Mandala sparkle yarn patterns how to#

Mandala sparkle yarn patterns how to#

The YouTube is from Esther at It’s all in a Nutshell Crochet and is called How to work a straight edge on a rough edge – Crochet Fundamentals #28Īlso, that same site has a nice playlist for those wanting to learn how to crochet. It takes a little more time and trouble but if your sides have been bothering you then you might want to give it a try, especially if you’re selling your work. It starts with a slip stitch along the sides. This morning I found a blog and YouTube video demonstrating a different way to do those edges. For that reason, I generally put a border or edging around to give it a more finished look. The edges of a project worked in rows often look a little uneven.

I put a round of single crochet for a border. There’s a shiny thread running through this yarn which is the “sparkle” part. Since this is a lighter weight yarn, my ghan is a little smaller.

It is one row of double crochet then one row of front cross stitch. The pattern is my Front Cross Stitch Lapghan. The colors are a little bit darker in the new skein but since it’s such a colorful blanket it didn’t seem to matter. I started with an incomplete skein and found two more in the same dye lot. The yarn is Lion Brand Mandala Sparkle in the color Draco. Off my hook late last night was this lapghan, or baby afghan – whichever you choose to call it.