CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATIVE BELLS
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Please read till the end of the blog to get
blocking ideas.
Materials used : Today I have
used ~ about a little bit of our lovely Indian Red rose metallic cotton yarn
with a 1.3 mm
This yarn is not specific for this project.
You can use any yarn with a suitable hook to make this project to any size.
International yarns : Among the international yarns I have used, I’d suggest Aunt Lydia Cotton 10, Aunt Lydia Bamboo-Viscose 10, DMC Petra, Sullivans knitting cotton (Australia), Milford Soft, Hilaza Rustica Eclat , Alize cotton yarn and Alize bamboo yarn.
Stitches used :
Starting slip knot : Here’s how you start with a slip knot. https://youtu.be/lJcqsVcs8cw
Starting slip knot 1 or the Sloppy Slip knot : This is a neat new way to start your work without a slip knot. https://youtu.be/YfC7KmGpifs
Foundation Single Crochet : fsc : To refresh your skill on the fsc, please view this video https://youtu.be/mcT85fwh4mA
Half Double Crochet : Hdc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk) ;
yo, draw through all 3 lps. One hdc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/sDiELJdB2Dg
Chainless start for Half Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 start, and this is what I do to start my row of hdc. Check out the video at https://youtu.be/lWXpl1KdbZ8
What is a slip stitch : Here is a neat video tutorial at https://youtu.be/weB3QNbA8Iw
Double Crochet : dc : yo, insert hk into st ; yo (3 lps on hk);
[yo, draw through 2 lps] twice. One dc made.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/xdnjB27zpYo
Chainless start for Double Crochet : I dislike the ch-2 / ch – 3 start, and this is what I do to start my row of dc.
Check out the video at https://youtu.be/wskv3iTjRx0
Abbreviations used : (Using U.S terminology)
lp(s) : Loop(s) sc : Single crochet
dc : Double crochet sp : Space
sl-st : Slip stitch ch : Chain
st(s) : Stitch(es) hk : Hook
yo : Yarn Over
Instructions using U.S terminology
Please note that I start all my rows with a ch 1, turning chain for ease.
Please check the top of this blog for easy video tutorials on all stitches used in today's pattern.
Please read through all my notes before you pick up your hook, so you know just where we're heading in our pattern.
If using this as an ornament, then at the end of
the creation, add a chain from the centre of the 1st start round. If
you are an advanced crocheter, you could start your magic circle after leaving
a long tail, work the pattern, and then come back to this tail to make a
hanging chain.
Else, work the pattern starting with the magic circle, and then re-attach a chain for hanging to the centre of the circle after you complete making your bell.
Create, discover and
enjoy.
BELL # 1
Materials used : I
have used our lovely Indian Red Rose Metallic cotton yarn with a 1.3 mm crochet
hook
Size : 1.5” high ;
1” diameter
Skill level : Easy
THE INSPIRATION
Start Round 1 : with a magic circle and 6 hdc in that
circle.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 2 : 2 hdc in
the 1st hdc and in each hdc all around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 3 : 2 hdc in
the 1st hdc ; hdc in the next hdc ;
(2 hdc in the next hdc ; hdc in
the next hdc) ;
rep (to) all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Round 4 : 2 hdc in
the 1st hdc ; hdc in the next 2 hdc ;
(2 hdc in the next hdc ; hdc
in the next 2 hdc) ;
rep (to) all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 5 : 2 hdc in
the 1st hdc ; hdc in the next 3 hdc ;
(2 hdc in the next hdc ; hdc
in the next 3 hdc) ;
rep (to) all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 6 - 8 : hdc
in the 1st hdc and in each hdc all around.
Join with a sl-st to the
1st hdc.
Round 9 : 2 hdc in
the 1st hdc ; hdc in the next 2 hdc ;
(2 hdc in the next hdc ; hdc
in the next 2 hdc) ;
rep (to) all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 10 : hdc in the 1st hdc and in each hdc
all around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
In our final round, let’s work one round of Crab
Stitch or Reverse Single Crochet.
How to do the crab stitch or reverse
single crochet : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE-ObvYb_Pk
Round 11 : Crab Stitch in the 1st hdc and in
each hdc all around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
BELL # 2
In this pattern, I’ve changed the stitches a
little to match the yarn and hook I’m using.
Please feel free to use the chart if you can read it, else come along
and follow my pattern.
Materials used : I
have used our lovely Indian Red Rose Metallic cotton yarn with a 1.3 mm crochet
hook
Size : 3” high ;
2.5” diameter
Skill level : Intermediate
THE INSPIRATION
Start with a
magic circle and 12 sc in that circle.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st sc.
Round 1 : dc in the 1st
sc ; (ch 1, dc in the next sc) ;
rep (to) all around ; ch 1, and join with a
sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 2 : dc in the 1st
dc ; (ch 2, dc in the next dc) ;
rep (to) all around ; ch 2, and join with a
sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 3 : dc in the 1st
dc ;
(2 dc in the next ch-2 sp; dc in the next dc) ;
rep (to) all around and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 4 : dc in the 1st
dc ; and in each dc all around and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 5 : sc in the 1st
dc ;
(ch 11, sk next 5 dc, sc in the next dc) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st sc.
