How to Crochet a Doily Headcovering
Just as with most other needlecrafts, crochet is best approached in small tasks like learning some basic stitches: the slip stitch, the chain stitch, the single, double and triple stitches. Once mastered, using the instructions and photographs from a basic crochet book, the beginner needs to look at crochet patterns to realize that they read from left to right, are full of abbreviations and are confusing looking but become clearer once the crochet begins. The simplest way to crochet a doily headcovering is to select a pattern for crocheting a round doily which always begins in the center.
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Instructions
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Select a crochet thread or yarn, preferably a fine weight. Choose the color desired.
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Select a crochet hook that is a comfortable size to work with the thread chosen. Experiment as much as needed to make a simple row of chain stitches.
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Chain 6, attach to first stitch with a slip stitch, chain 2. Turn the little circle over.
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Make 16 double crochet stitches in the chain 6 space. Slip stitch to the first double crochet, chain 3 and turn over.
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Skip the first space, make 1 single crochet, chain 3 and skip a space. Repeat this pattern 6 times. Slip stitch to the first chain, chain 1 and turn over. You'll have 7 chain 3 loops to work with.
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Make a single crochet, a double crochet, 2 triple crochets, chain 2, 2 triple crochets, a double crochet and a single crochet in the chain 3 space. Repeat until you are overlapping the pattern. Slip stitch in the next 3 stitches, single crochet in the chain 2 space, chain 7 and turn over.
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Make 1 single crochet in the next chain 2 spaces, chain 7, repeat the sequence 6 times. Make a slip stitch to the first single crochet, chain 2 and turn.
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Make 12 double crochets in the chain 7 space, 1 single crochet in the single crochet space and repeat 7 times. Slip stitch to first double crochet and turn.
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Make 6 triple crochets in the next single crochet. Chain 6. Skip 5 single crochets. Make 6 triple crochets in the next space, chain 6, and repeat to the first triple crochet. Chain 1 and turn.
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Make 12 single crochets in each chain 6 space. Slip stitch to first single crochet made. Tie off and hide the string inside.
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Wash and block the doily over a rounded item such as a small round dish or some other object of the approximate size of the head. Add starch to stiffen cotton crochet thread if desired. When dry, secure the doily to the head with hair pins.
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Tips & Warnings
The abbreviations have been eliminated in these directions by spelling out the words.
References
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