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Size:
(S, M, L, XL)
Yarn:
Blended sport
weight yarn. You can use any type of yarn you prefer. Approximately 80g – 100g.
Hook:
3 mm or any size
needed to obtain gauge.
Gauge:
5 rows of 12 dc = 2” x 2” inch/ 5 x 5 cm.
Stitches used:
Chain stitch (ch), slip stitch (sl st), single crochet (sc), double crochet
(dc).
Abbreviation:
Wrong
side (WS), right side (RS),chain (ch), stitch (st), stitches (sts), space (sp),
next (nxt), yarn over (yo).
Instructions:
First ch 3 in every rows count as
first dc.
Direction in parentheses are for (S,
M, L, XL).
Begin:
Chain
(29, 31, 33, 35) + 2
Row 1(RS):
Dc
in 4th ch from hook, dc in the next (4, 5, 6, 7) sts, ch 3, skip 3
ch, sc in nxt ch, ch 8, skip 4 ch, sc in nxt ch, ch 8, skip 4 ch, sc in nxt ch,
ch 3, skip 3 ch, dc in the nxt (6, 7, 8, 9) sts across. Turn.
Now you are going to expand your work
by adding 2 sts on each side.
Row 2(WS):
Ch
3, dc in the first st, 2 dc in nxt st, dc in each sts across, ch 8, skip 3
ch-sp, sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 8, sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 8, skip 3 ch-sp, dc in
each sts across until 2 sts remain, 2 dc in each of the last 2 sts. Turn.
Row 3:
Ch
3, dc in the first st, 2 dc in nxt st, dc in each sts across, ch 3, sc in 8
ch-sp, ch 8, sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 8, sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 3, dc in each sts
across until 2 sts remain, 2 dc in each of the last 2 sts. Turn.
Row 4-(20, 22, 24, 26):
Repeat row 2-3 alternately.
After row (20, 22, 24, 26), stop
adding 2 sts on each side.
Row (21, 23, 25, 27):
Ch
3, dc in each sts across, ch 3, sc in 8 ch-sp, ch 8, sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 8,
sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 3 , dc in each sts across. Turn.
Row (22, 24, 26, 28):
Ch
3, dc in each sts across, ch 8, skip 3 ch-sp, sc in nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 8, sc in
nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 8, skip 3 ch-sp, dc in each sts across. Turn.
Row (23, 25, 27, 29)-(30, 32, 34, 36):
Repeat
row 23-24 alternately.
Row (31, 33, 35, 37):
Ch 3, dc in each sts across, ch 3, sc in the nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 4, sc in the nxt 8
ch-sp, ch 4, sc in the nxt 8 ch-sp, ch 3, dc in each sts across.
Do not cut off yarn, continue to make hole for the string.
*Ch
8, sl st in the 2nd ch from hook and in each sts across, 2 sc in the
nxt dc-sp, remove your hook from the st, insert hook in the last st of ch 8 and
back to where you first left off, sc in the nxt dc-sp, pull through all 3 loops
on hook, sc in the same dc-sp.*
Continue
to make 2 sc in each of the nxt 8 dc-sp across, repeat * to *,
2
sc in each of the nxt (20, 22, 24, 26) dc-sp across.
Now proceed to make the first string.
Ch
250, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and each sts across.
#Sc
in top of each dc st across, 3 sc in 3 ch-sp, sc in nxt st, 4 sc in nxt 4
ch-sp, sc in nxt st, 4 sc in nxt 4 ch-sp, sc in nxt st, 3 sc in 3 ch-sp, sc in
top of each dc st across#
Continue to make the second string.
Ch
250, sl st in 2nd ch from hook and each sts across.
2
sc in each of the nxt (20, 22, 24, 26) dc-sp across, repeat * to *, 2 sc in
each of the nxt 8 dc-sp across, repeat * to *.
Repeat
# to #, ch 2. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
And
you’re done.
Yippie :)
