My little girl is a big fan of dressing up. Up until recently, she was all about unicorns and pink, but when given the opportunity to select a dress from Sweet Pea Designs by Dee on Etsy, she loved the “poof” of this Beauty and the Beast inspired Belle dress. She wanted to be a princess! Of course I had to put together a fun headband for her to show off with the dress, so the roses headband was inspired by this beautiful princess dress, and my little Charlotte could not have been more pleased! Don’t just take my word for it. This was the first picture I grabbed of her, as we went outside!
Does she know about Beauty and the Beast? Maybe? Vaguely? Has she ever owned a Belle doll? No. But yet, this beautiful dress really caught her eye, and I can’t say as I blame her! Also, she looks fabulous in yellow!
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Materials:
Paintbox Cotton DK:
- Daffodil Yellow(A)
- Rose Red (B)
- Grass Green (C)
White plastic headband, tapered, 1 inch wide
Crochet hook – B, 2.25mm
Tapestry needle
Scissors
Hot glue stick
Hot glue gun
Terms and abbreviations to know:
Magic ring
Rnd, rnds – round, rounds
St, sts – stitch, stitches
Sl st – slip stitch
Sc – single crochet
Hdc – half double crochet
Dc – double crochet
Tr – triple crochet
Inc – increase, 2 sc sts in same st
BLO – back loop only
Notes: The headband portion of this pattern is made into 2 parts, to slip over the ends of the headband, and sew together at the top middle. The reason for this is because I like the style of the tapered, 1 inch wide, headbands. I used a cotton DK weight yarn, but the pattern can easily be adjusted for a worsted weight. Simply test the fit on the headband as you go. The headband portion is made with joining rnds. The chs won’t count as sts, and the first st will be worked into joining st. While working the halves of the headband cover, continually try it onto the headband to assure the fit. It may be tight at first, but it should stretch.
Roses Headband
Headband Cover (Make 2) in A
*PRO TIPS:
- Continually try your piece on the headband to make sure it fits, and stretch the stitches a little bit. Each piece of the headband should come just short of the middle top of the headband, before sewing them together. They should not already be touching or overlapping.
- Multiply the number of rnds by the stitches per rnd to be sure you make the correct number of rnds.
- ex: rnds 2 through 10 = 9 rnds x 8 sts = 72, simply count to 72 from the beginning rnd 2
Begin with magic ring, and ch 2.
Rnd 1: 8 dc in magic ring, join to first st with sl st; 8 sts
Rnds 2-10: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st; 8 sts
Rnd 11: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next 7 sts, join to first st with sl st; 9 sts
Rnds 12-20: ch 1, hdc in each st around; join to first st with sl st; 9 sts
Rnd 21: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next 8 sts, join to first st with sl st; 10 sts
Rnds 22-30: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st; 10 sts
Rnd 31: ch 1, 2 hdc in first st, hdc in next 9 sts, join to first st with sl st; 11 sts
Rnds 32-37: ch 1, hdc in each st around, join to first st with sl st; 11 sts
Fasten off, leaving a long tail on one of them, for sewing them together. Pull each half of the headband cover up the sides of the headband, to meet at the top middle, and sew them together. To make it seamless, sew over the tops of the stiches of the one side, and under the stitch on the other side, consistently, going from a new stitch to a previously sewn st, then from the previously used st, to a new stitch. Weave in ends.
Roses
make 3, in Rose Red
Ch 51
Row 1: turn, and beginning in 2nd ch from hook, [sc in next ch, (sc, hdc, ch 1, hdc, sc) tog in next ch, sc in next ch]5x, [sc in next ch, (hdc, dc, ch 1, dc, hdc) tog in next ch, sc in next ch]5x, [sc in next ch, (hdc, dc, tr) tog in next ch, ch 1, (tr, dc, hdc) tog in next ch, sc in next ch]5x; 100
Fasten off, leaving a long tail for sewing.
Roll tightly from the first st, to the last, to form the flower. Make sure the last 4-5 petals appear to be overlapping between the previous row of petals, and not popping up in the same places. They should roll up somewhat alternately. Then use your long tail to sew the roses together, from the ouside to the inside, several times. Knot and weave in ends.
Leaves
make 3, in Grass Green
Ch 6
Working rnd around both sides of the ch
Rnd 1: sl st into 3rd ch from hook, sc in next ch, hdc in next ch, 4 dc in last ch, turn over to work on the bottom side of the ch, hdc in next ch, sc in next ch, sl st in last ch; 10 sts
Fasten off, and weave in ends.
Assembly
You can glue your roses on wherever you would like! I chose to place mine off center, in a cluster V, with one rose more toward the front, and the other two slightly behind and to the sides. I glued the roses on first, close together, and then used my hot glue gun to work the leaves in, spread out throughout the roses as pictured. Two of the leaves are in the front to the sides of the front most rose. The other leaf in the back between the two other roses.
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Also, if you would like another fun and whimsical headband design, check out my unicorn headband here on the blog as well!
