How to Crochet Frills
Crochet frills or ruffles on the edges of scarves, at the necklines of cardigan sweaters or on the cuffs of gloves. They add a touch of feminine flirtiness to a little girl's dress or a motherly stuffed bear's ensemble. You can make frills or ruffles to suit the scale of the garment and its wearer. Practice making a basic frill then unleash your inventiveness by mixing single, half double, double and treble crochet stitches with chain stitches. Working several stitches into a single stitch from the previous row creates the fullness associated with frills. A few chains between them keeps any bulkiness under control.
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Instructions
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Place the item to be embellished with its right side facing you. Attach the yarn -- a smooth yarn such as knitting worsted -- to it with the crochet hook. Make one chain stitch, then work a single crochet into the same stitch.
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Make two chain stitches. Single crochet in the next stitch. Work two chain stitches. Repeat the single crochet and the two chain stitch sequence to the end of the row. Make one chain stitch and turn.
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Make one single crochet, chain seven stitches and single crochet into the first chain-two space. Make seven chain stitches. Alternate the single crochet, the chain-seven and the single crochet in one space with the chain-seven to the end of the row. Chain one stitch and turn.
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Work one single crochet, a chain-seven and another single crochet in the first stitch, repeat once more then work one more single crochet all in the beginning stitch. Make a chain-seven. Repeat these steps across the row.
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Tips & Warnings
Chain two stitches, then work a single crochet, work a double crochet, another single crochet and another chain-two in the same stitch. Repeat across. Chain two stitches and turn. On the next row, chain two stitches, work double crochets in the stitches and spaces of the ruffly stitches from the first row. Repeat across the row.
Use a smooth yarn or thread when crocheting frills and ruffles. Fuzzy angora and mohair yarns are difficult to unravel if you make a mistake and have to remove several stitches.
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