This is a very simple, quick and mindless crochet project. Crochet a little girl or yourself a tiara. Wear it as a headband or maybe pull it down over the head and use it as a necklace. My red sample size is 6.5 cm x 52 cm around (2.5 in x 20.5 in), made using 24g of Worsted (10 ply) Lily Sugar'n Cream cotton yarn.
Size : Customizable. Yarn : Worsted/Aran (10 ply) to Bulky (12 ply) or 2 strands of DK (8 ply) held together approximately 37 m (41 yards) or more. Hook : 5 mm hook crochet hook. Make a little swatch and adjust crochet hook size accordingly. Others : Tapestry needle to sew the ends together. Gauge is not important. Abbreviations used (in US Crochet terms) ch (chain) dc (double crochet) tch (turning chain) BPdc (back-post double crochet) FPdc (front-post double crochet)
| US UK/Aus Term | |
| ch | ch (chain) |
| dc | tr (treble) |
This pattern is worked flat and then the short edges are sewn together into a ring. Shell Row 1 - (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in the same space Shell Row 2 - (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ch 1 of Shell Row 1 Shell Row 3 - (4 dc, ch 3, 4 dc) in ch 1 of Shell Row 2 Chain a multiple of 6 + 3. (For a 52 cm/20.5" around, I made ch 72 + 3 - total 12 sets of shells) ROW1 \* Shell Row 1 in the 6 ch from hook, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch \*, skip 2 ch, rep from \* to \* across, turn ROW2 ch 3 (counts as dc), \* Shell Row 2, FPdc in next dc \*, repeat from \* to \* across, ending with a dc in tch instead of FPdc, turn ROW3 ch 3 (counts as dc), \* Shell Row 3, BPdc in next dc \*, repeat from \* to \* across, ending with a dc in tch instead of BPdc. Fasten off, leaving a short length of yarn for sewing the short edges together to form a ring. Weave in ends.
No blocking is required!
Please refer to these linked tutorials for How to work Back-Post dc and Front-Post dc stitches http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-work-backpost-doublecrochet-stitches.html http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-work-frontpost-doublecrochet-stitches.html
