Part V: The Edging

Ok! We are almost done with the sweater! Yay! You are doing great!

The collar is actually formed by itself as we crochet all the way around the edge of the sweater.

If you want the edging and collar to be in a contrasting thread color, now is the time to use the different thread. Also, decide which side of the sweater (the nicer looking side) will be the outside.

We will begin crocheting the edging at the BOTTOM edge of the sweater's BACK. Looking at the outside BACK of the sweater, turn it upside down. Pick a chain somewhere in the middle of the sweater's bottom edge to begin with. Put the crochet hook into the first chain to be worked that you have chosen. YO with the new crochet thread and pull it through the chain. Chain 2. Now, make one double crochet in each "chain" around the edge of the sweater. Not all the chains to be worked will be perfect since we are working with end of rows in some places. Just do the best you can.

When you get all the way around to the FRONT BOTTOM corners of the sweater, you will need to dc 5 times in the corner chain in order to nicely go past the 90 degree corner. See how the corners below the buttons/buttonholes are:



Have you dc around the entire edge of the sweater one time? Good job. Now you should be back where you started. If you just finished the last dc, you will be right next the the first "chain 2" you made earlier. Slip Stitch to the top of this "chain 2" post. (You will be putting the hook into the chain#2 of the "chain 2". )

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Now we will continue the edging which will become the collar in...
Part VI: The Collar

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