Crochet Edges for Garments

Get ready to crochet on the edge. Clothing designer, teacher, and author Cal Patch shows you how adding crochet edgings to your garments can add so much color, texture and interest. Cal covers a few ways to work crochet edgings into existing garments like the necklines of shirts and dresses. You'll warm up with a few simple edgings in single crochet and double crochet stitches and then move on to a few fancier edgings with multiple tiers. You'll also learn how to prepare a neckline before adding crocheted embellishments. These are all fabulous techniques for items you find in the thrift shop, clothing you've made, or something old in your closet that needs a fresh beginning.  Learn how to:

• Add a variety of crocheted edgings to any garment
• Prepare a t-shirt for a crocheted embellishment
• Sew the blanket stitch
• Crochet chain lattices, shells, flowers, and ric rac