If there was one thing that I fully understood in physics class, it was the maxim that entropy rules. Things tend to move from order to disorder, and crochet is no exception.

Even though I am very thorough about weaving in the ends on my crochet projects, I still notice that the occasional tail works its way loose and pokes out on my finished work. It’s no big deal; I just give it a trim and know that everything is secure. That said, when my anxiety department opens up at night when I am trying to sleep, I have the recurring worry that people who I’ve given crocheted blankets to as gifts might see an end and think that the blanket is falling apart.

When I first learned to crochet, I was shocked to learn that knots weren’t the preferred method for securing yarn ends. One big reason why crocheters avoid making knots is that you can feel the difference in texture with knots in your project. Even worse is being able to see the knots and having them look like mistakes in your finished work.

Once I started making The Rainbow Sherbet Diamond Granny Blanket, I realized how many ends that I would need to weave in at the end. Even though I loved the pastel rainbow effect, I thought about abandoning the project. Weaving in ends bums me out that much.

Fortunately, the envelope border developed by mosaic crocheters saved my day. Using this method, you can knot your ends, trim them, and seal them up between a two-sided border attached to the front and back of the blanket using a round of slip stitches as a base.

There was just one catch. On my granny stripe blanket, the slip stitches were too uneven on the sides, and it made the border look messy.

To fix the problem, I MacGyvered a solution involving single crochet. If you find yourself in a similar jam, don’t worry, there are written instructions with photos in The Rainbow Sherbet Diamond Granny pattern on Ravelry and a video tutorial on the DaisyGardenCrochet YouTube Channel. Now that weaving in ends isn’t an obstacle, hopefully that frees you up to make a wildly colorful granny stripe blanket of your own.