How to Crochet a Triple Picot Border

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Triple picots are clover-shaped stitches that are perfect for edging scarves, shawls, and blankets. They look complex, but are actually very simple. If you know how to do a single crochet, slip stitch, and chain stitch, you will have no problems doing a triple picot!

Steps

Making a Simple Triple Picot Border

Choose your yarn and hook. The type of yarn and hook you use does not matter, but they should match each other. Buy your yarn and look at the label. Find the image with the crochet hook on it and look for a letter or number. This tells you the crochet hook size you need for that yarn.

Single crochet around your work. This will make things more consistent and help give your border something to attach to. When you reach the corners, put 4 stitches into 1 stitch; this creates the bend and prevents it from curling. When you reach the sides, take into account your stitches. You want the same amount of stitches on all four sides. If your piece is made up of double-crochets, you may need to put 2 stitches each stitch on the sides.

Chain stitch 5. Slip your hook through both loops of the first stitch on your border. Make 5 chain stitches. This will make the first loop of your picot.

Make 1 single crochet in the same stitch. Go back to the first stitch where you started the chain. Make a single crochet through both loops of the stitch. This closes the chain and makes your first picot.

Make 2 more picots in the same stitch. For each picot, chain stitch 5, then make a single crochet through both loops in the first stitch.

Chain 4 for the transition. This will create a gap between your triple picots and prevent them from bumping up against each other.

Skip 5 stitches, then make a single crochet in the sixth stitch. This secures the chain to the border and completes the gap.

Repeat the triple picot in the sixth stitch. Keep repeating the previous steps until you reach the end of the row.

Making a Fancy Triple Picot Border

Choose your yarn and hook. The type of yarn and hook you use for this border does not matter, but they need to match. To figure out what hook you need, buy your yarn first. Look at the label, and find the image with the crochet hook on it. It will tell you what size hook you need. This triple picot has two small loops and one big one. It's composed of 3 chains, 5 chains, and then 3 chains, all in the same stitch.

Chain 3 in the first stitch. Slip your crochet hook through both loops of your first stitch. Make three chain stitches.

Close the chain with a slip stitch. Slip your hook through both loops of the first stitch. Make a slip stitch. This closes the chain, forming a loop.

Chain 5 in the first stitch. This will eventually form the middle picot, which will be a little bigger than the rest.

Close the chain with a slip stitch. Slip your hook through both loops of the first stitch. Make a slip stitch to close the chain. You should now have 2 picots in the same stitch.

Make your final picot in the same stitch. Crochet 3 chain stitches, then close the chain with a slip stitch in the first stitch.

Crochet three chain stitches for the gap. This will create the space between the triple picots and prevent them from bumping up against each other.

Skip 4 stitches, then make a slip stitch. Count 4 stitches from your picot. Make a slip stitch in the fifth stitch. This secures the chain to the border.