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Wedding Headdress Free Crochet Pattern
Pattern Number: LC2737
Designed By: Helen Sweet
Skill Level: Intermediate
Required Supplies:
AUNT LYDIA’S® Classic Crochet Thread, Size 10: 1 ball 1 White will make several Headdresses
Steel Crochet Hooks: 1.50mm [US 7] and 1.00mm [US 12]
Additional Supplies Needed:
216 6mm pearls.
Here’s a simple, yet elegant headpiece that you can crochet. It will make a beautiful showstopping finish to any bridal gown.
Gauge/Tension: GAUGE: 16 dc = 2″. CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
Special Technique
Bead = draw up a loop to the width of the pearl, drop the loop from the hook, insert smaller hook into pearl and then
into the dropped loop, pull thread loop through the pearl adjusting so that the pearl is even with the previous ch-
1, ch 1, remove smaller hook from loop and insert larger hook to proceed.
Headdress
With larger hook, ch 120; join with a slip st to form a ring, being careful not to twist ch.
Round 1: Ch 1, 2 sc in first sc, sc in next 4 sc; * 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc; repeat from * around; join with a
slip st to first sc.
Round 2: Ch 3, skip first sc, dc in next sc and in each sc around; join with a slip st to top of ch-3.
Round 3: Ch 1, sc in same st as joining, sc in each dc around; join.
Round 4: Ch 5, skip first 2 sc, * dc in next sc, ch 2, skip one sc; repeat from * around; join to 3rd ch of ch-5 – 72
spaces.
Round 5: Slip st in next ch, ch 1, * sc in ch-2 space, ch 6, skip next ch-2 space; repeat from * around; join to first sc – 36 loops.
Round 6: Slip st in next 3 ch, ch 1, * sc in ch-6 loop, ch 10; repeat from * around; join.
Round 7: Slip st in next 5 ch, ch 1, * [sc in ch-10 loop, ch 10] 5 times, sc in next loop, ch 1, bead; repeat from *
around; join to first sc.
Round 8: Slip st in next 5 ch, ch 1, * [sc in ch-10 loop, ch 10] 4 times, sc in next loop, ch 1, [bead] 3 times; repeat
from * around; join.
Round 9: Slip st in next 5 ch, ch 1, * [sc in ch-10 loop, ch 10] 3 times, sc in next loop, ch 1, [bead] 5 times; repeat
from * around; join.
Round 10: Slip st in next 5 ch, ch 1, * [sc in ch-10 loop, ch 10] twice, sc in next loop, ch 1, [bead] 7 times; repeat from * around; join.
Round 11: Slip st in next 5 ch, ch 1, * sc in ch-10 loop, ch 10, sc in next loop, ch 1, [bead] 9 times; repeat from *
around; join.
Round 12: Slip st in next 5 ch, ch 1, * sc in ch-10 loop, ch 1, [bead] 11 times; repeat from * around; join. Fasten off.
Weave in ends.
ABBREVIATIONS:
ch = chain;
dc = double crochet;
sc = single crochet;
* = repeat whatever follows the * as indicated;
[] = work directions given in brackets the number of times specified.
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