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SKILL LEVEL: Beginner Friendly - Intermediate

MATERIALS
Worsted Weight (#4) Cotton Yarn, approximately 75 yards
Crochet Hook Size 4.5 mm (or size to obtain gauge)
Scissors
Darning Needle
Tape Measure
Stitch Markers

GAUGE: 4.5 chains of circle-clusters = 4 inches (see Round 1)

FINISHED MEASUREMENT: 32 (length) X 1.5 (width) inches (with 36 clusters excluding the strings)

STITCHES AND ABBREVIATIONS | US Terminology
Ch(s) – Chain(s)
DC – Double Crochet
PM – Place Marker
Prev - Previous
Rep – Repeat
SC – Single Crochet
Sk – Skip
Slst(s) – Slip Stitch(es)
Sp(s) – Space(s)
St(s) – Stitch(es)

SPECIAL STITCHES
DC-CL – 2 Double Crochet Cluster – Yarn over, insert hook in a st/sp, yarn over, pull through a st, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook, yarn over, insert hook in the same st/sp, yarn over, pull through a st, yarn over, pull through 2 loops on hook, yarn over, pull through all 3 loops on hook.

NOTES

1. Read the pattern carefully before starting.
2. This pattern is worked flat, in the rounds.
3. Since this is a made-to-measure pattern, gauge is not so important. Take your measurement before beginning. Determine whether you want your belt to sit just above your hipbones or on your waist. It is up to you, which option you choose.
4. • • repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed or repeat at specified locations.
5. ( ) work instructions within parentheses as many times as directed or work a group of stitches all in the same stitch or space.
6. I recommend using stitch markers to mark specified stitches. Remember to move the stitch marker as you progress.
7. It is entirely up to you how long your belt strings are. To lengthen or shorten the strings, simply add or subtract the specified number of chains.

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