Materials Needed:
Worsted weight yarn
Size I crochet hook
Yarn needle to weave in ends
Stitches Used:
Special stitch: 2dc, ch, 2dc all in one stitch (shell)
Magic Ring (MR)
Half double crochet (hdc)
Slip stitch (sl st)
Chain (ch)
Double crochet in the back loops only (BLO dc)
Single crochet (sc)
Double crochet (dc)
Pattern Notes:
All rounds are not done continuously. At the end of each round, you will do a slip stitch into the first stitch of the round.
Anything withing parentheses () should be repeated the number of times indicated. For instance (2hdc) 10x means two half double crochets in each stitch for the next ten stitches.
On the right is your stitch count.
Pattern:
1. MR with hdc 10x, sl st (10)
2. Ch, (2hdc) 10x, sl st (20)
3. Ch, (2hdc, hdc) 10x , sl st (30)
4. Ch, (2hdc, hdc 2x) 10x, sl st (40)
5. Ch 2x, (BLO dc) 40x, sl st (40)
6. Ch 2x, (Shell, skip 4 sts) 8x, sl st (40)
7. - 17. Sl st 2x to the ch in the middle of the shell, ch 2x, (shell, skip to next ch) 8x, sl st (40)
18. Ch, sc 40x, sl st (40)
19. - 58. Ch 2x, dc 5x, turn your work (5)
To connect the strap to round 18, skip 15 sts and sl st 5x across both your current round and round 18. Fasten off and weave in ends.