getting straight sides

[NanaM3]

I love this pattern http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/free-patterns/Baby-Blocks-LW1299.pdf

 

thanks to a thread from JulieKay a year ago ...

 

but even in this professional Coats and Clark photo the edges (on the long sides) are not as straight as I would like. My question is this: what could I do to make the finishing straighter?

 

At the junction of the points to the edge should I make a few dc instead of sc? Or make some sort of cluster thing-a-ma-bob instead of trying to perfect the edge at these points?

 

NanaM3:think

 

p.s. what's your opinion of trying this pattern with thread instead of yarn for a tablecloth?

[laughlovehook]

I don't think the edges are supposed to be straight?! I think it's part of the pattern to have them follow the lines of the motifs.

[darski]

If you want a perfectly straight edge... this is not the pattern to use

 

When I did this pattern (small floor ghan style) the edges were no too badly out of line but you have to be ready for some waviness.

 

I did rows of hdc around the whole outside edge and that did not alter the bit of variance.