Note: Look here for the full tutorial
Decided to curl up with a crochet hook and season two of Arrested Development. I think I finally have a good handle on a pattern that will work for “noisy” trim. Realizing how many beads and coins this will take, too!
Pattern:
1. Create a crochet chain as long as you want the trim to be.
2. Turn. At the 2nd loop, SC across entire row.
3. Chain 1 and turn.
4. *SC, Chain 2* every other loop.
5. Bind off at end of third row.
Using a thinner yarn/thread, stitch to the center of each loop. String bead pattern, wrap around end bead or coin, then return needle through the first beads. Stitch to next loop and repeat.
This should be cool when I have the time to put the whole thing together as a hip scarf.
Note: Look here for the full tutorial
My belly dance teacher makes her own hip scarves with hand crocheted coined & beaded trim. Her friends have urged her to teach a class on how to do it, but she doesn’t have time. I took a look at them and decided to try my hand at creating the trim.
Crochet is not my strong suit, but I can usually figure out a written pattern after a few attempts. My how-to book has a pattern for mesh background, and that seemed like as good a place to start as any.
I strung beads on the yarn, then tried to work the beads into the pattern. My conclusions so far are that I’m on the right track with the yarn thickness, hook size and gauge. I need to work more beaded strands into the pattern, replenish my inventory with larger beads, and find some coins for the finishing touches. I also need to keep my eyes open for a good base fabric for the hip scarf, or write the pattern as the entire scarf (would take much longer to make that way).
Fun to test this out, but will shelve starting the actual hip scarf project until I get a few other projects finished – like the harem pants I started two weeks ago.
