February is here! Let’s give it a big welcome! Hopefully it will bring great news for all of us and at least a couple of annual celebrations, St. Valentine’s Day and Carnival!

I’m working on a new collection for St. Valentine’s Day with hair clips, barrettes and rings; also I have the collection from last year with silk flower bracelets, necklaces and rings.

Some of the new handmade accessories are these:

Some of you have asked my for my Lip barrette crochet pattern, so today I’m posting it here. I hope you enjoy crocheting lovely lips, let me know if you have any questions.

MATERIALS:
Bolero and/or Gatsby yarns (10 metres of each) you could use any other Fine 2 weight yarn.
1 crochet hook 3 mm.
1 hair barrette 80 mm.
1 yarn / tapestry needle.

MEASUREMENTS:
Length 3 ¼ inches, 8.5 cm.
Wide ¾ inch, 2 cm.
Note: Gauge is not needed for this project.

STITCHES (KEY):
CH= chain; DC= double crochet; HDC= half double crochet; SC= single crochet, TRC=treble crochet; TR2TOG= treble crochet 2 together, Rd= round, SL ST=slip stitch.
* repeat the instructions between asterisks *

LIPS BARRETTE:
Crochet a foundation of 22 chains.
Row 1. CH 1, SC in the same st. SC in next 20 stitches, 4 SC Shell in next one (extreme of the foundation), SC in next 20 sts, 2 SC in last (also first) and join with SL ST.

Upper lip: SL ST in next st, SC in next 2 sts, HDC in next 2, DC in next 2, TR in next one, TR2TOG in next 2, CH, HDC in next, CH, TR2TOG in next 2, TR in next 2, DC in next 2, HDC in next 2, SC in next 2, SL ST.

Lower lip: cross to the other side with 1 SL ST, SL ST in next, SC in next 2, HDC in next 2 sts, DC in next 3 sts, TRC in next, TR2TOG in next 3 sts (this is the rounded and biggest part of the down lip), start decreasing as follows TRC in next, DC in next 3 sts, HDC in next 2 sts, SC in next 2, SL ST in the last one and a final SL ST in the middle of the lip to secure it, leave a tail of about 20 cm (3 times the length of the lips) and cut the yarn.

Use a tapestry needle to sew the yarn to a hair clip or metal (also call French) barrette of about 80 mm, about 3 inches. You could also attach the lip to a piece of felt with glue and then sew it all together; it will give consistency to the shaped lip.

Happy crocheting!

You can download this pdf pattern on Ravelry.com

You can use this pattern to make all the hair barrettes that you like as long as you give me credit in your publication.

Hair barrettes crochet pattern by Bezencilla is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
It is not allowed to resell this pattern in part or in full.