Free Lacy Crochet Hair Kerchief Pattern
Crochet hair kerchief for summer!
Summer is for days in the sun and road trips with the top down! Enjoy it all with your hair tied back with this beautiful lace crochet hair kerchief! Going to a festival this summer? Channel a vintage vibe with this crochet head kerchief! It’s a quick finish project too and only takes one ball of yarn! Free pattern below!
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The Marietta Kerchief is made with just one ball of We Crochet Comfy in the fingering weight. It is a nice, soft 75% Pima Cotton, 25% Acrylic yarn. I made one of these vintage-inspired hair kerchiefs in #24812 White and one in #25759 Parchment. My thanks to We Crochet for providing the yarn for this design!
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This crochet hair kerchief was part of the Summer Designer’s Pick Blog Hop hosted by Hanjan Crochet and Itchin’ for some Stitchin’. My Marietta Kerchief was the featured pattern on Monday, June 14th. The summer blog hop is over, but you can still get my pattern in a few ways.
You can always get the free pattern here in this blog post, just keep scrolling down. You can purchase a bundle of all the amazing summer crochet patterns from the blog hop at an excellent price! Or you can purchase the ad-free PDF on Ravelry or Etsy.
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As with all my patterns, please do not make copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own copy. Thank you!
Marietta Kerchief, a Crochet Hair Kerchief
By April Garwood of Banana Moon Studio
(C)2024 April Garwood. As with all my patterns, please do not make paper or digital copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own. Thank you!
Difficulty Level: Intermediate
Finished Measurements: About 32 inches wide x 13 inches deep.
Available Sizes: One size to fit older children, teens, and most adults.
Yarn: WeCrochet Comfy (75% Pima Cotton, 25% Acrylic; 218 yds/199.5 m; 1.75 oz/50 g; weight category 1/super fine): Color #24812 White or #25759 Parchment, 1 skein. GET THE YARN HERE!
Crochet Hook: E/4 (3.5 mm), or size needed to obtain gauge
Notions: Yarn needle
Pattern Stitch: Webbed Lace Stitch found on p. 199 of The Harmony Guides Basic Crochet Stitches, edited by Erika Knight and published by Interweave Press.
Gauge: 3 patt reps x 11 rows = About 4.5 inches in Webbed Lace Stitch
Notes
Find a helpful video tutorial here for the Webbed Lace Stitch and the shaping.
Abbreviations Used
Dc = double crochet
Ch = chain
Sk = skip
St = stitch
Rep = repeat
Sp = space
Tch = turning chain
Kerchief
Row 7: Ch 4 (counts as dc, ch 1), dc in first st, ch 2, sk 4 sts, *(4 dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk 5 sts, repeat from * across to last 2 ch-2 sps, 4 dc in next ch-2 sp, turn – 61 sts.
Rows 8-13: Repeat Rows 2-7 – 41 sts.
Rows 14-19: Repeat Rows 2-7 – 21 sts.
Rows 20-21: Repeat Rows 2-3 – 15 sts.
Row 22: Ch 2 (does not count as a st), sk 2 sts, (3 dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk 5 sts, (4 dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk 5 sts, 3 dc in last ch-2 sp, turn – 12 sts.
Row 23: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), sk 4 sts, (4 dc, ch 2, dc) in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk 5 sts, 3 dc in last ch-2 sp, turn – 9 sts.
Row 24: Ch 5 (counts as dc, ch 2), sk 4 sts, 4 dc in next ch-2 sp, ch 2, sk 4 sts, sl st in last ch sp – 5 dc, 1 sl st. Fasten off.
Ties
Note: There are 16 long ch sps along long edge of kerchief. In Row 1 I will refer to each of these ch sps as a “section” and each section also includes the group of stitches that comes after the ch sp.
Row 1 (RS): With RS facing, ch 18, working along the long edge of bandana sc in bottom of first st, *7 sc in next section, 8 sc in next section, repeat from * across, one additional sc in bottom of last st, ch 19, turn – 122 sts, 2 ch sections
Row 2: Sc in 2nd ch from hook, sc in each ch and st across, turn – 158 sts.
Row 3: Ch 1, sk first st, sc in next and each st across to last st, turn, leaving last st unworked – 156 sts.
Rows 4-6: Repeat Row 3 – 150 sts. Fasten off.
Finishing
Block. Weave in all ends. Enjoy your crochet hair kerchief!
As with all my patterns, please do not make copies for others. Instead, please direct them to my website to get their own copy. Thank you!
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Do you have a chart for the Marietta Kerchief pattern? I am very confused.
I’m sorry to hear that Marie. I don’t have a chart. If you would like to email me with more detail I would love the chance to help you through it. You can use my contact page for that. https://bananamoonstudio.com/contact
Hi again, Marie. I have added some close up photos of the side shaping in hopes that that would help you. Please feel free to message me via my contact page if I can be of help.
Hello! Is there an adult version of this beautiful kerchief? Thank you in advance!
Hi Robin. I modeled it on my daughter so that I could work the camera, but the one size will fit older children all the way up to adults. It ties in the back, so it can easily adjust for a range of sizes. Enjoy!
I hope you still answer questions! ???? my gauge is correct, but after the first row or two it seems awfully long. How long should it be before the ties are added?
Hi Anita. The lace triangle should be about 24 inches across it’s longest side, which is where you start the stitching.