The Banksia Border is an extension of the Banksia band at the end of Part 3 of Charlotte, and very similar to the Banksia Shawl I designed for the February Retreat with Devon Sun Yarns.  In fact, I have used modified versions of this border for quite a few projects over the last six months, so you will see it cropping up a lot.  I love the delicacy of the Banksia flowers between the solid back post parts.

Banksia Border Crochet Pattern

The Banksia Border can be used to add a border to your blanket, or it can be used to ‘extend’ an individual square to make it bigger.  Please pay attention to the stitch multiples needed in the Base Round.

Resources

• Ravelry:  Add this pattern to your Ravelry Queue
• Social Media:  Share photos using #banksiaborder

Translations

Translations were supplied by the CAL – Crochet A Long group on Facebook.

• Danish
• Dutch
• Finnish
• French
• Hebrew
• Korean
• Spanish
• Swedish

Materials

Use the same hook and yarn you have used for whichever project you will be adding the border to.

Abbreviations

US Terminology

• Ch – Chain
• BP – Back post (insert your hook from back to front around the post of the indicated stitch and complete the stitch as normal)
• Dc – Double Crochet
• Dc2tog – Double crochet 2 together (see Special Stitches)
• Hdc – Half-double crochet
• Sc – Single Crochet
• Sl st – Slip stitch
• St/st’s – Stitch/Stitches
• () and * – Repeat instructions between parentheses and asterisks the number of times specified

Special Stitches

• Dc2tog – Yarn over and insert your hook into the indicated stitch.  Yarn over and pull up a loop.  Yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over and insert your hook into the next stitch.  Yarn over and pull up a loop.  Yarn over and pull through 2 loops. Yarn over and pull through all 3 loops on your hook.
• Standing Stitches – Standing stitches are the same as regular stitches, except that they are made ‘in air,’ without being attached to a previous stitch. Start with a slip knot already on your hook and complete the stitch as normal.  Here are some tutorials for the standing double crochet and standing single crochet to get you started.

Chart

Please read Base Round below for crucial information about following this chart.  The chart starts with the Base Round.

Gauge and Size

N/A

Instructions

Base Round

You will need to create a Base Round around your blanket for the border to work out.  You want to end up with a multiple of 10 + 4 stitches per side, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces.  Depending on how you choose to attach your squares to each other, and the number of stitches in each square, you might need to make two or three base rounds to get the correct multiples.  I suggest using dc’s.

Once you have a multiple of 10 + 4 stitches on each side (not including the corner spaces), proceed with the border as written below.

Round 1

Join your yarn by making a standing dc in any ch-2 corner space.  (dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same space.  This is your first corner made.  *Dc in each st across.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your yarn ends.

Stitch Count:  Multiples of 10 + 8 stitches per side, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces

Round 2

Join your yarn by making a standing hdc in any ch-2 corner space.  (Ch 2, hdc) in the same space.  This is your first corner made.  *BPdc in each st across.  (Hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first hdc with a sl st.

Stitch Count:  Multiples of 10 stitches per side, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces

Round 3

Sl st into the next ch-2 corner space.  Ch 3 (counts as your first dc).  (Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner space.  This is your first corner made.

*Skip the first (hidden) stitch.  Dc in the next 2 st’s.  (Ch 3, skip the next 2 st’s and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same stitch so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 st’s.  Dc in the next 5 st’s) until you have 7 st’s left.  Each of these repeats should fall over 10 stitches.

Ch 3, skip the next 2 st’s and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same stitch so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 st’s.  Dc in the last 2 st’s.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beginning ch-3 with a sl st.

Round 4

Sl st into the next st, and into the next ch-2 corner space.  Ch 3 (counts as your first dc).  (Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner space.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first 4 st’s.  (Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 spaces and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the next 5 dc’s) until you have 2 ch-3 spaces and 1 ch-8 loop left.

Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 spaces and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the last 4 dc’s.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beginning ch-3 with a sl st.

Round 5

Sl st into the next st, and into the next ch-2 corner space.  Ch 3 (counts as your first dc).  (Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner space.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first st.  (Ch 3, skip the next 2 st’s and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same stitch so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 st’s {Photo 1}.  Dc in the next ch-5 space.  Dc2tog in the same ch-5 space {Photo 2}.  Catch the ch-8 loop from by making a dc into the ch-8 loop and the ch-5 space {Photo 3}.  Dc2tog in the same ch-5 space.  Dc in the same ch-5 space {Photo 4}) until you have worked into every ch-5 space.

Ch 3, skip the next 2 st’s and sl st in the next st.  Ch 8 and sl st into the same stitch so that you form a ch-8 loop.  Ch 3 and skip the next 2 st’s.  Dc in the last st.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beginning ch-3 with a sl st.

Round 6

Sl st into the next st, and into the next ch-2 corner space.  Ch 3 (counts as your first dc).  (Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same ch-2 corner space.  This is your first corner made.

*Dc in the first 3 st’s.  (Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 spaces and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the next 5 dc’s) until you have 2 ch-3 spaces and 1 ch-8 loop left.

Ch 5, skip the two ch-3 spaces and the ch-8 loop, and dc in the next 3 dc’s.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the beginning ch-3 with a sl st.

Round 7

Sl st into the next st, and into the next ch-2 corner space.  (Ch 1, sc, ch 2, sc) into the same ch-2 corner space.  This is your first corner made.

*Skip the first (hidden) stitch.  Sc in the next 4 st’s.  (Make 2 sc’s in the next ch-5 space.  Catch the ch-8 loop from Round 5 by making a sc into the ch-8 loop and the ch-5 space.  Make 2 sc’s in the same ch-5 space.  Sc in the next 5 dc’s) until you get to the ch-2 corner space.  (Sc, ch 2, sc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the top of the first sc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your yarn ends.

Stitch Count:  Multiples of 10 + 6 stitches per side, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces

Round 8

Join your yarn by making a standing dc in any ch-2 corner space.  (Dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the same space.  This is your first corner made.  *Dc in each st across.  (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first dc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your yarn ends.

Stitch Count:  Multiples of 10 stitches per side, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces

Round 9

Join your yarn by making a standing hdc in any ch-2 corner space.  (Ch 2, hdc) in the same space.  This is your first corner made.  *BPdc in each st across.  (Hdc, ch 2, hdc) in the next ch-2 corner space.*  Repeat from * to * 3 more times, omitting the last corner on the last repeat.  Join to the first hdc with a sl st.  Fasten off and work away your yarn ends.

Stitch Count:  Multiples of 10 + 2 stitches per side, and 4 ch-2 corner spaces

If you use this border for one of your projects, please use hashtag #banksiaborder when posting your photos so that we can find them.

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