How to : Picot Edging for a Cuff Bracelet
A cuff bracelet is a good project for a beginning crocheter. It's fashionable in its own right but it may seem to lack pizzazz. Adding a simple picot edging to a plain cuff will make it special without requiring complicated stitches. If you already know how to make the slip, chain and single crochet stitches and how to add and divide numbers, you'll be able to spice up that plain-Jane cuff in short order.
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Instructions
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Simple Stitches
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Make a slip knot with the yarn and slip it on to your crochet hook. Stick the hook through the cuff bracelet where you want to begin. Make one chain stitch. Single crochet into both legs of the stitches of the cuff. Make one or more rows around the circumference of the cuff. Slip stitch into the first single crochet. Count the number of single crochets you've worked.
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Decide how far apart you want to make your picots. A picot uses two stitches, the one you start from and the next one you crochet into. Decide how many single crochets are going to be between the picots. Add two to this number. Divide this sum into the total number of single crochets you worked on the previous round. This is the number of picots you'll be making.
For example, if you made 60 single crochets and you want your picots 4 stitches apart, add 4 plus 2 to arrive at 6. Divide 60 by 6 to get 10. This is how many picots you'll make. If you have an extra single crochet left over at the end, slip stitch into it.
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Make two chain stitches if you want to make a small point. Chain three or four if you want a larger one. Single crochet into the first chain stitch and the first single crochet on the last row you made.
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Chain the same number of stitches you did on the first picot. Single crochet into the first chain stitch and into the single crochet in the row below. Repeat around the cuff. Break the yarn, leaving a four-inch tail. Weave this through the crocheted stitches to secure it.
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Repeat the above steps on the other edge of the cuff. Tighten up any loose stitches by pull on them gently with your hook. Trim off any yarn ends that are sticking out.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a color that coordinates or contrasts with the cuff bracelet.
Work two or three rows of single crochet around the cuff using different colors.
Make seven chain stitches for each picot and only make one single crochet between them for a looped fringe effect.
Choose a glossy yarn for the picot edge that contrasts with the rougher yarn of the cuff bracelet.
Crochet the picot edging with a variegated yarn with colors that coordinate with the cuff.
Decide how many picots you're going to make and string that number of beads on to your yarn before you begin. Slide a bead up to the hook when you're making the point on your picot.
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