Pink Sunset
The soft pink glow of the sun slipping beyondond the horizon at day's end.
YARN
• No. 40 mercerised cotton or similar
BEADS
61 x assorted beads
TOOLS
3mm crochet hook Large hole needle Hook clasp
MEASUREMENTS
Length Approx 70cm
STEP ONE
Thread all beads on to the cotton thread. Chain 182. Bring up a bead and double crochet into 2nd chain from hook. Double crochet in each chain, bringing up a bead with every 3rd double crochet. At end of chain, make 3 chain and turn.
STEP TWO
Make a treble crochet in each double crochet to end. Make 3 treble in end double crochet and continue around the end, making a treble crochet in the opposite side of each base chain to the end. Make 2 treble in the end chain and slip stitch into 3rd of 3 chain at beginning of round.
STEP THREE
Chain three; treble into each treble to end, three treble in end treble, treble up the other side. Make three treble in the end treble, slip stitch into 3rd of 3 chain at beginning of round. Tie off, leaving a 15cm tail.
STEP FOUR
Thread cotton through needle and attach hook clasp by passing needle through clasp attachment loop and through end of bracelet a few times. Knot off firmly and thread cotton end through a few crochet stitches. Trim. This bracelet should wrap four times around the wrist.
Melody Tallon
Artefacts Jewellery Design www.melodytallon.com