CRISS
CROSSED HOOP EAR RING 19
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Materials used : Today I’ve used our lovely White Rose metallic knitting cotton yarn with a 1.3 mm crochet hook ; ready-made ear ring hooks (one pair minimum) ; a pair of rings ; beads, if needed ; glue to seal ends.
For Indians : You could use Anchor , Red rose ; Red rose metallic or unbranded knitting cotton as well
General yarn info : The yarn used today is not specific to this pattern.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.
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.
Difficulty level : Intermediate
Abbreviations used : (Using U.S terminology)
lp(s) : Loop(s) hk : Hook
dc : Double crochet sp : Space
sl-st : Slip stitch ch : Chain
st(s) : Stitch(es)
yo : Yarn Over
Stitches used :
Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
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
What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw
Magic circle : To refresh your skill, please view this easy video https://youtu.be/ISC39yOqWro
Single Crochet : Sc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (2 lps on hk); yo, draw through both lps. One sc made. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/ghACqBpA-3k
First stitch for Single Crochet : This is how I like to start my row of sc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/6pVYRfsf4_M
What is a chain stitch ? Here is an easy video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXx5ukBjKkY
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
How to add beads : Check this video at https://youtu.be/EcpgMgBox8I
How to work with beads in crochet : Check out this video at https://youtu.be/yanbAnF_pr0
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. For your convenience there video tutorials through the blog too
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.
Years
back when I started crocheting, I made a Christmas doily with a similar criss
cross pattern. I hunted but could not
find that pattern, but here’s what I recall from memory.
Now remember that we are working outside the hoop ear ring, and then hanging a bead off it - so calculate that length off your ear before you jump into the pattern!
Once
again do note that these are just ideas and you can work with any yarn (and
suitable hook) using any sized hoop to make this project.
You
can start with any number of stitches in multiples of 3
For
the top of the ear ring – attach your beads and bling (if using any) onto the
ear ring hook and attach that to your hoop first.
This way when you work the sc of Round 1, you
can hide any ungainly ties that come off your beads etc.
Start Round 1 : Work as
many sc as you like around the hoop in multiples of 3.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st st
Round 2 :
sc in the 1st st ;
(ch 5, sk next 2 sc, sc in the next sc) ;
rep
(to) all around ;
Join
with a sl-st to the 1st st
You
now have one set of ch-5 spaces / loops and you have 2 sc in between.
We are now going to work a second set of ch-5
sps using the 2nd sc (i.e the one closest to the end). It does not really matter which sc you use
as long as you use the same sc all through.
What do I mean? .. so if we number them sc #1 and sc #2, if you start
working the second round of loops using sc #1 then you will work the end of the
loop in the sc # 1 all through.
Does
this make sense?
Take
a look at the diagrams below and try to follow the colours to see where the
stitches go.
So
lets’ make the second round of ch-5 sps.
Now to get to the stitch, you will need to go over and under the ch-5 sp
you have just made in Round 2. Remember
that as we are ‘interweaving or criss crossing the spaces’, ensure that you
have the ch-5 sp of Round 2 inside the one we are making now.
Round 3 :
sl-st in the 1st sc ;
(ch
5, sk next sc and sc in the next sc from the front) ;
[ch
5, sk next sc and sc in the next sc from the back] ;
*rep
(to) once ; rep [to] once* ;
rep
*to* all around ;
Join
with a sl-st to the 1st st.
Round 3 :
Now all we need to do is fill in sc into the ch-5 sps made – but we will
do them one round at a time.. so first you will work on the ch-5 sps made in
Round 2 and then those in Round 3. Start
with a sl-st into the first ch-5 sp and work 8 sc in the space, and then sl-st
into the next to work 8 sc there too. Do
this all around till you have finished all the ch-5 sps made between Rounds 2
& 3.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
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