Add This Simple but Interesting Border to the Cuddle Buddies Blanket

This is it! The last step to making the Cuddle Buddies Baby Blanket, at least for me, is the border. I love this border because it's simple to do but looks so cool. And it is just the perfect finishing touch to this blanket.

Let's jump right in!

Watch the video tutorial:

Supplies:

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• Ad-free printable pdf copy of the entire blanket pattern

• G 4 mm hook - this are my absolute favorite crochet hooks.

• Hobby Lobby’s I Love This Yarn in White, Dark Country Blue, and Sungold

• Darning/yarn needle

• Scissors

Stitch Abbreviations:

ch - chain

sl st – slip stitch

sc – single crochet

spike dc – spike double crochet - yarn over, insert the hook into a stitch or space one round below your next stitch and pull up a loop to the level of your current round, (yarn over and pull through 2 loops on your hook) two times.

Cuddle Buddies Border Pattern

Start the border 2 stitches to the left of the upper right corner of the blanket.

With White yarn

Row 1 - Sc around the outside of the blanket. Work 3 sc in each corner, sl st to the first sc.

Do not place sc in the White borders created by the block joins. Place a sc just before each block join, and a sc just after each join. There should be 21 stitches in each block “side” and 90 stitches along the top and bottom rows.

Switch to Dark Country Blue yarn.

Row 2 – sc in each stitch around, work 3 sc in each corner, sl st to the first sc.

Switch to White yarn

Row 3 - ch 1, sc in the first st, [spike dc in the round below the next sc, sc in next] to the corner, spike dc in the corner st of the round below the next sc, 3 sc in the corner st, spike dc in the corner st of the round below the next sc, sc in the next; repeat from around, join with a sl st to the first sc.

Switch to Sungold yarn

Row 4 – sc in each stitch around, work 3 sc in each corner, sl st to the first sc.

Switch to White yarn

Row 5 - ch 1, sc in the first st, [spike dc in the round below the next sc, sc in next] to the corner, spike dc in the corner st of the round below the next sc, 3 sc in the corner st, spike dc in the corner st of the round below the next sc, sc in the next; repeat from around, join with a sl st to the first sc.

Finish off and weave in all the ends.

To Attach Fabric to the Back of the Cuddle Buddies Blanket:

Cut fabric (I used fleece) 1/2 inch wider on all sides than your blanket is. For example, my blanket measures 13 ½ inches wide and 14 ¼ inches tall. I cut my fabric to 14 inches wide and 14 ¾ inches tall.

Fold back the edge of the fleece ½ inch and pin or clip it to the back of the blanket. We want it to be just slightly smaller than the edge of the crocheted blanket portion.

Continue folding the side all the way to one of the corners. Hold the area you have already folded in place while folding the new edge over on top of the first edge. Keep folding and pinning until you have the entire edge ready to sew.

It's time to take the whole thing to your sewing machine and sew the two pieces together with a 1/8-inch seam. Using a walking foot on your sewing machine will make this step much easier. You can use a regular pressure foot, but at least for my sewing machine this required me to manually feed the fabric by gently pulling on it as I sewed. I like to sew mine with the fleece/fabric side facing up toward me so I know I will catch both the crochet and the fabric.

You could also hand stitch this in place with a sewing needle.

I hope you love your completed Cuddle Buddies Blanket as much as I do!

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