Openwork edging: crochet, photo, description

The final stage of knitting many products is tying up its open edges. This measure is necessary to make the knitted subjects neat and complete.

Fields of application of fringes

According to the dictionary, the border is a strip along the edge of the canvas, which differs from it in color, texture, or pattern. Often, the border is used for decorative purposes. It emphasizes the festive purpose of clothing or knitted interior items. The most convenient is the manufacture of a hem with a crochet. Schemes for the implementation of any ornaments can easily be found on the web.

Often, garments are supplied with clothing or interior items, but cases of using this element in such techniques as scrapbooking, decoupage, sewing dolls, making jewelry and other crafts are not uncommon.

Use of fringes for dressing clothes

Lacy hemming (schemes of some ornaments are presented below) very decorate clothes. It is used to decorate the bottom edge of the product, sleeves and necks. Quite often the product itself is knitted with a simple simple pattern, and the main accent is shifted to the lace border. This is true for skirts, dresses, jackets and pullovers.

Speaking about the use of the border with knitting skirts, we can not fail to mention the excellent opportunity to turn the rim into a series of delicate ruches. Border crochet (schemes for these models are better to choose wider) has an uneven edge, which gives the ruffles extra volume, lightness and airiness. To form ruches, the border is imposed or sewed on the main canvas by tiers. In this case, the free edge of each tier slightly overlaps the first rows of the next.

Also very popular is the practical idea of correcting the length of children's clothing. When skirts, panties and shorts become short, but other sizes are still suitable for the child, it makes sense to extend their life. To this end, the hem is sewn to the lower edge by a crochet. Schemes for this kind of cloths are chosen uncomplicated, and the width is varied by the number of rows.

Border for decorating tablecloths and napkins

Its extreme popularity is due to the fringe of previous generations of knitters, among which the top of the fashion were decorated with crocheted stripes pillowcases, tablecloths, curtains, towels and other textile items. Many of these traditions have migrated today.

The openwork hem for the tablecloth crochet (the patterns must be consistent with the stylistics and ornamentation of the main cloth of the tablecloth) can be connected in a circle or with the use of right angles, as well as the border for processing the edges of napkins.

When binding the towels, the edge is supplied with only the end edges, so there is no need to tie the corners.

Some aspects of knitting

Based on the features of the manufacturing process and appearance, the rim can be:

• Straight.
• Circular.
• Angular.
• The transverse.

As for the first species, everything is elementary here. The length of the rim corresponds to the length of the edge, there are no corners. The edges remain free or stitched together.

The circular method of knitting the edges is like the process of knitting napkins. It is important to follow the principle of correct expansion of the canvas. Excessive number of loops will lead to the formation of a "skirt", and too wide an outer edge of the rim. At the same time, the insufficient addition prevents the formation of a circular shape of the rim. Its outer edge will be tightened, and the canvas will be disproportionate.

Angular and transverse border

In the photo below is an option for decorating the corner of a textile product.

An important feature of such patterns is the expansion of the canvas in a certain place, and not along the entire row, as in circular canvases. Sequential additions allow the formation of an angle of 90 degrees and ensure the correct appearance of the rim. Such patterns of the hem of the crochet (the scheme of the formation of the angle can be developed independently) are suitable for processing the edges of any products. When calculating the crochet knitting pattern, you should carefully check the number of rapports in each face between the corners. Errors are fraught with incomplete and "circumcised" rapports. Correct calculation is possible only with preliminary binding and measurement of the control sample. This is especially true for knitting such a kind of strapping, as the rim of the crochet for the plaid (the schemes often do not differ in complexity).

Border bound in cross, is one of the classic types of such decor. Its specificity in the direction of knitting. The photographs below show that the width of the canvas is the width of the rim, and the height of the canvas is the length of the rim.

The main pattern is a loin with empty or filled cells. The formation of the openwork edge of such webs is due to the reduction or addition of the number of marginal cells.

Non-standard application of the border

The development of new kinds of hobbies and varieties of handicraft art has led to some merging of many branches of applied crafts. Therefore it is not surprising that the hem of the crochet (the schemes here can be used absolutely different) is used to decorate postcards, notebooks, albums, chests and caskets.

More traditional and, it may be said, traditional is the use of rims for sewing dolls or soft toys and decorating their clothes.

In the network, you can find a lot of photos of jewelry and accessories, based on the scheme of the rim. Knitting narrow long ribbons makes it easier for craftsmen to create belts, scarves, bracelets and necklaces. This form is very suitable for making gift pads, aprons or bookmarks.

To impart rigidity to the fringe, it is impregnated with specific solutions. Usually it is PVA glue, gelatin or starch.