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Crocheted Edgcs

Crochet Edge with Picots

Smali picots make a nice edge rhar you can work on the bodom edges of sleeves and swcaters.

Picots are crocheted ftom right to Icfr. For a picoi. you work a single crochet inu> the knitted piece, then make 3 cham stitches and 1 single crochet into the First cham Mitch, and rhen 1 single crocher into the knitted piece agam. Fot every single crochet that ts worked into the knitted piece, skip approximateły 2 rows or 1 stitch. dcpendlng on the gauge.

Picots with Double Crochet

For the picots of this crocheted edge, a double crochet is worked into rhe ftrst chain stitch. instead of a single crochet. Since this mnke> the picot longer, skip approximatcly 3 rows of the knitted piece each tirne.

Double crochet: Bnng the yani around the crochet hook ffom back to front. Bring it through the fitst single crochet of the picot, put the yarn around the hook agam. and puli u through the 2 loops on the hook.

Picots look equally good on lengthwise or crosswise edges.

Here the picots were worked with double crochet.

Picots with double crochet (instruc tions above) are slightly longer and also slightly higher than picots with single crochets.

IFor a picot, work 1 single crochet into knitted piece Make 3 Chain stitches, work 1 single crochet into the first of the 3 chain stitches,...

2 ...then work 1 single crochet into knitted piece again. For every 1 crochet worked in knitted piece, skip 1 stitch or 2 rows.

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