MATERIALS: Size 7 hook; size 10 cotton thread; 56 beads; 1 pair of girl's socks: size 6 - 7 1/2.
DIRECTIONS:
BASE ROUND: With wrong side of sock facing, join with sl st in center back, ch 1 sc in same space. Loosely make 41 sc evenly around, join with sl st in first sc. (42 sc)
LOWER RUFFLE:
UPPER RUFFLE:
Rnd 1: Ch 3, dc in same st, skip next sc, * 2 dc in next sc, skip next sc, repeat from * around, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, dc in next st, * 2 dc in next st, dc in next st, repeat from * around, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in each st around.
Rnd 5: Turn work, ch 1 sc in same st, * hdc in next st, dc in next st, (ch 1 draw up bead, ch 1), skip next 3 st, dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next 2 st, repeat from * around ending with sl st in first sc. Finish off and weave in ends.
Working in unused scs of base round, with wrong side of sock facing you (with Rnd 1 of LOWER RUFFLE closest to you and Rnd 5 farthest away from you) join with sl st at center back.
Rnd 1: Ch 3, 2 dc in same st, 3 dc in each unused sc around, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same st, 2 dc in each st around, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in each st around, join w/ sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3.
Rnd 4: Turn work, ch 3, hdc in next st, sc in next st, (ch 1, draw up bead, ch 1), skip next 3 st, sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, * dc in next st, hdc in next st, sc in next st, (ch1, draw up bead, ch 1) sc in next st, hdc in next st, dc in next st, repeat from * around, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Finish off and weave in ends.