Lace border: Crochet Chart Maker

Provide a real receiving edge before charting shells

This border worksheet first supplies a twelve-stitch-wide single-crochet strip with two rows. Its thirteen-chain foundation and twenty-four single crochets establish a complete receiving piece. A subsequent shell circuit adds ten double crochets and two anchoring slip stitches. The combined crochet workload is thirty-six outputs, while the worksheet has forty-nine occupied positions because the thirteen starting chains are also drawn.

Consume six distinct bases per repeat

Across the final twelve-sc edge, repeat skip two bases, five double crochets in the next base, skip two bases and a slip stitch in the next base. Two repeats use all twelve old bases exactly once as worked or skipped locations. The five tall posts of a shell share one insertion base; they do not each require a separate old stitch. Its anchoring slip stitch uses the sixth base and belongs in the circuit's twelve-output count.

Keep worksheet bands tied to both saved sources

The lower bands come from the separate counted receiving-strip project. The upper fan symbols come from the lace-edging project. Download both source files because the edging tool requires an existing edge and does not create that strip automatically. Canvas gaps between the fan and its bases are drawing space. They do not mean that extra bridge chains should be added between the five-post group and its anchor.

FAQ and repairs

Can I work the shells directly into an unexplained fabric edge?

First establish twelve evenly counted receiving bases. Unmeasured row ends need their own placement plan.

Why are there only two slip-stitch symbols?

Each six-base repeat has one anchor.

How is the strip finished?

Fasten and weave its starting end, preserve a suitable working end for attachment, then follow the edging finish and block the combined sample without stretching the fans.

Exact editor setup and independent source files

Open the Crochet Chart Maker with 31 columns and 17 canvas rows. Download the exact editable original worksheet and retain its palette, rotations and blank cells. For crocheting use smooth compatible yarn, a matching hook, scissors, markers and a tapestry needle. A physical swatch is required for dimensions, flatness, surface suitability and material consumption. This is original vector construction documentation, not a photographic or physically certified finished sample.

First crochet a two-row, twelve-sc receiving edge from thirteen chains. The shell circuit adds ten dc and two anchoring slip stitches across those twelve bases; skipped bases are not additional stitches. Read the stitch-chart guide alongside both files. In US terms sc,hdc,dc,tr mean single,half double,double and treble crochet; UK labels become dc,htr,tr,dtr. Canonical saved symbols and coordinates remain the same. The editor's free-placement row list inventories diagram cells; the complete source sequence below supplies the actual working order. Arbitrary later edits require a new connection review.

Source 1: complete counted construction

Download source 1 for stitch-pattern and restore it in its matching generator. Source counts: 12 completed source units, 12 completed source units. Turning chains never count as stitches. The chart shows stitch positions; work the written turning chains at each edge.

1. Ch 13. Starting in chain 2 from hook, work sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc. [12 source units]
2. Ch 1, turn (turning chain does not count), work sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc, sc. [12 source units]

Source 2: complete counted construction

Download source 2 for lace-edging and restore it in its matching generator. Source counts: 12 completed source units. Work into an existing edge of the stated stitch count. One repeat consumes six edge stitches: skip two, five dc into one shared base, skip two, sl st into the sixth stitch. The count includes five posts and one slip stitch per repeat; skipped stitches are not produced stitches.

1. Repeat [skip 2, 5 dc in next stitch, skip 2, sl st in next] 2 times. [12 source units]

Exact canvas-to-source symbol register

Columns and canvas rows below are one-based screen coordinates, counted from the top left. Each entry names its actual stitch or chain role. Blank positions are layout space. Verify the independent source before crocheting.