Envelope (Double) Border - a new way

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Do you find the slip stitch round usually recommended for starting an envelope border around an overlay mosaic crochet project awkward or time consuming? I know I do ...
I initially developed a method using front post sts, which was a definite improvement in my opinion (see my Easy Envelope Border video • Easy Envelope Border -... ), but it can be a little bulky for some finer projects.
And then, while laying awake in the middle of the night, I had a bit of a 'lightbulb' moment!
With just a simple adjustment to the way you work your edge stitches (adding a chain between the edge stitch and the design) you can quickly and easily pick up the stitches for your border without the need for a round of slip stitches, and without the extra bulk from front post sts!
But don't worry if you have already completed your project, I have also come up with a way to bypass the slip stitch round on a project crocheted in the traditional overlay mosaic crochet way.

[@daisyshanthi4119]

Super easy method to make border .since we can avoid the slip stitch step here I am going to use this for my mosaic blanket project thank you for your wonderful tutorial . I am from India.

[@paulakoncki4029]

You just cured the fear in me to make a double boarder!! Your method is neat and so easy to make. I always struggled to get the sides of the blankets correct . I also made a little sample like yours and practice the border! Thank you for a great tutorial 🥰🧶🌻

[@RosinaCrochets]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback xx

[@demmimorelle4654]

Thank you so much Rosina! You have made my life easier now without that nightmare Ss round!!! 💖🇦🇺🐨

[@philippahaynes9560]

This is fab! I've used your quick start envelope border on 2 blankets and it is much easier than the slip stitch method, but I have sometimes struggled to find exactly where I should do the front post treble, but this makes it even simpler. Thank you so much! x

[@JackieAbecassis1]

Wow! That's the way! Thank you very much Rosina. You made our lives much more easy ;)

[@user-eg2un4lk6y]

Thank you so much for this video. I have ripped out my border three times on my blanket not knowing what I'm doing. I now have a guideline to follow and you made it look so easy. Hopefully I'm done ripping out my border. Thanks again!

[@marilynhighley1180]

I had seen this video in the past, but didn't need it right then.... so I have spent the past 2 days looking for it, because I'm ready to begin a large mosaic project and I had this little vague memory of an easier way!! Thank goodness for some nice soul posting a FB link.

[@christinewheeler7272]

What a game changer this method seems to be. Thank you.

[@picnicphoto]

I just watched a bit of your start of a FPDK (US) enveloper border. This is such a much better way--thanks for sharing with us.

[@elsapetrescu2857]

This is genius! Thank you, Rosina.

[@RosinaCrochets]

You are so welcome xx

[@genmama1955]

You're a goddess! This is magic. I watched your other envelope border video and didn't know about the chain stitches on the work. I'm going to make all of my mosaic pieces this way from now on. Thank you so much!

[@RosinaCrochets]

You are so welcome!

[@lindawhiteley4399]

This video was Amazing. I love your your border method. Thank you so much.

[@darcisw]

I love this! I always dread the SS round, so I searched for a better way and found your tutorial. I wish I had done the chain space on my current project, but now I know better. Huge thank you! 😃

[@RosinaCrochets]

You are so welcome!

[@58fcorley]

I am so glad I found your channel and that you had your "brain wave" regarding the enclosed border. I found the traditional way tedious and it really hurt my hands to try and do it. I also ended up with a headache. Your way is so much easier and better.

[@RosinaCrochets]

Thank you so much xx

[@VictoriaKimball]

This is brilliant (and I use that adjective in the American sense)! I've never done mosaic crochet, but I've done an envelope border on blankets and this looks so much easier... i just need to plan and do the math for whatever stirch oattern im doing. Thank you so much!

[@joseanker2059]

The one row I really wanted to watch you do is the one where you go over all those ends!

[@RosinaCrochets]

The beauty of an envelope border is that you don't go over the ends, or weave them in - they get encased in between the front and back borders xx

[@susanyoung1129]

Thank you so much for this . I am new to mosaic crochet and this was a game changer!

[@RosinaCrochets]

Glad it was helpful!

[@marymanzoni6117]

Thank you, that has helped so much 😊 💃💃

[@Me_Ewe_and_Yarn_Cheryl]

Brilliant! I'm going to see if I can adapt this to work on knitted fabric. The slip stitch step works well for knitted edges, but can be difficult to get the hook under the slip stitch loops - I guess the same way it is for crochet fabric. I really like how your way simplifies adding an envelope border.

