Around The Corner Crochet Borders
Have you heard about the Around The Corner Crochet Borders Book by Edie Eckman? No... Let me tell you straight up my crochet friends, this is a MUST HAVE book for your resource library.
Firstly, let me tell you this is not a paid advertisement. I hold this book as one of my top 10 of all crochet books that a crocheter should have in the library. I tend never to loose this book in my heap of a crafting centre here on at home because it's a great referral resource and I have it handy.
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I've never met Eddie but know she is a knitter and crocheter and definitely an expert at both.
Why Do I Love this Book?
Firstly, this book has 150 different borders to apply to afghans. I have an afghan and I am looking for a fun unique border to apply to it. How do I know which border to use? Simply my friends!
Eddie provides in the book what the multiple counts are for the border. So for example, say you have an afghan that is in divisible by 3. Your afghan may be 99 stitches long by 66 in the width. You simply thumb through the book and find borders that match the stitch counts.
If you had an afghan that was 100 stitches long by 80 stitches wide. You could use different options such as:
- Any Stitch Multiples. Means you don't need to worry about the multiples at all.
- You could use Stitch Multiples of 2.
- You could use Stitch multiples of 4.
Are you catching my drift here?
I think to myself, it's border time. "What would Edie do?"
The book is inspiration overload. I find myself looking at the borders and determining if I want to invest time into fancy stitch work or keep it simple. It love having that choice and this book being a guide to let me make those decisions.
This book cost me about $20 CDN a few years ago. It was released in 2010 and I think is a timeless book for inspirational ideas. ISBN: 978-1-60342-538-4. You can find it on Amazon as well.
For those who have this book. I would love for you to leave a comment here on what you think of this book.
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Ruth says
I have been vacillating about getting this book. Everyone I know who has it absolutely RAVES about it. So on a whim, I clicked the Amazon link in your post, Mikey, and I scooped it up for $14 and change (USD) with free shipping (with my Prime subscription). I'm excited! (=
Linda says
I have this book and it is my go too book for edging inspiration, as you said from the simple to extravagant the choice is yours to make.
Jane James says
Mikey.
I suffered a near fatal brain haemhorage a few years ago. My mum taught me to knit when I was three, but I found that afterwards I could not get the hang of it again. I took up cross stitching, which I love, I have a a page on here called Memories Created With Love if you're interested in having a look.
Recently I thought I would try crochet. Never got the hang if it when I was younger. Thanks to you I am having the best time ever. It's helping with my hand eye co-ordination and because I had to learn to read again, I'm proud that I can now read a crochet pattern.
Thank you so much. I'm learning an awful lot and having fun.
Jane