TOOLS & SUPPLIES
- RED HEART® Super Saver®: 1 skein of 512 Turqua
- Susan Bates® Crochet Hook: 5 mm [I-9 US] Yarn needle
- GAUGE: 15 sts = 4½” (11.5 cm). CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook to obtain the gauge.
- RED HEART® Super Saver®, Art. E300 available in solid color 7 oz (198 g), 364 yd (333 m); prints, multicolor and heather 5 oz (141 g), 236 yd (215 m), flecks 5 oz (141 g), 260 yds (238 m) skeins
- Crown measures: 18 (19½, 21)” (45.5 [49.5, 53.5] cm) in circumference.
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Directions are given for child’s size Small. Changes for Medium and Large are in parentheses.
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Special Stitches:
Picot: Ch 4, slip st in 4th ch from hook.
CROWN
Ch 60 (65, 70), being careful not to twist chain, join with slip st in first ch to form a circle. Round 1 (right side): Ch 1, sc in each ch around; join with slip st in first sc – 60 (65, 70) sc. Round 2: Ch 2 (counts a dc), dc in each of next 2 sts, ch 2, skip next 2 st, *dc in each of next 3 sts, ch 2, skip next 2 sts; repeat from * around, join with slip st in top of beginning ch-2 – 12 (13, 14) ch-2 spaces. Round 3: Ch 1, sc in next dc, *(2 hdc, dc, picot, dc, 2 hdc) in next ch-2 space**, skip next dc, sc in next dc; repeat from * around, ending last repeat at **, join with slip st in first sc – 12 (13, 14) shells. Round 4: Working sts loosely, *slip st in each st to next picot, skip next picot, working behind picot, slip st in next dc; repeat from * around, ending with slip st in each st to beginning; join with slip st in first slip st. Fasten off.
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ABBREVIATIONS
ch = chain;
dc = double crochet;
hdc = half double crochet;
sc = single crochet;
st(s) = stitch(es);
() = work directions in parentheses into same st;
[ ] = work directions in brackets the number of times specified;
* or ** = repeat whatever follows the * or ** as indicated.