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Pattern Created by Sandi Marshall

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This headband is easy to crochet. The bat shape is added in cross-stitch on the finished single crochet front of the head band.

Materials Used In The Example: About 1 oz. worsted weight yarn for the headband, small amount of black for the bat cross-stitch and one strand of red for the eyes, US size H hook
Finished Size: About 10 3/4 inches wide x 3 inches tall (when folded in half, with ends joined)
Gauge: 4 sc rows = 1 inch, 6 1/2 sc = 2 inches
Note that gauge is not crucial to this project. The proper fit is determined by adding more rows or fewer rows when crocheting the short rows of the back.
Abbreviations: ch = chain, ea = each, sc = single crochet, sl st = slip stitch, sp = space

How To Slip Stitch (sl st) = Insert hook in stitch, wrap yarn over hook, pull yarn through the stitch and through the loop on the hook, at the same time.
How to Crochet in Back Loop Only: http://crochet.about.com/library/blbackfrontloop.htm
How to Skip a Stitch: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa071804.htm
How to Crochet In A Chain Space: http://crochet.about.com/library/blchainspace.htm

Pattern Directions
Designed by Sandi Marshall, copyright 2006 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc.
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Starting Chain: chain 34.
Row 1: sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in ea ch across. (33 sc)
Rows 2 - 11: ch 1 to turn, sc in ea sc across (33 sc)

Outside Round: ch 1, turn, sl st in ea sc across row 11, ch 1, then working down the short side, sc in end of first row on side, (ch 1, skip next row, sc in end of next row) 5 times, ch 1, sl st in ea sc across next long side, ch 1, then working down the next short side, sc in end of first row on side, (ch 1, skip next row, sc in end of next row) 5 times.

Short Row 1: ch 1, turn, sc in first sc, (sc in ch-1 sp, sc in next sc) 5 times. (11 sc)
Short Rows Note: This is sized to fit an adult size head. To make it for a child, do fewer short rows, trying it around the head of the child who will wear it when you are close to having enough rows and adjusting with more or less rows as needed for the proper fit.
Short Rows 2 - 40: ch 1, turn, sc in back loop only of ea sc across. (11 sc) These rows are worked in the back loops so that there will be stretch for a comfortable fit.
End off, leaving a long strand for sewing the ends together.

Adding Bat in Cross-Stitch: Follow chart above for the position of the bat shape. In the example, I added the cross-stitch in worsted weight black yarn, using a large-eye needle. When finished, I added two short vertical straight stitches in red yarn for the eyes. How to Cross-Stitch on Single Crochet: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa111702.htm

Joining: Fold piece in half with the wrong sides together. To join the two pieces, thread the ending-off strand on a large-eye needle and sew through both thicknesses along the two short sides of the piece. I sewed under both loops of an sc on one side and both loops of the corresponding stitch on the other side, both at the same time. Joining Crochet Pieces: http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa010999.htm
Weave in ends. Turn right side out.

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