Crochet a beret in pastel colours
KAREN ADENDORFF
Photo ELMARIE KNAPTON Made by Tootjie Niemand Model Lynn-Dee van Rensburg, Steele Models Make-up Tamzin Reynolds Venue The Orient
Difficulty: ***
MATERIALS
• Elle Pure Gold double knit (100 g balls): 1 ball each cream, lilac, blue and some green
• 3.75 mm crochet hook
• Needle with big eye
SIZE
For head with circumference of ±55 cm.
ABBREVIATIONS
sl st – slip stitch
C/off – cast off
dc – double crochet
ch st – chain stitch
tr – treble crochet
lp – loop
yah – yarn around hook
sp – space
st(s) – stitch (stitches)
tog – together
foll – following
2 tr tog – make 1 tr halfway (2 sts on hook), make 1 half tr in foll st, (3 sts on hook), yah, pull through all 3 loops.
METHOD
Circles
Start with the circles. Crochet one circle first and then crochet the foll circle on to the previous one. Crochet 12 circles, 3 in each colour.
1st circle: With lilac, crochet 6 ch st, sl st in 1st ch st to make ring.
1st round: 3 ch st (= 1st tr), 17 tr in ring, sl st at top of 3 ch st.
2nd round: 1 dc in same place as sl st, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 18 times, sl st in 1st dc (= 18 3 ch st loops). C/off.
2nd circle: With green, crochet 1st round same as for 1st circle.
2nd round: 1 dc in same place as sl st, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 3 times, (1 ch st, 1 ch st through a 3 ch st loop of lilac circle, 1 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr of green circle) 4 times, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 11 times, sl st in 1st dc. C/off.
3rd circle: With cream, crochet 1st round same as for 1st circle.
2nd round: 1 dc in same place as sl st, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 3 times, leave 5 loops open of green circle, crochet on to the foll 4 loops of green circle and complete as for green circle. C/off.
4th circle: With blue, crochet same as 3rd circle. Crochet on to cream circle.
Crochet 11 circles, alternating colours, as 1st four circles. Crochet the last blue circle on to the previous cream circle as well as the 1st lilac circle.
Last blue circle: Crochet 1st round same as for 1st circle.
2nd round: 1 dc in same place as sl st, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 3 times, crochet on to 4 loops of cream circle, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 5 times, leave 5 loops of lilac circle open, crochet on foll 4 loops of lilac circle, (3 ch st, 1 dc in foll tr) 2 times, sl st in 1st dc.
12 circles have now been crocheted together.
Top of beret
With lilac: Start at any circle.
1st round: Skip 1st 3 ch st sp, 3 ch st and 1 tr in foll sp, 4 tr in foll sp, 2 tr in each of foll 2 sp, (2 tr in 1st sp of foll circle, 2 tr in foll sp, 4 tr in foll sp, 2 tr in each of foll 2 sp) 11 times, 2 tr in 1st sp of 1st circle, sl st in 3rd of 3 ch st, (= 132 tr). C/off.
2nd round: With blue: 3 ch st, 1 tr in foll 6 tr, crochet 2 tr tog over foll tr (skip 4 tr) and foll tr, [1 tr in foll 6 tr, 2 tr tog over foll tr (skip 4 tr) and foll tr] 10 times, 1 tr in foll 7 tr, sl st at top in 3 ch st, (= 84 tr). C/off.
3nd round: With cream: 2 ch st, tr in foll 6 tr, (2 tr tog over foll 2 tr, 1 tr in foll 5 tr) 11 times, sl st at top in 2 ch st, (= 72 tr).
4th round: 2 ch st, skip 1 tr, 1 tr in foll 5 tr, (2 tr tog over foll 2 tr, 1 tr in foll 4 tr) 11 times, sl st at top in 2 ch st, (= 60 tr).
5th round: 2 ch st, skip 1 tr, 1 tr in foll 4 tr, ( 2 tr tog over foll 2 tr, 1 tr in foll 3 tr) 11 times, sl st at topin 2 ch st, (= 48 tr).
6th round: 2 ch st, skip 1 tr, 1 tr in foll 3 tr, (2 tr tog over foll 2 tr, 1 tr in foll 2 tr) 11 times, sl st at top in 2 ch st, (= 36 tr).
7th round: 2 ch st, skip 1 tr, 1 tr in foll 2 tr, (2 tr tog over foll 2 tr, 1 tr in foll tr) 11 times, sl st at top in 2 ch st (= 24 tr).
8th round: 3 ch st, skip 1 tr, 1 tr in each foll tr, sl st at top in 3 ch st, (= 24 tr).
9th round: 3 ch st, (skip 1 tr, 1 tr in foll tr) 11 times, sl st at top in 3 ch st, (= 11 tr).
10th round: 1 ch st, (skip 1 tr, 1 dc in foll tr) 5 times, sl st in 1st ch st. C/off.
Edging of beret
With lilac, start at same circle as for top.
1st round: 3 ch st in 1st 3 ch st sp, 2 tr in foll sp, 4 tr in foll sp, 2 tr in each of foll 2 sp, (2 tr in foll 2 sp of foll circle, 4 tr in foll sp, 2 tr in foll 2 sp) 11 times, 1 tr in same sp as 3 ch st, sl st at top in 3 ch st. C/off.
2nd roun: With blue: 3 ch st, skip 1 tr, 1 tr in foll 6 tr, 2 tr tes over foll tr (skip 4 tr) and foll tr, [1 tr in foll 6 tr, 2 tr tog over foll tr (skip 4 tr) and foll tr] 10 times, 1 tr in foll 7 tr, sl st at top in 3 ch st. C/off.
3rd round: With cream: 3 ch st, 1 tr in each tr, sl st at top in 3 ch st.
4th round: 1 ch st, 1 dc in each tr, sl st in 1st dc.
5th and 6th rounds: 1 ch st, 1 dc in each dc, sl st in 1st dc.
7th round: 1 ch st, * 1 dc in foll 3 dc, 3 ch st, sl st in 1st ch st (= picot) *, rep from * to * all around, sl st in 1st dc. C/off.
Sew in all loose threads.
