Crochet Rib Border Photo Tutorial
This Rib Border can be crocheted on any blanket, no matter the number of stitches you have around the edge, be it a rectangle, square, or even in a hexagon or pentagon shape.
The Rib Border is a one-row repeat edging pattern that is constructed with alternating front and back post double crochet stitches made around the border with no special pattern for the corners.
It creates a rounded thick border around your project that has a beautiful ribbed texture. Works great for any kind of blanket pattern as well as garments or straight edges.
Learn how to crochet the Rib Border with this photo tutorial.
Materials
- Acrylic Aran Yarn
- 5 mm crochet hook
Abbreviations
- st(s) – stitch(es)
- ch – chain
- yo- yarn over
- sl st – slip stitch
- dc – double crochet
- fpdc – front post double crochet
- bpdc – back post double crochet
Special Stitches
Front Post Double Crochet (fpdc) – The front post double crochet is constructed just like the regular double crochet stitch, except it is made around the stitch post below rather than in the stitch below.
Step 1: Yo, insert the hook, from the front side of your work to the back and around the stitch post below, yo and pull up a long loop (3 loops on hook).
Step 2: Yo and pull through 2 loops on hook (2 loops on hook), yo and pull through the 2 remaining loops on hook.
Back Post-Double Crochet (fpdc) – The back post double crochet is constructed just like the regular double crochet stitch, except it is made around the stitch post below rather than in the stitch below.
Step 1: Yo, insert the hook, from the back of your work back to the front and around the stitch post below, yo and pull up a long loop.
Step 2: Yo and pull through 2 loops on hook (2 loops on hook), yo and pull through the 2 remaining loops on hook.
Notes
- ch1 at the beginning of the row does not count as a stitch
- IMPORTANT: This pattern is adjusted for base rows that have 3sc in each corner, if you don’t have them, then you can work in the corner stitch and the 2 stitches that are on either side of that corner stitch.
- TIP: if you want a thicker border and crochet more rows, make 4dc in each of the 3sc in the corner, your border will not curl up if you make more than 4 rows
- this border requires you to have even numbers of stitches
- the section between ** is the section that needs to be repeated
- this border is crocheted in the round without turning, each round is closed with an sl st
Instructions
Round 1:
Step 1: Start in the first sc of the 3sc made in the corner, join the yarn and ch3, 2dc in the same st, 3dc in each of the next 2sts (this is your corner and the clusters will fan out to form the round corner border)
Step 2: dc in each stitch across the edge until you reach the 3sc you have made in the following corner
Step 3: *3dc in each of the next 3sts, dc in each stitch across the edge until you reach the 3sc you have made in the following corner*, repeat from * until you reach the end of the round, sl st into the top ch of the ch3 you made at the beginning of the round.
Round 2: ch1, *fpdc in the dc post below, bpdc in the following dc post below*, repeat from * until you reach the end of the round, sl st into the first fpdc you made in the round
Rounds 3 & 4: ch1, *fpdc around the fpdc post below, bpdc around the bpdc post below*, repeat from * until you reach the end of the round, sl st in the fpdc that you made at the beginning of the round.
