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Princess headband

A free beaded headband pattern to fit a newborn.

To fit a newborn (14–16 in head). The tie length can be adjusted if you like.

You will need about 30 m of double knit (light worsted) cotton yarn, a 3.5 mm hook, 41 mini beads and a needle for neatening ends. The pattern uses UK terms throughout.

Abbreviations

ch
chain
dc
double crochet (US single crochet)
htr
half treble (US half double crochet)
rep
repeat
RS
right side
sp
space
ss
slip stitch
tr
treble (US double crochet)

Special stitches and methods

Threading beads: dip the end of the yarn in PVA (white) glue, twist it in the natural direction of the plies and leave to dry before threading.

Picot: 2ch, ss in 2nd ch from hook. Chains for the picot are in addition to any ch already made.

Headband

  1. Thread 36 beads onto the yarn.

  2. With the beads threaded, make a chain about 20 cm (8 in) long.

  3. Row 1: starting in the 2nd ch from hook, ss in each ch to end. Tie made.

  4. Row 2: 3ch, (1tr, 1ch, 2tr) all into the end of the tie,

  5. turn.

  6. Row 3: 1ch, (bring up a bead, 1ch) 3 times,

  7. (2tr, 1ch, 2tr) all into the ch-1 sp,

  8. turn.

  9. Rep Row 3 until 11 groups of 3 beads have been worked.

  10. Final row: 1ch, (bring up a bead, 1ch) 3 times, 1ch, ss in the ch-1 sp,

  11. make a chain about 20 cm (8 in) long,

  12. starting in the 2nd ch from hook, ss in each ch to end (second tie made), ss in the ch-1 sp.

  13. Fasten off, neaten the ends, and make the flower if you'd like one.

Flower (optional)

Thread 5 beads onto the yarn.

With the beads threaded, work 5dc into a magic ring.

Rnd 1 (RS): *ss to next st, 8ch, starting in 2nd ch from hook: ss in next ch, 1dc in next ch, 1htr in next ch, 1tr in next ch, 1htr in next ch, 1dc in next ch, ss in final ch; rep from * around. 5 petals.

Rnd 2 (RS): *ss in each st to the tip of the petal, bring up a bead, 1ch, ss in each st to the base of the petal; rep from * around, ss to the base of the first petal to finish.

Fasten off, leaving a 20 cm (8 in) tail, and weave the tail to the centre of the wrong side of the flower.

Carefully bring each petal to the centre, catch the underside of the tip (so the bead isn't hidden) and pull it firmly into place. Repeat for all 5 petals and stitch them securely in place with the remaining tail.

Fasten off and neaten the ends.

Finished crochet headband with the beaded flower

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