A light openwork crocheted headscarf is a great alternative to hats such as a hat, cap or panama hat. It will serve as an excellent addition to the summer dress in ethnic style.
Materials for work
To knit a scarf, you will need some thread and a crochet hook. It is clear that the summer kerchief should be made of rather fine yarn. The thinner the thread, the lighter and more delicate the finished product will look, which is important for hot days.
It is better to give preference to threads made from materials such as cotton, bamboo, viscose. They can be taken both in pure form and in various combinations. Pay attention to the information on the yarn label. For knitting headscarves, yarn with a marking of 50g / 240m or thinner is suitable. It is clear that the thinner the thread, the greater the footage in a skein of the same weight. As a rule, about 50 g of yarn is enough for a small scarf.
Next, you should choose a suitable hook. Usually, recommendations for choosing a crochet are also found on the packaging of the yarn. However, you can take a smaller hook. So, if the recommended hook number 2, you can use for knitting and number 1, 5 or even number 1, 3. You just need to take into account that in this case the product will turn out to be denser and less elastic. Of course, the quality of knitting also depends on the individual knitting density of the needlewoman herself - it must also be taken into account.
Manufacturing technology
The kerchief is a triangle, which means that you can use any triangular shawl pattern you like to make it. It will not be difficult to determine the size. Usually a triangular shawl is knitted from the corner, gradually expanding due to increments. You can finish knitting when the length of the upper side of the connected triangle is equal to the length of the head circumference of the future owner of the scarf.
When choosing a pattern, keep in mind that a denser pattern will make your product heavier, but the finished scarf will better protect it from the sun's rays. A too openwork product, in the pattern of which rather long chains of air loops prevail, will rather have a decorative function.
If the shawl pattern that you have chosen does not provide for the presence of a strapping, you can choose the pattern for decorating the edge yourself. The more complex the main pattern, the more simple and modest the harness should be chosen. And, on the contrary, a complex beautiful border will decorate the simplest kerchief, connected, for example, from the arches of air loops. It makes sense to tie the finished product with a border only along the 2 lower edges of the scarf. The upper edge (covering the head) is better to be made tighter. To do this, you can, for example, finish knitting with 1-2 rows of double crochet or elastic.
The sewing of the fastener or strings will be the final stage of knitting. If you plan to secure the scarf with a button, the button is sewn to one of the side edges of the garment, and the buttonhole for it is tied at the opposite end. By the way, an arch of air loops, which is part of the border, can also serve as a loop.
If you decide that the scarf will be fastened with strings, tie 2 rather tight and not too wide strips of the same length. They can be done with double crochets or in another way. It is only important to remember that the ties must be strong enough and not too stretched.
