I added a simple lace edging to my daughter's favorite dress that was too short for her. It worked out so well, that I added a lace edging to one of my tunics. I was really pleased with how it turned out too! It was just enough extra length to allow me to feel more comfortable wearing the tunic with leggings. Yay!
Lace edging pattern:
- Measure the length of the garment you want to add lace to, then chain until you have reached about 1-3 inches less than the length of the garment (this will vary depending on the gauge of your crochet -- usually the length of the crochet will increase as you work)
- Row 1 (ws): SC across, turn
- Row 2 (rs): Ch 1, dc across, turn
- Row 3 (ws): Ch 1, dc in next st, *ch 1, sk next st, dc in next st; repeat from * across; ch 3, turn
- Row 4 (rs): Star st; draw a lp in 2nd ch from hook, draw lp in next ch, draw lp in next ch-1 sp, draw lp in next dc, yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1 for eye of the star; *draw lp in eye of star st, draw lp in last lp on same star st, draw lp in next ch-1 sp, draw lp in next dc, yo and draw through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1; repeat from * across, turn
- Row 5 (ws): Ch 3, dc in eye of 2nd start st; * ch 1, dc in eye of next star st; repeat from * across, turn
- Row 6 (rs): Ch 1, sc across, fasten off leaving a long tail for sewing
- With rs facing, line up the first two rows of the lace to the bottom of the garment; pin it in place
- Sew the lace to the garment
- Using the long tail of yarn fastened off on the lace, sew the lace edges together to create a finished edge and weave in ends
- Note: I like to put the sewn edges of lace on the side of the garment so that it isn't noticeable from the front or back
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