[@sweetsher58]

I'm going to try this on my next mosiac project !

[@RosinaCrochets]

Please join my fb groups Rosina Crochets and/or Mosaic Crochet World and let me know how you get on xx

[@cathyc7030]

Very helpful!! Thank you so much 🥰

[@mariandavis7953]

I wish I had seen this earlier but my current blanket is the first right to left for years, I've been doing a lot of 'in the round' so no border was necessary. Needless to say my border is coming out looking like I've crocheted it with a knife and fork 😢. Next time I must remember the 2 extra chains

[@carousel86]

Thank you

[@nancyhill7794]

Thank you! Plus it makes a lovely finish 💜

[@SueDews]

Thank you for this!

[@donnabrady6594]

this is brilliant!!

[@emmawardle9022]

Fantastic!

[@patriciaaley6275]

Can this envelope border be added to normal blankets? I’ve made one with tiny granny squares and have joined them together using the slip stitch method, so there are coloured ends that need to be hidden rather than woven into the back of white stitches.

[@RosinaCrochets]

This method only really works if your stitches are the same height and width, which overlay mosaic crochet scs in BLO generally are ... HOWEVER, I don't see any reason why you couldn't do something very similar around a blanket worked in the round, where you are only working into sts, and no actual row ends. You could work 1 border on the RS and another on the WS, just working your sts into the Front loops each time ... I bet it would look fabulous! It would probably still be quicker to weave all the ends in though xxx

[@patriciaaley6275]

Thank you so much. I didn’t want to break the rules of your lovely group. I think I’ll just weave them in, so I can get practicing. Thanks again. 🌺

[@sweetsher58]

Thanks so much!

[@itscherylm]

This is fantastic! Could this be done if I did a US single crochet foundation chain

[@RosinaCrochets]

You need to have a spare chain at each end of every row, including the starting chain. If you know of a way to add a chain when doing fsc that would be fine, but otherwise you will need to work your scs into the back bump of a length of chains xx

[@rosewood6490]

Hi Rosina, Happy Christmas, I have gone the enclosed border as you have detailed it, and it looks really nice. I do have a question though, if I were to adapt a pattern, would it be advisable to add 2 extra stitches, 1 at each end to skip so that it doesn’t affect the pattern? Thanks for your time 😁

[@RosinaCrochets]

Yes, you will need to add 2 extra chains to the starting chain of any pattern, so you can leave an unworked chain between the edge / border stitch and the actual design stitches at each end of every row xx

[@rosewood6490]

@@RosinaCrochets thank you for your very prompt reply, during Christmas as well 🎅👍

[@brandeehollingsworth8555]

So how does this effect the pattern does it add an extra stitch or do you subtract 2 from the number of stitches

[@RosinaCrochets]

If you are following one of my older patterns, which has 2 edge/border stitches at each end of every row, you can replace the 'inner' edge st with a chain. But for most patterns (which generally have just 1 edge st) you will need to add 2 more chains at the beginning xx

[@lorimaag2087]

Hi..so my beginning chain asks for 304....do I do 304 or 306? Thanks!

[@RosinaCrochets]

Assuming your pattern goes straight from the edge/border st into the design, you will need to add 2 additional chains, so 306 to begin x

[@sandrakipp6336]

where is the link for the method if you have done a normal overlay mosaic without the chain stitch?

[@RosinaCrochets]

Hi Sandra, The link is in the description below the video, but I will give it to you here too xxx kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6LCepKKbbdqr6M

[@MKQuilts]

By adding the chain at both ends, does that mean one has to adjust the total starting chains of a pattern to accommodate?

[@RosinaCrochets]

if you are doing one of my older patterns, where there are 2 edge sts at each end of every row you can just replace the inner edge st with a chain; if your pattern only has 1 edge st you will need to add 2 additional starting chains to accommodate xx

[@MKQuilts]

@@RosinaCrochets thank you!

[@juditrimble2604]

Where is the tutorial for doing thin on an already -completed project?

[@RosinaCrochets]

You can't really use this method if you didn't insert a chain at each end of every row when you were making your project ... however you may find my previous front post method useful in this instance kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6LCepKKbbdqr6M xxx

[@juditrimble2604]

@@RosinaCrochets I tried that and it worked! Thank you!