When I decided I wanted to design a crochet collar pattern, I pulled out a couple vintage crochet collars that my aunt gave me a few years ago for inspiration. (You can see them, along with a couple fabric/lace ones in this old post, here.) I ultimately decided to duplicate the granny cluster/shell stitch design from the small collar pictured above, with a few changes. One, I wanted the collar’s width to get wider toward the front, taking inspiration from Peter Pan style collars, and two, the crochet thread I used is bigger, along with having fewer rows overall.

If you’d like to make your own, here’s what you’ll need!

Materials:
– Aunt Lydia’s Crochet Thread, Size 3, or any similar super fine weight yarn
– Size G/6-4,25mm crochet hook (Boye aluminum crochet hooks are my go-to)
– small darning needle
– small piece of leather or fabric 1 inch by 1.5 inches. Note: If you don’t want to leave the edges of the fabric raw, cut fabric piece 1.5 inches by 2 inches, fold right side under 1/4 inch all around, and sew all around for a more finished look.
– scissors
– leather punch or awl (if using leather)

Sizes:
Note: I designed this pattern for two sizes, given here, but if you want to customize your collar size, just add or decrease starting FSC stitches by multiples of 4.
Small: 17in
Large: 19in