This post was originally written for the It's A Creative World Blog which I was a designer for. We're taking a break (sob) but I realised this post hadn't been shared here on my own blog.
It's no secret that I love to add crochet trim to my scrapbook layouts. Well, I put this crochet trim pattern together for anyone who wants to have a go and make their own crochet trim to add to their scrapbook LOs.
The green trim was made with a 2mm hook and dk cotton yarn. The red was made with a 1.25mm steel hook and 'Crochetta' Mercerized cotton yarn (approx size 10). The green trim is approx 9" long.
When you crochet trim you need to make the base chain a multiple of what the pattern says. This pattern is made with a multiple of 10 plus one extra chain stitch, (e.g. 70 +1 ).
The pattern is written in UK terms and the stitches are double crochet (dc), double treble (dtr), slip stitch (sl,st) and 'picot' stitch. To make a picot, work 3 chain, then into the third chain from the hook work a slip stitch to close a mini ring.
Mandy's Scallop Trim free Pattern:
Make the row of base chain in multiples of 10 + 1 stitch. I keep on chaining another 10 and another 10 until I get the trim length I want- approx 9".
Row 1:
Begin in second chain from the hook and double crochet all the way to the other end. TURN the work ready to crochet back the other way.
Row 2:
Do 5 chain (counts as a double treble stitch and one chain)
Do 1 dtr into same stitch below as the 5 chain, then 1chain, 1 dtr again into same stitch, then 2 chain.
*** Miss 4 dc below and do 1 dc into the next dc below, then 2 chain. Miss 4dc below and do 1 dtr into next dc below.
[1 ch, 1 dtr] x 4 into same dc below, 2 chain.
Repeat from *** until the end of the row. When you come to the last 5 stitches below, only do 3 dtr into the final dc on the row with one chain between each stitch.
Row 3:
[1 chain, 1 dc into chain space] repeated all the way along the row but end with a dc stitch. This is what the trim looks like....
Snip off yarn and pass the end through the loop, pull to fasten off.
Row 4:
Restart at the other end of the trim with the same side facing you (I.e. don't turn the trim).
This row is mainly dc stitches, with a picot stitch at the top of the waves on the trim and a slip stitch in between the waves.
A variation on on this trim can be seen below in blue. It is the same up until the end of row 3 but instead of breaking the yarn and re-joining it, the trim is just turned and a whole row of dc stitches are done all the way along (no picot or slip stitches). This makes a much softer row of waves...
I really hope some folks give this trim a try ... it makes such a personal embellie for any LO. By the way if you are in the USA and want to translate the pattern from UK to USA terms....do a single crochet (sc) everytime you read 'double crochet' (dc) and a treble crochet (tr) everytime you read double treble (dtr). Slip stitch and picot are the same. Phew... complicated or what!!?!
Bye,
Mandy.