In the following round, when working the dc in
the ch-11 sp, may I suggest that you work the dc in the chain and not around it.
This way, the stitch is in one place, and the [dc ; ch 2, dc] in the
centre of the ch-11 sp will be in the centre of the ch-11 sp.
Round 6 : sl-st into
the 1st ch-11 sp ; dc in the same ch-11 sp ;
(ch 2, dc in the same ch-11 sp) ;
ch 2, [dc ; ch 2, dc in the same st of ch-11 sp]
;
rep (to) once ;
*dc 2-tog over this ch-11 sp and the next
ch-11 sp ;
rep (to) once ; rep [to] once ; rep (to) once* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st dc.
In this round, we will be using only the centre
ch-2 sps in the [to] ch-2 sp.
Round 7 : sl-st into
the 1st ch-2 sp of the centre [to] ch-2 sp ;
sc in the same ch-2 sp ;
*ch 7, sk the next 4 ch-2 sps , sc in the next
ch-2 sp* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st dc.
Round 8 : dc in the 1st
sc ;
*(ch 1, dc in the ch-7 sp) ;
rep (to) 2 times ; ch 1, dc in the next sc* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st dc.
Round 9 : sc in the 1st
dc ;
*ch 11, sk next 4 ch-1 sps and 3 dc ; sc in the
next dc* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st sc.
Once again, in the following round, when working
the dc in the ch-11 sp, may I suggest that you work the dc in the chain and not around it. This way, the stitch is in one place, and the
[dc ; ch 2, dc] in the centre of the ch-11 sp will be in the centre of
the ch-11 sp.
Round 10 : Rep Round
6.
Once again, in the following round, we will be
using only the centre ch-2 sps in the [to] ch-2 sp.
Round 11 : sl-st into
the 1st ch-2 sp of the centre [to] ch-2 sp ;
sc in the same ch-2 sp ;
*ch 9, sk the next 4 ch-2 sps , sc in the next
ch-2 sp* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st dc.
Round 12 : dc in the 1st
sc ;
*(ch 1, dc in the ch-9 sp) ;
rep (to) 3 times ; ch 1, dc in the next sc* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st dc.
Round 13 : sl-st into
the 1st ch-1 sp ; sc in the
same ch-1 sp
*(ch 5, sc in the same ch-1 sp ; sc in
the next ch-1 sp* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st dc.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
BELL # 3
In this pattern, I’ve changed the stitches a
little to match the yarn and hook I’m using.
Please feel free to use the chart if you can read it, else come along
and follow my pattern.
Materials used : I
have used our lovely Indian Red Rose Metallic cotton yarn with a 1.3 mm crochet
hook
Size : 1.5” high ;
1” diameter
Skill level : Intermediate
THE INSPIRATION
Start Round 1 : with a magic circle and 16 sc in that
circle.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st sc.
Round 2 : sc in the 1st
sc ;
(2 sc in the next sc ; sc in the next 3 sc) ;
rep (to) all around ; sc in the next 2 sc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st sc.
Round 3 : 2 sc in the
1st sc ;
(sc in the next sc ; 2 sc in the next sc) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st sc.
Round 4 : 2 sc in the
1st sc ;
(sc in the next 2 sc ; 2 sc in the next sc) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st sc.
Round 5 : hdc in the
1st sc ;
(ch 1, sk next sc , hdc in the next sc) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st hdc.
Round 6 : hdc in the
1st hdc ;
(ch 1, hdc in the next hdc) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st hdc.
Round 7 : hdc in the
1st hdc ;
(hdc in the next ch-1 sp, hdc in the next hdc) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st hdc.
In the following round, we’ll work a Small Shell
stitch which is (2 dc ; ch 3, 2 dc)
Round 8 : Small Shell
stitch in the 1st hdc ;
(sk next 4 hdc, Small Shell st in the next hdc)
;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st hdc.
In the following round, we’ll work a Large Shell
stitch which is (3 dc ; ch 3, 3 dc)
Round 9 : sl-st in
the ch-3 sp of the 1st Small Shell stitch ;
Large Shell stitch in
the same ch-3 sp ;
(sk next 2 dc, Large Shell st in the next Small
Shell st) ;
rep (to) all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st st.
In the last round, we will work in between
the Large Shell stitches.
Round 10 : trc in the
sp between the 2 Large Shell sts ;
(ch 1, trc in the same sp) ; rep (to) 2
times ;
*ch 1, sc in the next ch-3 sp of the Large Shell st ;
ch 1, trc in the
sp between the next 2 Large Shell sts ; rep (to) 3 times* ;
rep *to* all around and join with a sl-st to the
1st st.
