Fix Your Crochet Blanket: Easy Border Solution for Uneven Edges!

Having trouble with uneven sides on your crochet blanket? Uncover an easy and efficient border technique in our straightforward guide. This tutorial will teach you how to skillfully conceal irregular stitches, guaranteeing a perfectly polished final project.
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Level ► Beginner Friendly
Terminology ► US Terminology
Dimensions ► Dependent on your blanket
TIPS:
Counting the stitches on the sides of your blanket,
If first or last stitch is a sc or hdc = 1 stitch on the side of that row
If first or last stitch is a dc, ch 2 or ch 3 = 2 stitches on the side of that row
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⏱ Video Time Stamps:
Begin: 00:00
Materials: 00:54
Setting Stitch Markers: 02:58
Counting Stitches: 04:41
Creating Foundation: 07:09
Round 1: 13:12
Corner 1: 14:00
Closing Round 1: 15:07
Measuring the Width of Round 1: 15:48
Round 2: 18:57
Corner 2 Round 2: 20:11
Closing Round 2: 21:32
Check Border On Blanket: 29:37
Joining 2 Panels Together: 31:25
Joining Border To Blanket: 35:05
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[@autumnhill8496]

Thank you!!! Now I can finally stop hiding the first blanket I ever made! 😂

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

YAY!!! Yes, definitely pull that out! Even if it is a little wonky, its the first and something to be super proud of. 🤗❤️🧶

[@laneyno8]

I just think you’re showing off when you have 109 stitches on all sides of your blanket! Mine would NEVER work out even in a million years!! I wish I knew this before I had to make a blue jeans border trim all the way around because mine was so uneven. But, thank you for this because I will use this on any of my next blankets. Love it!❤❤❤

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Haha, I definitely felt like I was showing a deficit when sharing my square shape dimensions. But I'm glad you like the idea of this border and hope it helps your future blanket projects. 😊❤️🧶

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

Seconded. I rely heavily on "-ish." Catastrophe Blankie? 200ish. Calamity Blankie? 250ish. Ish can be sized up or down, so for a blankie you're on maximum ish. After that, I just pretend that "on the wonk" is a stylistic choice. Deffo intended. Deffo.

[@alexcarrn28]

I have asked other crocheters how to fix this type of problem. Thank you so much for addressing this. I love your channel. ❤

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

I'm so glad I could help solve this problem. 😊❤️🧶

[@missmuffetsstitches]

Wow Tiffany! Perfect timing. I'm working on a blanket that this is what's happening. I knew I could cover up, but wasn't sure how I was going to accomplish it. Designing my own and I'm just still learning. Thanks! 😉

[@ggsandrakuehn]

Thank You !! I was stuck on what to do with this wonky border on this blanket I'm doing for my granddaughter. You are Such a Great teacher . I LOVE your channel it is so enlightening . Your personality is bright and cheerful . Thank you again have a great day.

[@karenmessinger9609]

Hi Tiffany. I'm new with crocheting & I was worried about how a blanket I am doing was looking around the edges. Now I know how to make it work & look very nice too. Thank you so very much!!!

[@peggyharwell3674]

That is a lot of work. But. Just making the temp blanket is a big project, so it makes sense to have a completed article look its best. Great job Tiffany.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Thank you so much Peggy! 😊❤️🧶

[@sandrapalmer5642]

I love how you are doing this and showing us how to do it.

[@debdeb54]

Wow! What a good solution! I can't tell you how much time I have spent frogging and counting stitches. Even though making this border is labor intensive, I think it is well worth it.

[@DLRyoung]

I have my first scrap blanket, edges were horrible, I will do this to make it look between plus square it up, I will need to go in at least 5 inches. Mine is from not paying attention to detail. It was one of my first big blanks. Thanks for sharing this! God bless

[@barbaram.6220]

Wow! I think I'd prefer to learn to crochet the blanket edges more evenly.😮

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

I agree! I had so many people reach out that had gone so far in their project that they did not have the heart to frog it and asked if there was anything they could do to save it. This is my best solution for those situations. 😊

[@pjscelfo916]

This is an awesome idea. You're so creative. This will work great with any blanks that you have an issue with. Thank you for coming up with this tutorial. You're the best.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

🥰 AWE! Thank you PJ. 😊❤️🧶

[@Dfaith3]

Hi! I am so doing this! I haven’t even finished my temperature blanket yet because that one month made my blanket go wonky worse than yours🤦‍♀️…I was discouraged thinking I would have to rip so much out…but yeah! Thank you! What a beautiful border you came up with🤍 I just love your work!

