TOOLS & SUPPLIES
- Directions are for 20” and 22” head circumference. RED HEART® “Super Saver®”: 1 Skein 528 Med. Purple.
- Crochet Hook: 5mm [US I-9].
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- GAUGE: 3 repeats = 4”; 6 rows = 3” in shell pattern. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
- RED HEART® “Super Saver®”, Art. E300 available in solids - 7 oz (198 g), 364 yd (333 m) and multis or flecks - 5 oz (141 g), 244 yd (223 m) skeins.
CLOCHE
Ch 6; join with a slip st to form ring. Round 1: Ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 15 dc in ring; join – 16 sts. Round 2: Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), * dc in next dc, ch 1; repeat from * around; join in 3rd ch of ch-4. Round 3: Slip st in 1st ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same space; (dc [ch 1, dc] 3 times) all in next space –shell made; * sc in next space, shell in next space; repeat from * around; join – 8 shells. Round 4: Ch 6, * sc in center space of next shell, ch 2, dc in next sc, ch 2; repeat from * around to last shell, sc in center space of shell, ch 2; join in 3rd ch of ch-6.
Round 5: Slip st in 1st ch-2 space, ch 4, (dc, ch 2, dc) all in next space, ch 1, * dc in next space, ch 1, (dc, ch 2, dc) all in next space, ch 1; repeat from * around; join – 24 spaces. Round 6: Repeat Round 3 – 12 shells.
Round 7: Repeat Round 4. Round 8: Slip st in 1st ch-2 space, ch 4, dc in same space, ch 2, dc in next space, * ch 1, [dc, ch 1] twice in next space, dc in next space, ch 2, dc in next space; repeat from * around, ch 1, dc in 1st space again, ch 1; join – 32 spaces. Round 9: Repeat Round 3 – 16 shells. Round 10: Repeat Round 4.
Round 11: Slip st in 1st ch-2 space, ch 5, * dc in next space, ch 2; repeat from * around; join in 3rd ch of ch-5. Round 12: Repeat Round 9.
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For Size 20” ONLY-Round 13: Ch 6, * sc in center space of next shell, ch 1, dc in next sc, ch 1; repeat from * around; join in 3rd ch of ch-6.
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For Size 22” ONLY-Round 13: Repeat Round 4.
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For Both Sizes-Round 14: Repeat Round 11. Rounds 15-19: Repeat Rounds 12-14 once, then Rounds 3-4 once.
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For Size 20” ONLY-Round 20: Slip st into 1st space, ch 1, sc in same space and in each st and space around; join. Fasten off.
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For Size 22” ONLY-Round 20: Slip st into 1st space, ch 1, 2 sc in each space and 1 sc in each sc and dc around; join. Fasten off. Weave in loose ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
ch = chain;
dc = double crochet;
mm = millimeters;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es);
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified;
* or ** = repeat whatever follows the * or ** as indicated.
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