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Navajo Belt Pattern #2382
A charted two-color Navajo-style pearl cotton belt worked from center front, lined with grosgrain ribbon and fastened with decorative hooks and eyes.
Materials
- Milward's steel crochet hook · No. 7 or 8
Pattern instructions
Belt
These directions are for a 28-inch belt. Starting at center front, with contrasting color ch 23.
1st row: Dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each ch across (21 dc, counting turning ch as 1 dc). Drop color, attach White, ch 3, turn.
2nd row: Holding contrasting color along top of 1st row and working over it to conceal it, make dc in next dc, thread over, insert hook in next dc and draw loop through; thread over and draw through 2 loops; drop White, pick up contrasting color and draw through remaining 2 loops. Holding White along top of row and working over it, make dc in each dc to within last 3 dc (counting turning ch as 1 dc); leaving the last 2 loops of last dc on hook, drop color, pick up White and draw through remaining 2 loops; then make 3 White dc. Ch 3, turn.
Starting at 3rd row, follow chart to top (center back), always concealing unused color and changing colors as before. This completes half of belt; to work other half, follow chart back to 1st row. Fasten off.
Finishing
Line belt with ribbon. Fasten at center front with hooks and eyes.
