I was inspired by a purlbee pattern for flannel receiving blankets. purlbee manages to constantly be posting modern patterns based on traditional techniques that I find incredibly endearing. This one is crochet edged flannel baby blankets. I don't have a baby, but I do have a very drafty apartment. I have some knit afghans but was hoping to make something a little warmer and fuzzier. So after a little bit of internet research I found out that it is very doable to make this with fleece instead. I picked out a cute midwestern patten for Oy and a basic heather grey for Joe and I. I used Aunt Lydia's Fashion 3 Crochet Thread (but a thin yarn also works fine) with a 1.90 mm/ size 5 hook.
Fabric Prep:
This part depends on the supplies you have, how much time you want to invest, and how particular you are. The first step is to cut the edges to straighten them out and take off that weird not-fuzzy edge. I also cut my corners to be rounded out of personal preference.
If you're very neat, you could fold the edges under twice, sew them there, and use what I believe is called a rotary punch or a hole puncher of some sort to cut holes about 1/2 an inch apart.
If you're not that fussy, so you can follow that I did, or pick and choose the parts you want to follow. I pinned the edges as I went (folded over twice to the back of the work).
showing the back of the work, it if folded over twice and pinned
