Tassel Beaded Hat Pattern #1154

MATERIALS:
CLARK'S O.N.T. COTTON RUG YARN, 1 ball of any color.
Bone Crochet Hook No. 8.
Beads for trim.
18 inches of millinery wire.

   Starting at center of Crown, ch 4. Join with sl st to form a ring. 1st rnd: 8 sc in ring. Join with sl st. 2nd rnd: 2 sc in each sc around. Join. 3rd rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in same place as sl st, * skip 1 sc, 3 dc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join to 3rd ch of ch-3 (8 dc-groups). 4th rnd: Sc in each dc around. Join. 5th rnd: Overlap the edges of wire 1 inch and tie ends together very securely. Holding the wire at top of previous rnd and working over it in order to conceal it, make sc in each sc around. Join. Piece measures 5 inches in diameter. 6th rnd: Repeat 3rd rnd, having 12 groups of 3 dc in the rnd. Join. 7th rnd: Sl st in next dc, sc in same place as sl st, 3 dc between 1st and 2nd dc-groups (a shell made), skip 1 dc, sc in next dc, 3 dc between 2nd and 3rd dc-groups. Continue in this manner around (12 shells). Join. 8th rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in same place as sl st, * sc in center dc of next shell, shell in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join. 9th rnd: Sl st in next dc, sc in same place as sl st, * shell in next sc, sc in center dc of next shell. Repeat from * around. Join.
   Repeat the last 2 rnds alternately 3 more times. Fasten off. Sew on beads as desired.

CORD … With a double strand of yarn make a chain 25 inches long. Fasten off. Draw Cord around one of the dc-groups on the 6th rnd and tie.

TASSEL (Make 2) … Cut a piece of cardboard 3 inches long, wind a strand of yarn 22 times around cardboard and cut. Tie the loops securely at top of cardboard with an 8-inch length of yarn. Remove from cardboard and wind another strand of yarn around Tassel, 1 inch down from top. Fasten securely. Cut loops at other end and trim ends evenly.
    Sew a Tassel to each end of Cord and tie Cord into a bow.