HEART BELT
Valentines day coming up.. all these heart shapes being shown everywhere.. so it’s only natural that I too whip up one lovely creation, just right in time.
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Materials used (for heart belt) : polyester silk purse yarn in cones ~ one cone , with a 3.5 mm crochet hook ; beads ; pearls ; a belt buckle
Materials used (for celtic knot belt) : polyester silk purse yarn in cones ~ 1.5 cone , with a 3.5 mm crochet hook
For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red rose ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well as Oswal or Vardhaman acrylic yarns
General yarn info : Use any yarn with a suitable hook
International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used in this thickness, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.
Stitches used : Using U.S terminology
Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
How to hold your yarn in crochet : https://youtu.be/FwOlCbGdbqY
What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY
Triple Crochet : trc : wrap yarn twice around hook, insert hk into st ; yo (4 lps on hk); [yo, draw through 2 lps] three times. One trc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/A0y4BbgDTbs
Chainless start for Triple / Treble Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of trc.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/f42MO0cGYC0
How to picot : Traditionally for a ch-3 picot, you work (ch 3, sl-st in 3rd ch from hook). For a ch-5 picot, you will do (ch 5, sl-st in 5th ch from hook).
Here’s a great video https://youtu.be/8s3zVaBcn4s
Abbreviations used :
lp(s) : Loop(s) sc : Single crochet
dc : Double crochet sp : Space
sl-st : Slip stitch
st(s) : Stitch(es) hk : Hook
yo : Yarn Over ch : Chain
fsc : Foundation Single Crochet
fsc : Foundation Single Crochet
trc : Treble / Triple crochet
Instructions : (Using U.S terminology)
Please note that I start all my rows with a ch 1, turning chain for ease.
Please check the top of this blog for easy video tutorials on all stitches used in today's pattern.
Please read through all my notes before you pick up your hook, so you know just where we're heading in our pattern.
In my patterns I work with the principle of stitch count and body measurement. This means that you need to work the stitch count in pattern, till you get the measurement (length and/or width) that you need for your project.
I was inspired by this cute heart pattern from a you-tube link for the heart belt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9cF8jTZ53c
And then I added a small something to it.. here’s my write up for it.
I made my row of hearts using the lovely continuous method shown so well in that video.
Once you’ve done your row of hearts, here’s when we can change this into a belt, with an edging.
You can either leave it as it is and then attach a button on one end of your belt, and the little hole (in the centre of each heart) can serve as the button hole for your button,
OR you can make the edging I’m making to keep the twisty turny hearts a little more stable.
Assuming you’re coming along with me, here’s what we’ll do for the edging.
Edging :
Once you’ve reached the length needed for your belt, we will do a row of chain that will go all around the belt.
So before I plunge off into the instructions, let’s see what we’re going to do.
To ‘stiffen’ our belt, we’re going to have a row of chain to start with – and our chain row will start at the end you’ve finished, go through to the 1st st, and then around to the other side of the belt to come back to this point.
We will also use 3 of the trc sts from our heart (we have 6 trc’s in each side of our heart.. so we’ll sk the 1st and use the next 3 in each side).
We will work in a round from here for our border / edging.
Right, so you’ve ended at the sl-st at the top of the last heart, so ch 5 and sk all sts in between, and the 1st trc, sc in the next 3 trc ;
*ch 5, sk all the sts in this heart, and the 1st trc in the next heart,
sc in the next 3 trc* ;
rep *to* till you reach the other end of your belt ;
ch 5, sk all the sts in this last heart,
sc in the dc (that is the centre st of that last heart) ;
ch 5, sk all sts and the 1st trc on the opposite end and sc in the next 3 trc ;
rep *to* all the way to the end again ;
ch 5, sl-st in the 1st st.
For the 2nd and
final row of our border, we’ll do a round of picots.
So we’ll do one
picot in the middle sc and then one picot in the middle of the ch-5 sp all
around.
To get the corners nice
and squared off, we will do 3 sts plus one picot each end.
Depending on how thick
you want this border, use an sc, hdc or dc.. I will, however, give instructions
using sc only.
So lets start off.. oh,
and we're using a picot, so check this video tutorial for a "how to".
The picot we use here will be the 3 ch picot – so ch 3 and then
sl-st into the 1st ch (of the ch-3 just made).
Picot in that 1st st
; sc in the next 2 ch ;
(2 sc ; 1 picot ; 1 sc)
in the next st [which marks one corner] ;
*sc in the next 2 ch and
next sc ; sc + picot in the next sc ;
sc in the next sc and 2
ch, sc + picot in the next ch* ;
rep from *to* till the
end,
then at the next corner rep
(to) all the way around till you’ve reached the 1st st.
Join with a sl-st to the
1st st.
Fasten off then and
weave in the ends.
Attach a button on one end, (ensuring that the button
goes easily through the hole in the centre of your hearts) and we’re done!!
Now off you go to find
just that right outfit to showcase your latest creation!
CELTIC KNOT BELT
I’ve also made the Celtic knot belt – that has been on my to-do list for oh! So long.. and my notes for that are here as well.
The Celtic knot is
fascinating – looks oh, so difficult, but it isn’t.. well, it’s not that bad..
and it looks so lovely.
The small difficultly here is that instead of
working with just one yarn, this lovely pattern uses two cords at one
time.
That said, it’s well worth the trouble of pinning it all down and
getting it done for this superb end result.
So this is a free
pattern courtesy Red heart at http://www.redheart.com/free-patterns/celtic-knot-belt
I’ve used our (Indian)
polyester purse yarn (which is a 4-ply yarn).
The only difference I
made was instead of doing a row of ch and then doubling back over it with sc’s,
I did one single row of Foundation Half Double Crochet (fHdc) stitches.
Check out this video tutorial for a fhdc
In case the video tutorial does not come on, go to https://youtu.be/SEG2UCRfypA
Now if you’ve done
either an fsc or an fdc start, you’ll have absolutely no problem with this
one. If you haven’t tried any of those, you’re going to enjoy this and
never go back to the regular chain start !
Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;
yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg
Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8
So the four cords are
made really easily with the fHdc start, and then following the pattern sheet,
you get the knot done and then the finishing.
As I wanted this to be
adjustable for different waist sizes (rather than a fixed one with a button), I
have opted to do another fHdc chain at the end of the closure tab(s) so that
the wearer can neatly tie this up behind the back.
So once again, choices
for you. Have fun.
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and here are a few skirt patterns that you can use your belt for..
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