Tara's Decorative Collar - Circular slider

saiasmidreamzinyar
16 hours ago
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Tara is my Bestie’s puppy. The word Tara means Star, and this decorative collar was designed for her, with a circular slider for adjusting the size of the collar.

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The Pattern Tara's Decorative Collar - pattern is a customizable collar pattern with a central textured portion that can be easily converted into an adjustable collar using a Crochet Circular slider and a plastic buckle. You can use this pattern to easily reuse a buckle from an old leash or collar!

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Tara's Decorative Collar pattern is available #freeonblog ( this blog defines how to make a long enough textured strip/band and the Crocheted Circular slider (which is used to make the band adjustable OR can be used as a decorative slider if you are making a fixed length attached to a Buckle.
This pattern is a mix of textured crossed bobble stitches and dc. Worked in rows and bottom up; it is a fun pattern to try!
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TARA's Decorative Collar - pattern instructions to make the band of the collar with the central textured part.

Materials:

● Yarn of choice – any worsted weight preferably cotton/ cotton mix. You can use DK weight yarn for bigger buckles.

I have used Anchor Knitting Cotton yarn / AKC and DK weight scrap yarn for the Circular Slider.

● Hook: I have used 2.5 mm hook. You can use a hook size appropriate to the yarn used.

● Scissors and a needle to finish up.

Gauge: N/A

PLEASE NOTE - According to the gauge/yarn/ hook used, the size and stiffness of the project may vary. Custom instructions, if any, will be highlighted.

Stitches used: US crochet terms

ch - chain

yo - yarn over

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

ss – slip stitch

Crossed Bobble stitch. (it is made across 3 stitches)

yo, skip 2 stitches and dc in the next stitch, ch1,

yo, go back to the first skipped stitch, insert hook and pull up a long loop (3 loops),

yo again, insert hook into the same stitch and pull up another long loop. (5 loops),

yo and pull through all the loop.

Ch1 to close the stitch. (This ch1 doesn’t count as a stitch when we make the sc rows in pattern)

PLEASE NOTE:

· ch1 does not count unless specified otherwise.

· Ch3 counts as a dc stitch.

· The lengths of the 3 parts of the Collar as mentioned in each of PART A, PART B and PART C; depends on the size of the collar you want to make. So, you don’t have to stick to the lengths mentioned. CHECK Diagram at the end to give you an idea.

LET’S START!!!

Part A: here we will make the plain band portion of the collar. This portion will be attached to one end of the Buckle. If you wouldn’t want to use a buckle, you can add crochet ties.

Starting with a Long tail, Chain 6

Row 1: sc in the 2^nd chain from the hook,

Sc in each of the next 4 chains. TURN. (5 sc)

Row 2: ch1, sc in first stitch,

(ch1, skip the next stitch, sc in the next stitch) * TWICE. TURN. (3 sc)

Row 3: ch1, sc in each stitch and chain space. TURN. (5 sc)

REPEAT Row 2 – 3 till your strip measures about 6 – 8 inches. Make sure you end on repeat of Row 3.

Part B: Continuing from here we will make the textured portion of the Collar.

Though mentioned as Row 1, its continuation of PART A

Row 1: ch3 (counts as a dc stitch),

[Crossed Bobble stitch over the next 3 stitches],

dc in the last stitch. TURN. (2 dc, 1 Crossed Bobble Stitch)

Row 2: ch1, sc in each stitch and chain space. TURN. (5 sc)

Row 3: ch1, sc in each stitch and chain space. TURN. (5 sc)

REPEAT Row 1 – 3 till the textured part of the strip measures about 8 –10 inches. Make sure you end on repeat of Row 3.

Please Note:

· The ch1 made to close the Crossed Bobble stitch does not count as a stitch. Hence, we do not make a sc for that.

· The adjoining diagram shows the WS, hence the Crossed Bobble stitch is shown as seen from the WS.

The Stitch diagram shows the scenario where Cross Bobbled Stitch is right leaning (where the bobble part is made over the front of the dc made). On the reverse side, it is left leaning; so, the project eventually is Reversible.

PLEASE NOTE: The Cross Bobbled Stitch has a ch1 to close the stitch (this one doesn’t count). This is the ch1 before the dc in the last stitch!

Part C: here we will again make the plain band portion of the collar. This portion will be where the Crocheted Slider will be added and then attached to the other end of the Buckle. If you wouldn’t want to use a buckle, you can add crochet ties.

NOTE: Though mentioned as Row 1, its continuation of PART C

Row 1: ch1, sc in first stitch,

(ch1, skip the next stitch, sc in the next stitch) * TWICE. TURN. (3 sc)

Row 2: ch1, sc in each stitch and chain space. TURN. (5 sc)

Row 3: ch1, sc in each stitch and chain space. TURN. (5 sc)

REPEAT Row 1 – 3 till your strip measures about 10 – 12 inches. Make sure you end on repeat of Row 3.

Fasten off with a long tail for sewing.

Making the Circular Slider: This part is made using DK yarn and same hook size; to give a firmer and more structured piece.

Chain 10,

Round 1: in the second chain from the hook make a sc,

Sc in the next 7 chains,

In the last chain, make (sc, ch1, sc, ch1 and sc),

Working in the unworked loops below,

Sc in each of the next 7 unworked loops of the chain,

Once we come back to the beginning, in the same chain as the first set of stitches;

make (sc, ch1, sc, ch1) and JOIN to the first sc made.

Round 2: ch 9, skip the next 7 stitches and slip stitch into the next stitch,

make a slip stitch in the next (ch1, sc, ch1, sc),

ch9, skip the next 7 stitches and slip stitch into the next stitch, slip stitch in the next (ch1, sc, ch1).

Join to the first Slip Stitch.

Round 3: ch3 (counts as a stitch), dc in the same slip stitch stitch,

make 15 dc in the chain space to get to the other end,

make 2dc in each of the next 4 slip stitches,

make 15 dc in the chain space to get to where we started the round,

make 2dc in each of the 3 slip stitches,

slip stitch to JOIN to the top of the beginning ch3.

Fasten off and weave in the ends.

CLICK the picture below for assembly instructions! - #freeonblog How to make a band/belt adjustable - using Crochet Slider!

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