Corner edging: Crochet Lace Edging Generator

Make a small corner source map

This compact shell frame is a deliberately small counterpart to an applied pillow edge. It assigns twelve straight bases to each long side, six to each short side and four additional bases to the corners. Its independent purpose is inspecting where every shell, closing slip and corner group enters the old edge. A correct overall count can hide an omitted corner balanced by an accidental side increase, so this study checks sources as well as totals.

Mark the receiving rectangle

Prepare a receiving sample with thirty-six ordinary side bases and four corner bases, forty in total. Use a distinct marker for each corner and a fifth marker for the starting location. Choose smooth yarn with a compatible hook and have scissors and a needle ready. If the sample's edge does not expose these positions naturally, establish a measured receiving row first. The source map does not invent usable stitch tops at arbitrary points along fabric.

Follow the corner and side sequence

At the first marked corner, chain one without counting it and work single crochet, chain two and single crochet into the same old corner base. Along the next twelve straight positions work two shell repeats, each consuming six bases. At the next corner repeat the corner group, then work one shell repeat along the six-base short side. Repeat that long-and-short sequence for the remaining two sides. Join to the first corner single crochet after the final side's closing slip stitch.

Verify every insertion class

Six shell repeats produce thirty double crochets and six closing slips. Four corner bases produce eight single crochets, so the main output is forty-four completed stitches. Eight corner chains are additional. The thirty-six straight bases divide into twenty-four skipped positions and twelve worked positions: six fan sources and six closing-slip sources. Together with the four corner sources, those classes account for all forty old bases without overlap.

Inspect the transition across a corner

The final side slip stitch uses the sixth ordinary base of its repeat. It must not share the next corner source. Likewise, both corner single crochets enter one corner base, while the first side fan enters its own third straight base. Follow the diagram's four ordered source panels and compare these neighboring insertion points before finishing. This explicit separation is more reliable than estimating spacing by eye from the appearance of a scallop.

Finish and answer practical questions

Fasten off, weave tails and finish the trial as intended for the receiving fabric. Check for curling, stretched corners or compressed shell valleys. The two single crochets around a chain-two space provide a counted corner construction, but they do not certify physical flatness for every material. Adjusting an actual design requires a new recorded trial rather than silently changing source counts.

Can the corner be one of the twelve side stitches?

No. It is additional. Including it in the side count leaves a shell repeat incomplete or steals another corner source.

Does forty-four include the joining slip stitch?

No. That join closes the round without adding another counted position, and the eight corner chains remain separately recorded.

What if my receiving edge has different counts?

Prepare a suitable edge or choose a separately counted design. Do not spread the last shell across an unspecified number of bases.

Restore the exact construction

Download the exact saved edge JSON and restore it in the Crochet Lace Edging Generator. Use US terms and yarn #315D78. The selected layout is rectangle, with 12 base positions on the long sides and 6 on the short sides. In UK terminology US sc is dc and US dc is tr. See the chart-reading guide for symbols and source-map interpretation.

1. Prepare a rectangular receiving edge with 12 straight bases on each long side,6 on each short side,and four additional marked corner bases. Begin at a corner:ch1 (not counted),[sc,ch2,sc] in that corner base. Along the following long side repeat [skip2,5dc in next base,skip2,sl st in next] 2 times. Work [sc,ch2,sc] in next corner;repeat shells 1 times along the short side. Repeat those long/short instructions for the remaining two corners and sides. Join to first corner sc without counting the join. 30 dc,6 sl and8corner sc;8corner chains separately. Fasten off and weave in. Main count: 44.