​Crochet Shells Beret

100 g of violet or 50 g of white and 50 g of black yarn Schachenmayr original Miracle (88% cotton, 12% polyester, 50g/145m);

Crochet hook 4.

Ornament from arches: the quantity of sts is multipled 7. Crochet due to the scheme. Make chain st increase in the beginning of row before first single crochet, make the neede quantity of chain sts increase before 1 double crochet and finish each row with 1 slip st in the marked chain st of increase.

Beret is crochetted in circle rows from bottom to up. Make a chain of 91 chain sts and 4 rows with placket ornament. Finish the 4th row with 1 slip st in the first st. Then crochet due to the scheme. Make from 1st to 6th rows 3 times, then from 1st to 3rd rows once. For the top of your beret, make decreases of 7th-15th rows. Cut the yarn. Draw the end of yarn through the rest sts with tambour needle and tighten. Fasten the yarn.

Crochet the same way, as violet. Crochet the set-up chain with black yarn. Make placket ornament with white yarn. Then crochet with arches ornament, rotating 1 row of black yarn with 1 row of white yarn.