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

AWE! Thank you so much! You are definitely not alone. So many people ended up with wonky sides at the end of this project I just had to help save everyone's blankets. Especially after all of the hard work we had put into them. This was definitely a project made out of love and I hope it does create a happy conclusion to so many projects out there. 🤗❤️🧶

[@glendabrady9996]

Oh my !! I'm so glad to know I'm not the only one this happens too. Your the first one I've seen to address this problem. I had decided my only hope was to make individual granny squares to make it look nice. I do love the beautiful types of granny squares tho. Thankyou so much!!

[@vickitrapane4400]

This is a lifesaver!! Thank you for sharing this!! I love it!!❤

[@ragabs2394]

Very cool Tiffany! I’m not sure if I need to do this border yet, but I love how it looks and I just might do it anyway! Thank you!

[@nancyhildreth8582]

Thanks Tiffany. What a wonderful finish.

[@samanthastewart7133]

Hi Tiffany Hansen right now I am working on my cottage core mosaic blanket and granny squares blanket and butterfly mosaic blanket and I love your channel and your videos and if you keep making videos I will keep watching them and what is your favorite crochet project to work on right now and favorite types of yarn to used when crocheting and keep up the great work on your KZbin channel and keep up the great work on your crochet projects

[@Crochetedbymichi]

You look stunning in your intro! Love the top❤ I will so add that border once I finish my blanket 😂🥰

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Thank you so much love! 🤗❤️🧶

[@maramaud]

Tiffany, you are so great!!!! I hope I can cope with this border. It is outstanding!!!

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Thank you so very much Mara! 🥰🧶

[@_maxgray]

I really love the idea of creating an extra piece but I'm curious why you went this route instead of crocheting long rectangles and folding them over the edges? Is it just an aesthetic choice or is this level of complications necessary for a reason I'm missing? Because stitching on long rectangles seem much easier to me than making two yokes for the blanket... Admittedly it might just be that I haven't made a yoke project before, so this seems rather intimidating for what I was hoping would be an easy fix 😅

[@user-gj4sc2wj6o]

I've never seen this before!! I've been taught to redue!! It's the same as the putting on a border of a quilt

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

EXACTLY!! I'm so glad you caught that it's basically the same way as putting a border on a quilt. Honestly, it is best to just redo the project. But I was running into some people who were significantly far in a project and were looking to see if there were any solutions to making it work. This is for that person who just wants to wrap up the project and make it look as good as possible. 😊🧶💖

[@ArtJunkie]

Thanks what a great little tool to keep in my arsenal 😊

[@KarinMurati]

Wow, that was a lot of extra work and a lot of extra yarn. But the result is it more than worth. Good job, Tiffany!Greetings from Germany

[@reginawhitlock4227]

I like your method of joining corners

[@MA__]

I like it both ways. Wabi Sabi - the beauty of imperfection

[@charlottawallace145]

That is an interesting way to cover an imperfection, but I think I will try it.

[@marietroutman4584]

Tiffany, you always make everything look so easy but it’s not as easy as you make it look. I bet that would be back breaking work laying that on the floor and selling that all the way around especially if your back is as old as mine. You always do a beautiful job. Thank you.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Haha, oh girl, I would definitely not do this blanket on the ground a second time. My back was definitely killing me by the end of the join. Buuuuut it did help having the blanket laid flat so I could see the whole project laid out the whole time. 😊❤️🧶

[@dianedominick5142]

Thank Goodness I only need two rounds.😳Thank You so much Tiffany! Love the border!

[@sandrapalmer5642]

OMG Your hair is so cute. I love it.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Thank You!!

[@felixcat75]

Very good instructions thank you blessing;Southwest Ranches Florida

[@StitchesbySharonH]

Very cool!! I absolutely love the gray top you wore for the intro and out-tro. Any chance of you designing something similar as another wearable option for us? Thanks for sharing! 💜🧶

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Oh my gosh, believe me, I have definitely thought of how I could deconstruct and recreate a crochet version of this top many times. It would be a lot of fun to do that project! I'll write it down and see if I can't make it happen later this year. 😉❤️🧶

[@StitchesbySharonH]

@@CrochetWithTiffany That would be awesome!!! Thank you!! 💜🧶

[@debsamant]

This is brilliant

[@mazie65]

Thanks for the tip.

