Blanket using yarn stash

Double borders are the answer when you have frequent colour changes, to save having to sew or weave in ends - and essential for mosaic crochet where you change colur each row..

Bear in mind that mosaic crochet is double thickness so a thick border works very well. You might not like the look on a single thickness blanket so do a test piece first.

You may also have to make some adjustments in the slip slitch foundation row if you have stitches of different heights at the edge. Mosaic usually has a single border stitch to work into.

Video tutorial from mosaic expert Tinna Thorudottir Thorvaldar here:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWpdaAKCWIc

Sillymoo
It is the canal boat stripe on attic 24
attic24.typepad.com/weblog/canalboat-stripe.html

I tried years ago Doodledog and the results were disastrous!

It was only during enforced lockdowns that I sat and persevered with the help of tutorials on YouTube and a couple of basic books.

I've never mastered the art of crochet - I try to knit with the hooks - but wish I could when I see things like that. It's lovely.

Do you have a link to the pattern Taransay please? Found the cosy stripe pattern but its not that one.

Looks lovely. I've used the magic knot method too.

Taransay

Ooh thank you….will have a look and see if I can use it. I like the sound of it.

I taught myself crochet in lockdown using you tube .

Yes,so did I!

A way of using the stash but it just seems to keep growing 😁

Sorry this was in response to primrose

I always intend to!!,

Ooh thank you….will have a look and see if I can use it. I like the sound of it.

I taught myself crochet in lockdown using you tube .

Taransay

Your cardigan sounds fab..but what is the magic knot please

www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=tablet-android-samsung-rev2&source=android-browser&q=magic+knot+knitting#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:ca5a4795,vid:zzDibvFO074,st:0

I think that the link above will take you to a You Tube tutorial that explains the magic knot and shows how to tie it.

It took me quite a bit of practice before I was confident enough to rely on it, and it might not be suitable for every project, but certainly for my cardigan it worked well, Even though it took time to tie a knot for each colour change, , it still felt a lot less tiresome than having to sew in all those threads at the end.

I crochet in all my loose ends as I go along.

Looking up the magic knot 😀

Your cardigan sounds fab..but what is the magic knot please

Beautiful, it looks a bit like a Mexican serape pattern.

That looks lovely, Taransay.

About three years ago ago, I knitted a multi-coloured cardigan to use up some of my stash, and I decided to try using the magic knot to avoid having to sew in hundreds of ends.
It was one of the best decision I ever made. The cardigan has been through the washing machine many times since then, and to my amazement, the knots have all held so far.

Beautiful and a good way to use up stash wool.

Beautiful! I hate weaving in loose ends as well, so do anything to avoid it!

Allira , I hate sewing the ends in!!

I've just downloaded the pattern Taransay. Perhaps that will be my next project, if I ever finish the present one!

All those ends to sew in - I'm making one at the moment which seems to have endless ends!

That's wonderful, Taransay: such a great use of your stash. Well done.

I've seen the similar pattern online, Taransay.
Well done, it's lovely.

Adapted 😂