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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