Winter Wonderland – My colours part 6

Revised on July 2, 2026

Part 6 is the final part of the Winter Wonderland CAL and includes the instructions for the border.

As usual, the border will be a double border to hide all the yarn ends.

I know that a lot of people don’t like the double border. If you’re one of them, you can of course choose a different option.
Personally, I love double borders. In my opinion, they’re the most beautiful finish for a mosaic blanket. They might be a bit more time-consuming, perhaps, but they give the blanket a neat look and a lovely drape.

Unfortunately, I had a bit of trouble with my round of slip stitches this time. My border was meant to be two-tone: the back layer in Lipstick and the front layer in Graphite with a strip of Lipstick. So I thought a round of slip stitches in red would look nice. I started the round, but I just couldn’t manage to get it to look neat.

I suspect my Lipstick yarn was just a little thicker. After the third attempt, I gave up and changed to Silver.

From then on, everything went smoothly. Until I’d finished the first round of the front layer. Ana’s method of crocheting a double border leaves a narrow line of slip stitches visible right next to the border. The silver thread looked good in combination with the grey sections at the top and bottom of the blanket, but I didn’t like the look of it at all in the darker areas at the sides. So I started again from the beginning and simply crocheted through both loops along the long sides.

If you’re following my colour scheme, I’d recommend using Lipstick, Grey or Graphite for the slip stitches. Silver and White are particularly hard to see on both sides.

Update, June 2024

I have redesigned the documents showing my colour scheme and combined them into a single file. The content, however, has remained the same.
The download file also includes information on the total amount of yarn required. You can find details on yarn usage in this post.

Have fun with this last section of this beautiful pattern 💕

More posts in the Winter Wonderland series:

Winter Wonderland
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 1
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 2
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 3
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 4
Winter Wonderland – My colours part 5
Winter Wonderland Round up