[@joannehiller6438]

This is an amazing video! Thank you so much!,,

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Thank you so much for your feedback! 🤗❤️🧶

[@alexismrs.bookdragon2970]

You explained everything very well and am attempting it for my reading blanket I made (like a temperature blanket). I didn’t want to frog it but it’s so uneven! I was wondering-can I just measure instead of counting stitches? I’m having trouble counting along my sides and being able to tell which is a stitch, especially with changing yarn colors…thanks for the help. ❤

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Great question! You definitely can just go by measurement. Whatever works best for you to evenly conceal the sides. 😊💖🧶

[@reginawhitlock4227]

I honestly think I would prefer to do the blanket over.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Me too, but for some people they are too far invested. So I wanted to offer an option for a solution. 😊

[@gabriellagriffo8560]

thank you so much! this was so helpful!! also, do you have a pattern for this blanket? it is beautiful!!

[@patiharville8210]

Beautiful!❤

[@Ebostic711]

You're so awesome!!!❤❤❤

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

AWE! Thank you so much! 😊❤️🧶

[@pamculver7138]

Oh my goodness, I love this idea, makes me feel like I'm being a bit deceitful, but really I'm not!!🤭😅🤭

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Haha, nobody will know. 😄❤️🧶

[@WitchingMichelle]

I just made my first blanket and ended up using this, but I had a question for you. I did both sides and realized that one of the two sides is 2 long on one of my 4 border sides. I'd there a way to fix this or should I redo it? I thought of cutting it in one corner, but I was petrified I wouldn't be able to get it back together.

[@aprilcoursey4533]

Amazing. Would be great to hide the tails of projects too

[@maramaud]

One question: how a rectangular piece can have 4 sides with equal amount of stitches???? Thank you for your prompt answer 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Good question! First, you may have a difficult time making a rectangle with 4 equal sides. That would become more of a square shape. The Blanket I made did end up looking more like a square because of the way I structured the Temperature Blanket rows and what I counted in the project. Obviously, in a typical blanket with only one stitch or pattern being used, you should be able to begin and end the project with the same number of stitches. As for the sides of your project, it is also typical to make one stitch on the side of and row beginning or ending with either a single crochet or half double crochet. You will typically make 2 stitches in the side of any row beginning or ending with a double crochet stitch. I say typically because, based on you stitch tension and the size of the yarn you are using, you may need to add or take away some stitches to make the side of your blanket lay flat. I hope this help! 😊🧶💖

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

You should always 🖼️ your artwork with a border...

[@margaretcook2567]

Great idea! Did you also make the grey sweater you are wearing? I'd love to have a pattern for it as well!

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Oh I wish! The sweater was store bought. But I have looked at it many times trying to dissect the pattern and how I would recreate it. 😋

[@margaretcook2567]

@@CrochetWithTiffany I have a couple of ideas for the parts of the sweater I could see. I'd love to help you figure out a pattern if you'd be interested.

[@lollydsilva2071]

Won't this Make the blanket extra heavy??

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Great question! It will ad some weight to the sides where we have doubled up. You could choose to use a thinner yarn to lighten the weight of things but you will need to adjust the number of stitches to work along the sides. I might switch it up and instead of referring to the number of stitches I would go off of measurement. 😊❤️🧶

[@wordandwool]

My chain is the correct length around but then when I finish the first round it gets longer than the measurement. Like the yarn is stretching 😢

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Gotcha! Ok, we can work with this! Start with fewer chains, reducing the number of chains you are making for each side of the blanket. Then, you will keep making rounds, building up the width of your border, until it covers all the sides! Give this a try and let me know how it goes. 🤗❤️🧶

[@asaldanapr]

Could you have made an envelope border? I don’t remember if I saw the way to make it but I saw a beautiful border on Bag-O-Day Crochet on one of the afghans she has received for her auction.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Oh, I haven't heard of that border before. Thank you for sharing this with me. I'll check it out. Love Crystal. 🤗❤️🧶

[@dougvanderweide7390]

I need help with the corners - i'm a beginner, and i am not following the steps starting right after making sure all is flat. Can you slow down and help? Thank you!!

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Totally understand! Did you know that YOU can actually slow down the video? Just click on the settings or little gear on the video, click playback speed and slow the video down to what you need. I hope this helps!

[@dougvanderweide7390]

Thanks@@CrochetWithTiffany I am happy to know this because I've been rewinding about 100 times, trying to catch it! lol

[@mannysboo000]

What can I do to fix a trapezoid shaped blanket? I have difference of 16 stitches from top row to bottom row.

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

I would try this same method but make the width of the border wide enough to hide that gap. 😊

[@joannehiller6438]

Tiffany, I saw a book when you turned the blanket around, what is the name of the book?

