How to Make a Foundation Single Crochet Arch (VIDEO)

Crochet teacher and author Edie Eckman demonstrates how to work a foundation single crochet arch as part of an undulating, layered crocheted border for your next project.

Border #23: Wide, Undulating, Layered, Textured

Stitch Diagrams (Repeated sections highlighted in yellow)

Stitches & Notes

BLsc (back loop single crochet): Single crochet into the back loop only.

Fsc Arch (foundation single crochet arch): Insert hook into same st, yarnover and pull up a loop, yarnover and pull through 1 loop — 1 chain made. Yarnover and pull through 2 loops — 1 fsc made, * Insert hook under 2 loops of ch at base of previous fsc, yarnover and pull up a loop, yarnover and pull through 1 loop, yarnover and pull through 2 loops; rep from * three times, ch 3, fsc in ch at base of previous fsc, fsc 4.

Written Pattern

Base rnd, each side: Multiple of 6 + 3 + corners.

Begin 5 sts to left of corner st.

Rnd 1: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in each st around, placing 5 dc in each corner st, join with slip st to top of ch-3.

Rnd 2: Ch 1, reverse sc in front loop of each dc around, placing 2 reverse sc in front loop of each corner st, join with slip st to first st. (For an illustration of reverse single crochet, see page 214.)

Rnd 3: Ch 1, BLsc in each Rnd-1 dc around, placing 3 BLsc in each corner st, join with slip st to first sc.

Rnd 4: Ch 1, sc in first sc, *[fsc Arch, skip 5 sc, sc in next sc] to 1 st before corner st, fsc Arch, skip 3 sc, sc in next sc; rep from * around, ending fsc Arch, skip 5 sc, join with slip st to first sc. Fasten off.

Note: Rnd-5 sts are worked into the center sc of each of the skipped 5-sc groups of Rnd 3, keeping Rnd-4 sts to the back.

Rnd 5: standing sc in any corner st of Rnd 3, *fsc Arch, skip 4 sts, sc in next skipped sc (at center of 5 skipped sts), [fsc Arch, skip 5 sts, sc in next skipped sc] to 4 sts before corner st, fsc Arch, skip 4 sts, sc in corner sc; rep from * around, omitting last sc, join with slip st to first sc. Fasten off.

EXCERPTED FROM EVERY WHICH WAY CROCHET BORDERS © BY EDITH L. ECKMAN. BORDER PHOTO BY JOHN POLAK. PATTERN AND DIAGRAM BY KAREN MANTHEY.

Every Which Way Crochet Borders

by Edie Eckman

Step-by-step instructions and symbol charts put these 139 creative new border designs within reach for beginning and advanced crocheters alike. If you’re ready to chart your own crocheted course, Edie Eckman offers plenty of helpful design advice, including how to choose an appropriate border for each project and how to incorporate an element from the main stitch pattern into a new border design. She then explains, with the help of close-up photos, how the same pattern can have dramatically different results depending on the weight of the yarn. With each pattern diagrammed to approach in both rounds and rows, Every Which Way Crochet Borders is an inventive and invaluable resource.

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Edie Eckman

About the Author

Edie Eckman is the author of Connect the Shapes Crochet Motifs, Around the Corner Crochet Borders, Beyond the Square Crochet Motifs, The Crochet Answer Book, and Christmas Crochet for Hearth, Home & Tree, as well as co-editor of Crochet One-Skein Wonders® and Crochet One-Skein Wonders® for Babies. She is a nationally known teacher, designer, writer, and editor in both the crochet and knitting worlds. She lives in Waynesboro, Virginia.

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