LizzY Gallery: Peci Rumah Keong

Assalamu ‘alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh :

السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
(May the peace, mercy, and blessings of Allah be upon you)

Few months ago I found Beautiful Wonderful Spiral motif designed by Femininity (the signature stated on the picture). I am not sure the name of the designer because the blog is in Arabic.

I had tried to make the motif as follow:

For step by step of making this Beautiful Wonderful Spiral motif please click the name.

I love this motif and it remind me the Snail's shell. It gave me an idea to make a hat (peci in Indonesian).

I designed the hat really look like a Snail's shell at the top of hat, so I modified little bit the pattern.

Materials:

- Cotton yarn any colour

Hook size : 2.5 mm

Pattern abbreviation used:

ch - chain

bpdc - back post double crochet

bphdc - back post half double crochet

bpsc - back post single crochet

sl st - slip stitch

lp - loop , sp - space

Note:

Adult size need 11 rows for the crown including the pointed shape.
The hat is divided into 3 parts of making process such as;

Part 1 - making the top part

Part 2 - making the down part (the side of the hat)

Part 3 - ribbing

Please follow the instruction in each pictures below for step by step to make Part I

PART I - POINTED SHAPE IN THE MIDDLE TOP

Total 20 sts (count from the bpdc that has marker)

Total 30 sts

Total 40 sts

Total 50 sts

Total 60 sts

Total 70 sts

Total 80 sts

Complete Part I with 80 sts on the last row (row 11).

PART II - The Beautiful Wonderful Spiral Square

Note:

Make 8 squares of The Beautiful Wonderful Spiral - please refer to the link above for making the square
The square consist of 5 rows
Last row of the square consist of (11 sts, 2 ch sp) on each side
Divided the Part I last row into 8 divisions consist of 10 sts each.
Join each sts of the last row square; one side to Part I; two sides to each squares

How to join the sts: Please refer to Joining sts

Complete Part II and has been joined to Part I and each 2 side of Part II

PART III - Ribbing

Before making the ribbing, start from one st of below side square, and continue with the following row:

Row 1: ch 2, bpdc 1 into next 10 sts, dc2tog (1 dc in 2 ch sp of the same square and 1 dc in 2 ch sp of next square), [ bpdc 1 into next 11 sts, dc2tog (1 dc in 2 ch sp of the same square and 1 dc in 2 ch sp of next square)] 7 times, sl st in 2nd ch of ch 2.

Row 2 & 3: ch 2, bpdc 1 into each sts all the way around to the last st, sl st in 2nd ch of ch 2.

Start the ribbing:

Row 4 - 6: ch 2, (bpdc 1 in next st, fpdc 1 in next st), repeat () all the way around to the last st, sl st in 2n of ch 2

Complete the hat, fasten off.