COLLAR
Instantly add a feminine touch to your favourite blouse by donning Natalie Beard’s sweet collar made of hexagon motifs
■ Rico Baby Cotton Soft DK (50% acrylic, 50% cotton, 50g/125m), 1 ball of each: Azalea (077), Raspberry (067), Turquoise (056), Blueberry (070), Purple (055), Violet (073), Blue (079), Saffron (059), Rose (072), Natural (058)
■ A 3.5mm (US E/4) hook
TENSION
Rounds 1-3 measure 9cm (3½in) in diameter
MEASUREMENTS
Collar measures 44cm (17¾in) long around neck
ABBREVIATIONS
popcorn Work 5tr in same st/sp, remove live loop from hook, insert hook in top of first tr, place loop on hook and pull through st
picot Ch2, ss in second ch from hook
For a full list, see page 88
COLLAR
MINI MOTIFS (MAKE 6)
Using any colour, make a magic loop.
Round 1 (RS) Ch3 (counts as tr throughout), 2tr into the ring, ch2, (3tr into the ring, ch2) 4 times, ss to top of beg ch-3 to join. [15 sts, 5 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join next colour in any ch-sp.
Round 2 (RS) Ch3, (2tr, ch2, 3tr) in first ch sp, (3tr, ch2, 3tr) in each ch-sp around, ss to top of beg ch-3. [30 sts, 5 ch-2 sps]
Fasten off.
Join next colour in any ch-sp.
Round 3 Ch2, *(popcorn, ch2, popcorn, ch1) in ch-sp, popcorn in sp after 3-tr group, ch1; rep from * another 4 times, ss to beg pc. [15 sts, 10 ch-1 sps, 5 ch-2 sps]
