crochet Handkerchief's with edgings

I crocheted these three handkerchiefs in May this year for my daughter.

All these pieces are really fun to make. I liked the way the matrokosha doll squre took shape. I must admt , by the time I got near the end of mission hankies, I did,nt think ,I’dever make it to the last piece correctly !

Pattern: I will write in near future

Yarn: green, white, red, black for embriodry

It’s funny, indistinctly remember where I bought cotton yarn even though they’d been laying in our village house for some time; the white ones came from a corner shop from Delhi, Hauz Khas area, and the green one and red one for Matryoshka doll outfit from here.

The one with Matryoshka doll in the centre and granny square method for the square piece, is my favorite, even the embroidery part for hair and face is to be done. That’s why it’s getting a close-up.

The trick for edgings around was evenly spacing of the first round in single crochet, since the size of the handkerchiefs aren’t always the same size. I used basket pins as stitch markets to divide them into halves and into quarters. Is that obsessive?

The one with Matryoshka doll in the center and granny square method for the square piece, is my favorite, even the embroidery part for hair and face is to be done. That’s why it’s getting a close-up.

Pics and text ....before the embroidery on Matryoshka doll

Now its done..

close up..

little -bit History of my hankies........and pattern...

I made many..many crochet handkerchiefs for my daughter as per her wish but she still misses those that i had made before the days of online service.. i will make at least one for her ...and ....very soon...i usually use them after beaten up ...for bathing scrubbies or for the dish-cloths... so..... when i first stumbled upon a dish cloth .....i almost jumped ...how can any body make one like mine...now it is a rutne business to see different types of dishclothes on blogs..

I am posting the pattern of my yers old handkerchief with motif corners’ pattern. it was preserved with me on a copy an i typed it on my computer. I have not any photo and the published page...of my hankies....so sory.... a big story without their pics in hand....

Crochet handkerchief with motif corners

Material required: 1 ball white cotton threads, one ball blue and one ball pink, any thread which can be used for crochet work, 4 no. crochet hook.

Abbrevation used:

p- pink thread

w- white thread

b- blue thread

ch- chain

sl-st- slip stitch

dc- double ccrochet

rep- repeat

sp-space

sc-single crochet

hdc-half-double-crochet

Tention : Ch 82 with w.

1^st row: 1 hdc in 4^th ch from hook and each ch to end ch 2, turn.

2^nd row: Work 1 hdc in 1^st and in each hdc to end, ch to end ch 2, turn. Repeat 2^nd row 40 times.

41^st row: Work 64 hdc leaving 16 hdc of 40^th row 10 times including 41^st row then fasten off. This will leave a corner 1” by 1’ for joining motif.

Motif: with w chain 5 join with st-st to form a ring.

Round 1: *in next ch work ( 1 sc, 1 dc, 1 sc); rep from * 3 times (4 patels).

Round 2: *Ch 2, from wrong side sl-st to base of 2^nd sc of next petal; repeat from * 3 times.

Round 3: *4 dc and sl-st under next ch 2; repeat from * 3 times. Draw p through loop on hook, tighten and fasten off w.

Round 4: *ch 3, sl-st in base of next sl st of previous row; repeat from * 3 times.

Round 5: *8 dc and 1 sl st under next ch; rep from * 3 times.

Round 6: * repeat round 4.

Round 7: *10 dc and sl-st under next ch; rep from * 3 times. Draw b through lop, tighten and fasten off p.

Round 8: * 3 dc in sl-st just made, * ch 2, 3 dc in 5^th dc of next petal, ch 1, 3 dc in same dc, ch 2, 3 dc in sp before next petal: rep from *, ending ch 2, sl st in top of first dc. Fasten of b.

Round 9: *attatch p in any corner ch ( between two 3 dc groups), ch 3 and in same sp work ( 2dc, ch1, 3 dc), ch 2, * ( 3 dc in next sp, ch 2) twice, in next sp work ( 3 ch, ch 1, 3 dc) ch2; rep from * around. Join with sl-st to top of first dc and fasten off.

Make up: join this motif in the corner of handkerchief with ( needle and thread).

For edgings: join w in any edge ch 3, 1 dc in same sp, ch 2, *2 dc in appropriate sp ch 2 *; rep from* upto corners. On corners work 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc in same sp. Work 23 sets of 2 dc including corners. Fasten off.

Knit as many handerchiefs as you want. These handkerchiefs are very absorbent, durable, cheap and beautiful. You can use them for personal use or can gift to your friends.