Bold Is Better Granny Square Border Pattern

Bold is Better Border

The following are instructions for a border for a typical granny square. Many crocheters decide to do one large granny square instead of doing multiple and sewing them together. My personal goal was to come up with several designs that can be applied to a typical granny square.

Instructions Granny Square Itself

The instructions are for changing colour as indicated in the Christmas Granny Square Afghan as found on Yarnspirations. You can change colours as often or as little as you wish.

Note: Ch 6 at beg of rnd counts as dc and ch 3.

With A, ch 5. Join with sl st to first ch to form a ring.
1st rnd: Ch 6. (3 dc. Ch 3) 3 times in ring. 2 dc in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch 6. (Four groups of 3 dc, four ch-3 sps forming corners).
2nd rnd: Sl st in next ch-3 sp. Ch 6. 3 dc in same sp as last sl st. *Ch 1. (3 dc. Ch 3. 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp. Rep from * twice more. Ch 1. 2 dc in first ch-3 sp. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch 6. Fasten off.
3rd rnd: Join B with sl st in any ch-3 sp. Ch 6. 3 dc in same sp as last sl st. Ch 1. 3 dc in next ch-1 sp. *Ch 1. (3 dc. Ch 3. 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp. Ch 1. 3 dc in next ch-1 sp. Rep from * twice more. Ch 1. 2 dc in first ch-3 sp. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch 6.
4th rnd: Sl st in next ch-3 sp. Ch 6. 3 dc in same sp as last sl st. 3 dc in each ch-1 sp to next corner ch-3 sp. *Ch 1. (3 dc. Ch 3. 3 dc) in next ch-3 sp. Ch 1. 3 dc in each ch-1 sp to next corner ch-3 sp. Rep from *twice more. Ch 1. 2 dc in first ch-3 sp. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch 6. Fasten off.
Rep last rnd, working 2 rnds each of A, B, C, D and E, until square measures approx 36″ [91.5 cm], ending with 2 rnds of any color. Fasten off.

Instructions for the This Border

This border consists of 7 rounds around your afghan. Each round is strictly half double crochet. You can stop and do less than 7 or if you love it a lot, you can add more. Each round is pretty straight forward.

Fasten onto any ch-3 space corner. Ch 2, 2 hdc into same space, *1 hdc in each stitch and in ch-1 space to the next corner. Next corner gets 3 hdc. Repeat * around. End with a slip stitch to the top of ch-2. Fasten off.
Fasten onto the middle hdc of any 3-hdc in a corner. Ch 2, 2 hdc into the same stitch, *1 hdc in each stitch across to next corner. Next corner gets 3 hdc into the middle 3-hdc for the corner. Repeat * around. End with a slip stitch to the top of beginning ch-2. Fasten off.
Repeat step 2 for all remaining rounds.

Option for Not Changing Colours

Tip: If you don’t want to change colour. When you finish a row by slip stitching to the 1st hdc, you can start the next round by slip stitching to the middle 3-hdc in a corner and then begin the next round by ch 2, 2 hdc into the same stitch and follow the directions around as stated above.