Afghan Edging

[JulieKay]

Hi Everyone

A group of ladies at our local library is making a large afghan out of the 7 x 9 Warm Up America Squares in our team colors, red, white and black to donate this summer for a raffle to raise money for the library. I will be putting it together , and would like to know if someone out there might have a neat idea for an edging to use for the completed afghan ? I usually make a shell type border around these , but thought shells would look too girly around a possible football -game blanket .

Do any of you have an idea for a good edging for a manly looking blanket ?

Thanks for any help !

[rcvanilla]

An edge with rev. single crochet would look nice.

Lynda

[JulieKay]

Thanks Lynda

I will look that up online and maybe give that a try .

Thanks again for your help .

[natalie058]

I use rev. sc for almost all my edgings, since I'm not a huge fan of frilly things. It's looks really put together and would be great for a boy's afghan.

[JulieKay]

Thanks, Natalie --

You guys talked me into it !

[Suebee42]

I think a few rows of a solid color, maybe in sc or hdc, followed by a faux blanket stitch in a contrasting color, would look nice. To do a faux blanket stitch, you just sc, ch-1, skip 1 sc, and sc in the next sc all the way around. It works up pretty fast, too.

 

If you need a pic, I can take one from an afghan I have.

[JulieKay]

Hi Suebee

Yes, that stitch sounds neat too . I'd like to see a photo if you have the time .

Thanks !

[Suebee42]

 

It's a little blurry, but you can get the idea.

 

Sorry it took so long, I'm not online at all on weekends.

[JulieKay]

Thanks Suebee !

That looks very nice and pretty quick and easy .

Thanks again for taking the time to send me the photo !