will be sewing to your project):

Row 1- Work 112 sc across the edge of dc mesh. Fasten off. Weave in tail.

Decorative Edge of Edging-

With Right Side facing, join yarn to opposide wide side of edging.
Row 1- Row 1- Work 112 sc across the edge of dc mesh. Ch 4, turn.
Row 2- Skip 2 sc, 1 sc in next sc, *ch 9, 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch, ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 dc in each of last 2 ch.
Skip 2 sc (of mesh band) 1 sc in next sc, ch 4, skip 2 sc, 1 sc in next sc, rep from * across. Finish row as follows, ch 9, 1 dc in 4th ch from hook, ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch, ch 1, skip 1 ch, 1 dc in each of last 2 ch, skip 3 sc, 1 sc in last sc of row. Ch 6, turn.
Row 3- 2 sc in top of that last dc-motif made in previous row, ch 3, 4 tr in ch-4 loop of previous row, *2 sc in top of next dc-motif, ch 3, 4 tr in ch-4 loop, rep from * across. End row, ch 3, slip st in last st. Fasten off, weave in tails.

Note- If you decide to use it for something on a thinner weight of yarn, please swatch so that you will get the right results. The good thing about vertical edgings is that you can adjust them better than those you have to work horizontally only to find out after all your hard work that you have something that is either too long or too short for your project!

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Vivaciously Colorful Rickrack Scarflet

Uneven use of color makes for an interesting pattern every time. This pattern uses some of the shades of the variegated yarn to play with color and produce a fun and colorful scarflet. The wavy pattern of the lacy portion of this scarflet reminds me of rickrack (hence the name) and it lends a classic flavor to this scarflet to fight the boredom of the gray and lately, too snowy days of winter.

Materials:
Red Heart worsted weight yarn Bikini (1 skein)
Red Heart worsted weight yarn Bright Yellow (scraps)
Red Heart worsted weight yarn Turqua (scraps)
Red Heart worsted weight yarn Shocking Pink (scraps)
Red Heart worsted weight yarn Blue (scraps)
Crochet hook size H
Scissors
Blunt needle

Side #1-
With Bikini and H hook, ch 27.
Row 1- Make 1 sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. (26 sc)
Row 2- 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 5, turn. (Counts as 1st dtr)
Row 3- Skip first 3 sc, make 3 dtr in next sc, leaving last loop of each unworked on hook, yarn over, pull yarn through all loops on hook (dtr group just made),
ch 5, work another dtr group in same sc, *skip 5 sc, 1 dtr group in next sc, ch 5, make another dtr group in same sc, rep from * 3 times, skip 4, work 1 dtr group in next sc, ch 5, 1 dtr group in same sc.
Skip 2 sc, 1 dtr in last sc of row. Ch 1, turn.
Row 4- 1 sc in top of first dtr group, 5 sc in next ch-5, *1 sc in top of next dtr group, 5 sc in next ch-5, rep from * across. (26 sc made) Ch 1, turn.
Row 5- 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 5, turn.
Row 6- Rep row 3.
Rows 7 to 17- rep rows 4 to 6 alternately. Fasten off, Bikini. Weave in tails. Set aside Side #1.

Side # 2- For lace: Rep Side #1. Set aside.
Pick up side #1- Join Bright Yellow.
Row 18- 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 3, turn.
Row 19- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 20- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 21- 1 sc in each tr across. (26 sc) Fasten off Bright Yellow. Weave in tails.
Row 22- Join Pumpkin. Make 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 3, turn.
Row 23- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 24- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 25- 1 sc in each tr across. (26 sc)
Row 26- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 27- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 28- 1 sc in each tr across. (26 sc)
Row 29- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 30- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 31- 1 sc in each tr across. Fasten off Pumpkin, weave in tail.
Row 32- Join Turqua. Work 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 3, turn.
Row 33- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 34- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 sc) Ch 1, turn.
Row 35- 1 sc in each tr across. (26 sc) Fasten off, leaving long tail to sew with.

Pick up Side # 2- Join Shocking Pink.
Row 18- 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 3, turn.
Row 19- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4 turn (counts as first tr).
Row 20- 1 tr in each of next 5 tr, ch 14, skip 14 dc, 1 tr in next dc, 1 tr in each of last 6 dc. (Keyhole made) Ch 1, turn.
Row 21 1 dc in each tr and in each ch across. (26 dc) Ch 1, turn.
Row 22- 1 sc in each dc across. (26 sc) Ch 3, turn.
Row 23- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 24- 1 tr in each sc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 25- 1 sc in each tr across. Fasten off Shocking Pink, weave in tails.
Row 26- Join Blue. Work 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 27- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 28- 1 sc in each tr across. (26 sc)
Row 29- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 30- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 tr) Ch 1, turn.
Row 31- 1 sc in each tr across. Fasten off Pumpkin, weave in tail.
Row 32- Join Turqua. Work 1 sc in each sc across. (26 sc) Ch 3, turn.
Row 33- 1 dc in each sc across. (26 dc) Ch 4, turn.
Row 34- 1 tr in each dc across. (26 sc) Ch 1, turn.
Row 35- 1 sc in each tr across. (26 sc) Fasten off, Blue
Thread blunt needle with leftover tail from opposite side and sew both pieces together. Fasten off.
Done!

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