Crochet Project with Bright-Pink Mélange Yarn

You’ll Need:

150g of bright-pink mélange (202), bright-pink/white (402), mélange coral (204), coral/white (404) Lana Grossa California yarn (80% cotton, 20% silk; 100m/50g);

Crochet hook 7.

Size:

S-M.

Used Patterns

Single Crochets

: work with straight and reversed rows. Start every row with 1 chain stitch increase in the 2^nd chain stitch from the crochet hook.

Crossed Double Crochets

: simple crossed double crochet is the same height as treble crochet. For crossed double crochet, make yarn over, insert crochet hook in stitch, draw yarn, yarn over, make 2 stitches together. Then, make 1 yarn over, skip 1 stitch of the previous row, insert crochet hook in the next stitch, draw the yarn, yarn over, crochet 2 stitches together – there is a crossing point, 2 stitches with new yarn overs together x twice. Make 2 chain stitches and 1 double crochet in the crossing point.

Patterns Order

: * 4 rows of single crochets, 3 rows of crossed double crochets, 4 rows of single crochets = 11 rows*; repeat from * to *, 1^st crossed double crochet in the beginning of the row in the following way: 3 chain stitches and double crochet. After that, work as it’s previously described. Don’t skip stitches between crossed double crochets.

Stripes Order

: 11 rows of bright-pink mélange yarn, 11 rows of coral-white yarn, 11 rows of bright-pink/white yarn, 11 rows of mélange coral yarn = 44 rows.

Stitches Control

: 16 single crochets or 5 crossed double crochets x 11 rows = 10 x 12 cm.

Instructions

Make 2 same rectangles. For one rectangle, make 100 chain stitches + 1 chain stitch increase with bright-pink mélange yarn and work according to stripes order. In 48 cm = 44 rows from the set-up row, finish your work. Sew rectangles according to the pattern design, connect marks.

Make 1 circle row of holes along neck-hole with coral-white yarn in the following way: join yarn with 1 slip stitch, * 1 single crochet, 2 chain stitches, skip 2 stitches from the edge*; repeat from * to *. Finish the row with 1 slip stitch. For the cord, make 80 chain stitches with coral-white yarn and fasten it with 1 row of single crochets.

Draw the cord through the circle row with holes. Make tassels, 1 tassel in every crossed double crochet, 1 tassel in the center of the row of single crochets, and 1 tassel in every 4^th stitch to the rest of the 2 edges. For each tassel, cut 3 threads of the same yarn 33 cm long, fold in half, and draw the obtained stitch through the work. The length of the tassel = 15 cm.