
Easy as they come and nice to boot! If you are making little gifts to delight your friends for the Holidays, this one might qualify for your list! An added bonus is the little frog closure which you can easily learn to make and which will be very useful for many other things, such as purses, shoulder swraps, cardigans, you name it!
Materials:
Worsted weight yarn of your choice (I used Red Heart Claret for the neck warmer and a little bit of Re Heart Lipstick for the frog-style closure.)
G hook
tapestry needle
button of your choice
Ch 30 loosely.
Note 1- Ch 3 stands for 1st dc of row throughout.
Note 2- ALWAYS work your edging loops on a right side row.
Row 1- Dc in 4th ch from hk and in each chain across. Ch 3, turn. Row 2- 1 dc in each dc across. Ch 3, turn. Row 3- 1 dc in each of next 2 dc, ch 3, skip 2 dc, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next8 dc, ch Row 4- 1 dc in each of next 2 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch3 , 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Ch 3, turn. Row 5-1 dc in each of next 2 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, skip first ch of ch 3, and make 1 dc in each of next 2 ch, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3 1 dc in each of next 3 dc. Ch 3, turn. Row 6-1 dc in each of next 2 dc, skip first ch of ch-3 space and make 1 dc in eahc of next 2 ch, ch 3, 1 dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 3, 1 d
Mark this as Right Side. Loop Edging: Ch 25, sl st in same space, 1 sc in next st, rep across till you reach the last 2 sts, ch 25, slip st in same space, (no sc in between.)Fasten off. Weave in tail.
Join yarn on the other side of neck warmer and rep rows 37 to Loop Edging on that side. Fasten off and weave in tail.
Frog-style closure: With Lipstick yarn and G hook, make a crab stitch braid that is 10 inches long. Fasten off leaving a long tail to sew with.
You can meake your closure in several ways, but let's try a simple one. Bend the crab stitch cord you just made in half, take the left leg of that bent cord and cross it over the right side leg, forming a loop, wihtout undoing that loop, insert that same leg of cord into the cent
Note: Since this is a closure and it will pulled ever time the neckarmer is used, sew your stitches firmly, not tight, but firm so that the pretty frog will not come apart.
Your're done!
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