Easy Crocheted Edge Patterns

I have learned from experience that beginners should use a few specific tools that make the process easier.

100% Cotton Thread (Bedspread Weight) size 10 or 12 would be ideal.
Crochet hook size 5

After you are use to crocheting well with this thread and hook then you can try your luck with nylon thread and a smaller size hook (7)

I got these instructions from the cotton shop in Provo. As far as I know they are not copyrighted.

Abbreviations:
ch=chain, sc=single crochet, dc=double crochet, tr=triple crochet, ss=slip stitch
(I have listed the easier to learn patterns 1st)

Simple Edge:
Row 1: 1 sc in each hole, ss to join.
Row 2: ch 2, 1 sc in each stitch, ss to join. finish off


Basic Shell:
Row 1: 1 sc in each hole, ss to join.
Row 2: ch 2, 1 sc in each stitch, ss to join.
Row 3: ch 2, 1 sc in first stitch, skip 2 stitches, *(6 dc in the next stitch) skip 2 stitches, 1 sc in the next stitch, skip 2 stitches*, repeat * to * around, ss to join, Finish off.

Basic Picot:
Row 1: 2 sc in the first and second holes, *in the third hole sc, then chain 3, ss in the top of the same se (#3) you are working on (this makes a picot), then sc in the same hole (#3), sc in the next 2 holes*, repeat from * to * around, ss to join, Finish off.

Basic Ruffle:
Row 1: 1 sc in each hole, ss to join.
Row 2: ch 3 (counts as the 1st dc), dc in the same stitch. 2 dc in each stitch around, ss to join.
Row 3: ch 2, then 1 sc in each stitch around, ss to join, Finish off.

Amandas Pride:
Row 1: 1 sc in each hole around, ss to join.
Row 2: *ch 6, skip 4 stitches and sc in the 5th hole.* Repeat * to * around. Finish Off.