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Haha, I love that it's the little things that catch the eye. Even the things that were used as blanket weights. YES! The books you might have seen are: The New Crochet Stitch Dictionary by Nele Braas and Eveline Hetty-Burkart CLICK HERE: amzn.to/41R1UaD The Complete Book Of Crochet Border Designs CLICK HERE: amzn.to/48L17dw

[@lilyh9123]

If my top and bottom rows don’t match will this still work? I feel like making the borders the same at the top and bottom when they have a different amount of stitches, will still keep it slanted and uneven? Like if I had 45 stitches on the top and 51 stitches on the bottom, and made my border the same, won’t the blanket still be slanted and uneven?

[@maramaud]

Hello Lily! How are you? I live in Brazil and your doubts/questions on Tiffany’s tutorial are exactly mine too. I am afraid to start doing the border and loosing money, time and effort before Tiffany’s answer. Hope she will 🙏🏼🙏🏼 I wish you all the best. Kind regards from Brazil. Mara Auerbach

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Hi there! I see your concerns, let me help. With this "Cover-Up Blanket Border", think picture-frame with that paper insert on the inside. We are not attaching the border to the edges of your blanket, we are coming into the blanket to where we can make a rectangle shape hiding all the uneven parts underneath the border. Like cropping the image. The reason we count how many stitches are on the top and bottom of the blanket is to know if one side is smaller than the other. Then we know we need to focus on the shorter side. Once you have the dimensions of the cropped in rectangle you will start there and work to grow you border outward making it wide enough to cover up all the uneven sides. I hope this clears things up for you! You got this!

[@lilyh9123]

I see, that does help me. Thank you so much for clarifying! I really appreciate you taking the time to reply and to make this video in the first place!

[@ellenlovestamping]

What about a envelope border?

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

I just heard about this border for the first time from another followers comment. I'm going to have to check out this Envelope Border. Thanks for asking. 😊❤️🧶

[@natural4lifemiss]

😢yeah!Also i dont know if its just my internet but this video is super lagging 😭

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Oh, no! Hmm, try double checking your internet connection. Let me know if you are still having trouble. 😊❤️🧶

[@reginawhitlock4227]

It sure pays to keep an eye on your edges

[@kortniefrohlich6611]

That's more work than my blanket was!! There's a diff way; put a slip stitch into the front loop of each stitch down the sides then stitch your border into both loops of the slip stitch. There is a video on here for it, it's only like 4 mins long. Look for it!!

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

I very much appreciate you sharing another video that is helpful for fixing blanket projects. This video is not for what you are suggesting. THIS video is for those blankets that have such significant concaves and convexes that no amount of blocking or regular border placement could possibly help it. This border is for those blankets that probably should have been frogged and restarted but people were to invested in the project and decided to just push onward. The blanket I have featured in this video is not a great example of that because my blanket doesn't show the significant blanket issues many people were asking help with. I just needed a blanket to put a border around to show how it's done.

[@kortniefrohlich6611]

@@CrochetWithTiffany Ohhh, okay, that makes sense. I know the feeling of being super invested in a project that isn't quite right but continuing on, in hopes, there's someone out there, like you, with a solution. Hence, my blanket looking more like a beach towel, LoL! I wonder; would there be a way to make the border in your video where the sides are wider than the top & bottom?? I'd be so appreciative for ANY suggestions!! I hope I didn't offend you. I've got so much respect for you & the beautiful work you put out. Not to mention the fact that you make these videos to help others. You're awesome 🌟 The End.. Lol 😂

[@suzannecorveleyn9322]

Wow Tiffany you are only 2 K away from 300K 6:33

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Thank you so much for noticing. I am very excited to hit a new milestone! Going to throw a big giveaway to celebrate! Watch for it! 🤗❤️🧶

[@KM-pd5od]

This doesn’t look “easy” whatsoever

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

It's a process, but we are only use single crochet stitches and having to figure out how big to make it. Trust me, this is A LOT easier than either figuring out how to fix a blanket with sides that are all over the place or undoing a whole piece of work.

[@blackstarblues9055]

Unless it's a lap blanket made of all plain stitches, it's certainly easier than frogging and re-doing.

[@luwandaartrelle4250]

I agree.

[@lindamassa8681]

I would rather pull it out than go through all this !!!

[@virginiadutoit3577]

That noise called “music” was so off-putting I switched off and looked for something else

[@CrochetWithTiffany]

Apologies for that. There was sections where there was nothing to explain but I wanted to show what I was doing for further clarification. I felt adding just a little bit of music would help through those sections to elevate it.