Pattern
| SPRING FLoUNCE
SPring Flounce
Crochet with beads and fine yarn
to create this vintage-style, elegant
By rosemary Hill
open-ended necklace.
About this
Start Pattern Rows 4-6: Rep Row 3. Fasten off.
Pattern…
Make 500 ch or number required for
117cm (46in). Take hook out of last Insert hook in chain beyond end of
chain, insert a safety pin to stop the Row 1. Carefully unravel any surplus
DIFFICULTY work from unraveling, leave a 30cm chains and fasten off.
easy (12in) tail and cut the yarn. String all
the beads on the chain. Re-attach yarn to unused side of
FINISHED MEASUREMENT
beaded chain.
length: 117cm (46in)
Row 1: rejoin yarn to beg ch, *(2 ch, Row 1: *(2 ch over bead, 1 dc around
Width: 5cm (2in)
slide bead up, 1 dc around ch) 9 times, ch) 9 times, 2 ch over bead, 1 dc in ch,
2 ch, slide bead up, 1 dc in ch, rep from rep from *across, 1 dc in last ch, turn.
YARN
* until all beads have been used, turn.
• 1 cone of Habu a-21, (14g
Row 2: *2 ch, dc in 2-ch sp, rep from
/277m/311yd; 69% silk, 31%
stainless steel), shade lavender 16
Row 2: *2 ch, 1 dc in 2-ch sp, rep from *across, 1 dc in last ch, turn.
* across, 1 dc in last ch, turn.
NoTIoNS
Row 3: *3 ch, dc in 2-ch sp, rep from
• 2.25mm hook
Row 3: *3 ch, 1 dc in 2-ch sp, rep from *across, 1 dc in last ch, turn.
• 350 size 6/0 seed beads
* across, 1 dc in last ch, turn.
• Safety pin
Rows 4-6: Rep Row 3. Fasten off.
TENSIoN/GAUGE
Weave in ends using a sewing needle
exact gauge is not critical
to pull thread back through itself.
Block by grasping opposite
PATTERN NoTES
edges and pulling in opposite
This is a very simple pattern
showcasing a fascinating yarn’s
directions to shape gently.
ability to be molded, ruffled and
Scarf can be molded into
otherwise shaped. ruffles or spirals depending
The chain needs to be covered by
on your mood!
the beads, but still be flexible. The
number of chains may need to be
adjusted to suit your tension. To
cater for this, the chain is worked
separately, with a short length of
spare yarn. Work the double crochet
into the chains along the length that
allow the bead-covered chain to be
sculpted to shape.

YARN ALTERNATIvES
Any 2ply yarn can work for this project,
however the stainless steel in the Habu
yarn gives the necklace its shape.
48 | INSIDE Crochet
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