Posh Pooch Designs : Shell Stitch Dog Collar with a Big Flower or Butterfly

Friday, April 8, 2011

Shell Stitch Dog Collar with a Big Flower or Butterfly

Shell Stitch collar With A big Flower
for Both Dogs and Cats!

with a Big Flower

Crochet Pattern And Video

See this Video on my Youtube channel

at this LINK

Shell Stitch Collar with a Big Sunflower.

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Skill : Easy

Materials:
Tape measure :to measure your dogs neck
Hook-H
Yarn Needle to sew on applique
Yarn : Any worsted weight yarn
Button : 1/2 inch

Stitches:
Chain (ch)
Single (sc)
Slip stitch (sl st)
Double Crochet (dc)
Shell Stitch (sh st) - (2 dc, ch1, 2 dc)

Size:
Pattern as written fits a 12 inch neck,
To adjust - 1 Row = 1 inch

R : 1 - Ch 7, 1dc in the 4th ch from the hook, 1 dc in the next 3 chs,
ch1 turn (5dc)

R : 2 - 1 dc in each dc, ch 3, turn (5dc)

R : 3 - 1 Sh st in the center dc, ( above, for how to st the shell st)
skip the next dc, 1 dc in the last st, ch 3(ch3 counts as 1st dc in the next row)
turn.(ch3, 1sh st, 1dc)

R : 4 - 1 sh st in the center st, skip the next st, 1 dc in the last st, ch 3 , turn.
(ch3, 1sh st, 1dc)

R : 5 - 18 (or how long you need it to fit your dogs neck.) Repeat R : 4

The Shell Stitch forms a natural button hole, so there is no need to make one,
Just tie off and weave in your end.

Sew the button on the opposite end of he collar with matching yarn.

Flower:
R : 1 - With first color, Ch 3, 8sc in the send ch from the hook, join (8sc)

R : 2 - In each sc, (1 sc, 3 dc ,1sc) for 8 petals.

R : 3 - Ch 2, attach to the center back of the first petal with a sl st,ch2,
repeat on the remaining 7 petal backs, join

R : 5 - In each ch 2 space, ( Ch2, 3 dc, ch2) for the 8 back petals, tie off, weave in your ends, and attach to collar by sewing with matching yarn.