Fan edge: Crochet Lace Edging Generator

Keep the starting anchor in the design

This fan edge begins with one single crochet before three eight-base repeats. Each repeat places seven double crochets in one shared base and closes with a slip stitch after two sets of three empty bases. The design question is how to retain an anchored first end while planning larger fans. Twenty-five is not an arbitrary width: one initial source plus three complete eight-base groups gives the required receiving-edge count.

Prepare twenty-five actual bases

Use smooth DK cotton and begin with a four-millimeter trial hook. Have scissors, a tapestry needle, three repeat markers, a start marker and a ruler ready. Prepare twenty-five identifiable edge stitches. A separate practice strip can start with chain twenty-six, then twenty-five single crochets from the second chain. That strip is preparation rather than part of the generated fan budget. Mark its first base and the final base of each later eight-position group.

Enter the anchored fan option

Select Seven-post fan, twenty-five base edge stitches and US terms. Use blue #243BCE in both palette entries. The width rule is eight times a whole repeat count plus one. A width of twenty-four cannot supply the same three fans and initial anchor. Change the input only when it reflects a genuinely prepared edge; do not let a convenient screen value replace the actual number of insertion sources on a finished piece.

Exact edge record and insertion map

Download the exact edge JSON into the Lace Edging Generator.

1. On an existing 25-stitch edge, begin with sc in first base. Starting ch1, if used, is not counted. Repeat [skip3bases,7dc in next base, skip3bases, sl st in next base] 3 times. 21 dc,3 sl and1sc. Fasten off and weave in. Main count: 25.

Work from the first anchor

Begin with single crochet in the first base. Any starting chain one is uncounted. Across the next eight bases, skip three, work seven double crochets into the fourth, skip three more, and slip stitch in the eighth. Repeat that eight-base sequence twice more. The fans occupy base positions five, thirteen and twenty-one when counting the initial anchor as position one. Slip stitches occupy positions nine, seventeen and twenty-five. All seven posts of a fan share its named base.

Audit worked and empty positions

The old-source budget is one plus three times eight, or twenty-five. Seven old positions receive stitches: one initial single crochet, three fan bases and three slip-stitch bases. Eighteen positions are intentionally empty. The new row contains one single crochet, twenty-one double crochets and three slip stitches, again totaling twenty-five. There are no decorative chain arches. The equality of old and new totals does not mean every old position receives one new stitch.

Compare fan size with receiving-edge behavior

A seven-post fan has more separate tops than the five-post shell option, but it also uses a longer skipped-base interval. It is not a direct substitution into the six-base shell repeat. Stop after the first complete fan and inspect its shared source and closing attachment before continuing. If the edge draws inward or spreads excessively, verify the source count first, then evaluate hook, yarn and the receiving fabric in a physical trial. No measured fan width follows from the seven-post count alone.

Questions before extending the edge

Can the initial single crochet be omitted? That removes the specified first anchor and changes the width rule. Can seven double crochets be closed together as a cluster? That creates one top rather than seven and requires a different diagram. Fasten off, weave ends and care for the sample before judging fit. See the design guide before extending this straight edge around corners. Neither physical flatness nor attachment strength is certified by the downloadable count record.