Crochet Curlicues - Free Pattern + Crochet Chart

These crochet curlicues are a pretty way to embellish your hats, but not only! You can use them for scarfs, toys, blanket edgings, the choice it's yours.

One of the projects I have used the curlicues for, was the Gum Drop Earflap.

Gumdrops Earflap Hat - Free Crochet Pattern + Video Tutorial

The pretty Gumdrops Earflap it's a warm and elastic hat, perfect for winter!

The hat has no visible seams, (you will notice only on the wrong side the seam made by the yarns carried from round to round). 

I hope you will love it as much as i do! 

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Crochet Hat Swirling Ribs - Free crochet pattern with tutorial and crochet chart

This is a chunky, warm hat, perfect for winter! It is very stretchy, that's why can fit a 6 year old child, but also an adult woman!

Front Post Double Crochet Decrease, Back Post Double Crochet Decrease and Combined Decreases

This tutorial will show you how to decrease the ribbing stitches front post double crochet, back post double crochet and also a combined decrease of the front and back post double crochet stitches.

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Stitches, Terms (US) and Abbreviation used in this tutorial:

fpdc: front post double crochet

bpdc: back post double crochet

fpdc dec: front post double crochet decrease

bpdc dec: back post double crochet decrease

yo: yarn over

st: stitch

1) Front post double crochet decrease:

 (See photo collage below!)

yo, insert the hook from the front to the back around the post of the first st,

yo, pull a loop through; you have now 3 loops on hook;

yo, pull through first 2 loops on hook; you have now 2 loops on hook;

leaving the 2 loops on the hook, yo, insert hook from the front to the back around the post of the next st,

yo and pull a loop through; you have now 4 loops on hook;

yo, pull through first 2 loops on hook; you have now 3 loops on hook;

yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

2) Back post double crochet decrease

(See photo collage below!)

You'll make the same steps as for the fpdc dec, the only difference is that you will insert the hook from back to front around the post of the stitches!

Bpdc dec:

yo, insert the hook from the back to the front around the post of the first st;

yo, pull a loop through; you have now 3 loops on hook;

yo, pull through first 2 loops on hook; you have now 2 loops on hook;

leaving the 2 loops on hook, yo, insert hook from the back to the front around the post of the next st,

yo and pull a loop through; you have now 4 loops on hook;

yo, pull through the first 2 loops on hook; you have now 3 loops on hook;

yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

3) Combined decrease 1 fpdc with 1 bpdc 

(See photo collage below!)

This is a combined decrease of front post and back post stitches:

yo, insert the hook from the front to the back around the post of first stitch

yo, pull  loop through; you have now 3 loops on hook;

yo, pull through first 2 loops on hook; you have now 2 loops on hook;

leaving the 2 loops on the hook, yo, insert hook from the back to the front around the post of the next st,

yo and pull a loop through; you have now 4 loops on hook;

yo, pull through the first 2 loops on hook; you have now 3 loops on hook;

yo, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

4)  Combined decrease 1 bpdc with 1 fpdc 

Make the same steps as for the other combined decrease, just start with the back post, than the front post double crochet.

I have used this kind of decreases in my pattern Swirling Ribs Crochet Hat, worked from the bottom up and decreased at the the top.

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