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    Home » Free moogly Patterns » Miscellaneous

    Popcorn Border

    Published: Dec 22, 2016 · Modified: Feb 17, 2023 by Tamara Kelly · 6 Comments

    When finishing up the Moogly CAL 2016 afghan, I needed a border - something with lots of texture! And that's how I came up with the free crochet pattern for the Popcorn Border!

    Popcorn Border - free crochet edging pattern on Mooglyblog.com! Disclaimer: This post includes affiliate links.

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    The Popcorn Border makes a great crochet edging for blankets, baskets, scarves... anything you like! And popcorn stitches are just plain fun to make too!

    Popcorn Border - free crochet edging pattern on Mooglyblog.com!


    Popcorn Border

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    • Hook: Use whatever hook you used for the rest of your pattern - here I used a Furls Fiberarts US-I, 5.5 mm hook
    • Yarn: Use whatever yarn you used for the rest of your pattern (in any weight) - here I used Lion Brand Yarn Vanna's Choice in Pearl Mist
    • Gauge and sizing will be dependent on yarn and hook used.
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    • Find the patterns to the squares shown in the MooglyCAL2016

    Special Stitch: Popcorn - complete 4 dc sts in one indicated st, remove hook from active loop and insert under top 2 loops of 1st dc st made, put active loop back on hook, pull active loop through top of 1st dc st made. (Click here for video tutorial)

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Set Up Round: (If you are working this border around squares that have been edged using the Tight Braid Join, then you can skip this round and go straight to Round 1.) Work around the blanket with your “background” color as follows: *sc, ch 2, skip 2 sts; repeat from * around, working (sc, ch 2, sc) in each corner stitch or space. The total number of ch-2 loops does not matter. Join to first sc.

    Round 1: Join (or sl st) to any ch-2 sp, popcorn in ch-2sp, ch 2, skip next st, *popcorn in next ch 2 sp, ch 2, skip next st; repeat from * around, working (popcorn, ch 2, popcorn, ch 2) in each corner ch sp. Join to first popcorn.

    Round 2: Ch 1, *sc in next skipped sc st of set up round, enclosing the ch-2 from Round 1, ch 2 (slipping this ch behind the next popcorn); repeat from * around, working 1 sc between popcorns in the corner ch-2 sps. Join to first popcorn and finish off.


    Popcorn Border - free crochet edging pattern on Mooglyblog.com!

    And that's it for the Popcorn Border! It's quick, easy, and creates a great textural POP along the edges of your blanket! Try changing colors between rounds for a different look - I can't wait to see what you all do with it!

    The Fine Print

    Written pattern copyright Tamara Kelly 2016, all rights reserved. Please do not reprint or repost this pattern, but please do link to this page to share this pattern with others. If you wish to make items for sale from this pattern, or translate it to another language, please visit the About page for details. Thank you to Lion Brand Yarn for providing the yarn for this pattern!

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    Comments

    1. 1

      Patty

      December 22, 2016 at 10:31 am

      Would an even or odd number of stitches work? This is a lovely border, thanks!

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      • 2

        Tamara Kelly

        December 22, 2016 at 10:35 am

        You can work the setup round around any number of stitches - just "fudge" a bit where the sc sts go to make any number of ch-2 sps. 🙂

        Reply
    2. 3

      Sheralin

      June 06, 2019 at 5:31 pm

      What border would you use for the bobble
      Stitch pattern?

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      • 4

        Tamara Kelly

        June 07, 2019 at 8:53 am

        Personally I've always left it unbordered, as I love the clean stripes along the edge. But twisted single crochet is super popular for this one! https://www.mooglyblog.com/twisted-single-crochet/

        Reply
    3. 5

      CaroleJean

      July 23, 2020 at 4:39 pm

      Tamra, it's so much easier to do the last round of the border by turning it over to the back. I also think this border deserves its own video. I added this border to the rick rack blanket, and it's very nice on it.

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      • 6

        Tamara Kelly

        July 24, 2020 at 10:47 am

        I'm glad you were able to make it work for you, CaroleJean! Thank you so much! I'll see about adding a video to the roster! 🙂

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