Granny border: Blanket Border & Corner Generator

Change insertion sources after the first round

This three-round granny border begins on a twelve-by-six receiving rectangle and then grows through gaps between three-post groups. The essential design decision is that round one uses old stitch bases, while later rounds use spaces. Working three double crochets into every old double crochet would triple the fabric and does not match this construction. The example makes that change visible in both the written steps and the source diagram.

Prepare sides in groups of three

Count twelve ordinary bases on each long side and six on each short side. Four additional corner bases bring the receiving perimeter to forty. Use three compatible smooth yarns, one per round in the supplied palette, and have four corner markers ready. Every straight side must be divisible by three. If a real blanket edge has a different count, prepare a suitable receiving row after a trial instead of omitting a leftover stitch without recording the change.

Build the first ring of groups

Attach at a corner and begin with two uncounted chains. Work three double crochets, chain two and three double crochets into the corner base. Along a long side, repeat skip two bases and three double crochets in the next four times; on a short side repeat it twice. Complete all four corners and sides and join to the first actual double crochet. Twelve straight-side groups and eight corner groups make twenty groups, or sixty double crochets. Eight corner chains are separate.

Use the actual gaps on rounds two and three

Move to the next old chain-two corner space. Work the same two-group corner there and three double crochets in each gap between adjacent old groups along the side. The long sides now have five usable gaps and the short sides three. That creates twenty-four groups and seventy-two double crochets. The third round has six groups on each long side and four on each short side, giving twenty-eight groups and eighty-four double crochets. Each new circuit adds one group per side, twelve posts in total.

Keep chains and joins outside post counts

Each round retains four chain-two corner spaces. The three-round workload is 216 double crochets plus twenty-four corner chains, with height chains and joining or moving slips recorded separately. Fasten off after the final join and weave each color tail into matching fabric. Inspect the source gaps before judging the outline: a missing side group can be hidden by an extra group inside a corner. Finish and measure a real trial before applying the border to a completed project.

Questions and corrections

Are the later three-post groups worked into chain stitches?

Side groups enter the gap between old groups. Only corner groups use the old chain-two corner space.

Why is my second round much larger than seventy-two?

Check whether you worked into every old post. The intended sources are sixteen side gaps and four corner spaces.

Can I use a solid old edge for every round?

Only the first receiving round has the specified solid bases. Repeating that first-round rule over later granny posts describes a different construction.

Exact generator inputs and full instructions

Use the granny construction, long sides 12 ordinary bases, short sides 6 ordinary bases and 3 border rounds. Palette: #355A76, #E9D6A8, #A95D4D. The resulting main counts are 60, 72, 84. In UK terminology US sc becomes dc, hdc becomes htr, dc becomes tr, tr becomes dtr and front/back-post dc becomes front/back-post tr. Ordinary joins and height chains stay outside the main counts.

Download this exact original border project and restore it in the Blanket Border and Corner Generator. Compare the insertion map with the full working steps below. Read the stitch-chart guide if source lines and shared-base symbols are unfamiliar.

1. Yarn #355A76. Prepare 12 straight bases on each long side,6 on each short side,and four additional corner bases. Attach at a corner. Ch2 (not counted). In each corner base work [3dc,ch2,3dc]. On each long side repeat [skip2old bases,3dc in next] 4 times;on each short side repeat [skip2old bases,3dc in next] 2 times. Work all four corners and sides,then join to first actual dc. 60 dc and8corner chains separately. Main count: 60.
2. Yarn #E9D6A8. Sl st to the next old ch2 corner space. Ch2 (not counted). In each corner space work [3dc,ch2,3dc]. On each long side work3dc in each of the 5 gaps between old groups;on each short side work3dc in each of the 3 gaps between old groups. Work all four corners and sides,then join to first actual dc. 72 dc and8corner chains separately. Main count: 72.
3. Yarn #A95D4D. Sl st to the next old ch2 corner space. Ch2 (not counted). In each corner space work [3dc,ch2,3dc]. On each long side work3dc in each of the 6 gaps between old groups;on each short side work3dc in each of the 4 gaps between old groups. Work all four corners and sides,then join to first actual dc. 84 dc and8corner chains separately. Main count: 84.