Shells bonnet

Classic round back bonnet with shells border

Materials:

• 1 skein of Red Heart soft baby steps yarn (colorway shown Giggle) or any light worsted weight yarn.
• I/9 (4.5 mm) crochet hook or size to obtain guage
• Pair of scissors
• Darning needle

Guage:

13 hdc and 11 rows measure 10 × 10 cm

Size:

Toddler

Notes:

1. Bonnet is first worked in rounds and then worked back and forth in rows.
2. Join with the sl st in 1st stitch to complete the round.
3. Ch2 does NOT count as a dc.

Special stitches:

Shell stitch: { 3 dc, 1 tr, 3 dc} all into the same stitch

Foundation single crochet (Fsc)

Pattern:

Round 1: ch 3, make 12 dc in the 3rd ch from the hook. Sl st into first dc (not into top of ch 3). (12 dc)

Round 2: ch 2, 2 dc into each of the dcs. Sl st. (24 dc)

Round 3: ch 2, {2 dc into first st, 1 dc in next st}, repeat for 11 more times. Sl st. (36 dc)

Round 4: ch 2, {2 dc into the first st, 1 dc into each of next 2 dcs}, repeat for 11 more times. Sl st. (48 dc)

Round 5: Ch 2, { 2 dc into the first st, 1 dc into each of next 7 dcs}, repeat for 5 more times. Sl st. (54 dc)

Now work back and forth in rows. Turn after each row.

Row 1: ch 1, hdc into each of next 48 st. Leave next 6 stitches unworked. (48 hdc).

Row 2 -12: ch 1, hdc in each st. (48 hdc)

(In above picture, you can see only 10 rows, but for better fit, do 12 rows)

Row 11: {skip 2 st, shell into the next st, skip 2 st, sc into the next st}, repeat for 8 more times. Fasten off.

Straps:

Make 45 Fsc. Without fastening off, work  sc evenly across the sides of the bonnet.  Make 45 Fsc. Fasten off. Weave in the ends.