BELL # 4
Materials used : I
have used our lovely Indian Red Rose Metallic cotton yarn with a 1.3 mm crochet
hook
Size : 3” high ;
2.5” diameter
Skill level : Intermediate
THE INSPIRATION
Start Round 1 : with a magic circle and 12 hdc in that
circle.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 2 : 2 hdc in
the 1st hdc ;
*hdc in the next 2 hdc ; 2 hdc in the next hdc*
;
rep *to* all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 3 - 5 :
hdc in the 1st hdc and in each hdc all around.
Join with a sl-st to
the 1st hdc.
Round 6 : hdc in the
1st hdc ; *ch 1, hdc in the next hdc* ;
rep *to* all around. Join
with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Round 7 : hdc in the
1st hdc ;
*hdc in the next ch-1 sp ; hdc in the next hdc* ;
rep *to*
all around.
Join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Round 8 - 9 :
hdc in the 1st hdc and in each hdc all around.
Join with a sl-st to
the 1st hdc.
Round 10 : hdc in the
1st 2 hdc ;
*hdc in the next hdc ; ch 10, hdc in the next 3 hdc*
;
rep *to* all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
In the following row, we will use a decorative
picot.
We will use a ch-3 picot, which
is (ch 3, sl-st in the 3rd ch from hk).
We will also be working only in the ch-15
sps all around. For the 1st
ch-15 sp, we will work sc and picot in it, and in each of the following ch-15
sps, we will be joining one ch-15 sp to the next on the 4th sc. Do try and follow the chart to make this
explanation a little easier.
Round 11 : sl-st in
the next 8 sc (till you reach the ch-15 sp) ; 8 sc in the next ch-15 sp, picot
; 8 sc in the same ch-15 sp ; *4 sc in the next ch-15 sp ; join with a
sl-st to the 4th sc of the earlier ch-15 sp ; 4 sc in the same
ch-15 sp ; picot ; 8 sc in the same ch-15 sp*
rep *to* all around till the last ch-15 sp ; In
the last sp, you will work your picot and then instead of 8 sc, work 4 sc, join
to the 1st ch-15 sp and then work the last 4 sc. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
st. Fasten off and weave in ends.
BELL # 5
Materials used : I
have used our lovely Indian Red Rose Metallic cotton yarn with a 1.3 mm crochet
hook
Size : 3” high ;
2.5” diameter
Skill level : Intermediate
THE INSPIRATION
Start Round 1 : with a magic circle and 16 sc in that
circle. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
sc.
Round 2 : 2 hdc in
the 1st sc ;
*hdc in the next 3 sc ; 2 hdc in the next sc* ;
rep *to* all around. Join with a sl-st to the 1st
hdc.
Round 3 : hdc in the 1st hdc ;
ch 3, sk next hdc ; hdc in the next in the next
3 hdc ;
*ch 3, sk next hdc, hdc in the next 3 hdc* ;
rep *to* all around ; hdc in the last 2 hdc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Round 4 : hdc in the 1st hdc ;
ch 3, sc in the next ch-3 sp ; ch 3, hdc in the
next in the next 3 hdc ;
*ch 3, sc in the next ch-3 sp ; ch 3, hdc in the
next 3 hdc* ;
rep *to* all around ; hdc in the last 2 hdc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Round 5 : hdc in the 1st hdc ;
*ch 4, sk next sc , hdc in the next 3 hdc* ;
rep *to* all around ; hdc in the last 2 hdc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st hdc.
Round 6 : dc in the 1st hdc ;
*ch 1, 3 dc in the next ch-4 sp ; ch 1 , dc in
the next 3 hdc* ;
rep *to* all around ; dc in the last 2 hdc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 7 : dc in the 1st dc ;
*ch 2, dc in the next 3 dc ; ch 2 , dc in the
next 3 dc* ;
rep *to* all around ; dc in the last 2 dc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 8 : dc in the 1st dc ;
*ch 3, dc in the next 3 dc ; ch 3 , dc in the
next 3 dc* ;
rep *to* all around ; dc in the last 2 dc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 9 : dc in the 1st dc ;
*ch 3, sc in the next ch-3 sp ; ch 3 , dc in the
next 3 dc* ;
rep *to* all around ; dc in the last 2 dc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
Round 10 : dc in the 1st dc ;
*ch 4, dc in the next in the next 3 dc* ;
rep *to* all around ; dc in the last 2 dc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st dc.
In our final round, let’s stiffen our edge by
running a round of sc all around.
Round 11 : sc in the 1st dc ;
*4 sc in the next ch-4 sp ; sc in the next in
the next 3 dc* ;
rep *to* all around ; sc in the last 2 dc and
join with a sl-st to the 1st sc.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
General blocking and finishing :
For a good finish, I suggest blocking our little
bells. For this, I have used 1 part of
Mod Podge (or any other white glue – For Indians, Fevicol will work too), with
2 parts of water. Make a smooth paste
and then lightly apply on with a paint brush.
Allow to flat dry. For rounded
objects or odd shapes like our bell, after you have applied your blocking
material, re-shape to the shape you wish and then lightly place down (or preferably
hang) so that you will get the shape you desire on drying.
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