Conchitas/ Little shells*
We'll learn this cute series of pearly little shells, that you can use as an edging, as a lace, as an embelishment for your panties... anything you can come up with.
We put sead beads on the thread we intend to use for the work. For each shell, we need 6 beads in one color and 6 in another (unless you're smarter than this teacher and decide to avoid surmenage ** and use one single colour). Since my work will finish in 8 shells, I put 16 groups of beads, 8 in white, 8 transparent.
¿Cómo sabremos cuándo está? Cada grupo de 3 cad y 1 pa forma un arquito. Para formar una conchita, necesitamos 2 arquitos, más uno para girar . Para 8 conchitas, serán 16 arquitos, pero debemos agregar 1 arquito más.
We repeat the previous 2 steps 'til we get the desired length.
When is that? Each group of 3 ch st and 1 dc forms an eyelet. To form a little shell, we need 2 eyelets, plus one to turn the work. For 8 little shells, it'll be 16 eyelets, plus one.
In the first eyelet, 1sc; in the next eyelet, 6 beaded dc. A beaded dc is done as follows:
Start the dc as usual: yarn over, insert hook, yarn over, draw a loop trough to the front, yarn over and draw the loop through 2 loops on the hook.
Bring bead to the back of the dc in progress
Yarn over and close dc as usual.
On next eyelet, 1 sc.
We'll repeat the previous work through to the end of the row: 1 sc on one eyelet, 6 beaded dc on next, and we finish with a sc on last eyelet. If we feel like it, we can end up here since it already looks fine, but we can't settle with so little.
So to turn the work, instead of 1 sc, we make 5 sc. We continue on the lower side, the same way we did previously (1 sc on one eyelet, 6 beaded dc on the next one)
We finish with 4 sc on the eyelet from the start. We bind off and weave in.
* Shell is the literal translation for concha, but in the Spanish dialect we use in this region, concha is also the equivalent for "cunt".
** Surmenage, hace cuánto no escuchaba esa palabra, desde los días de mi bisabuela...
Surmenage, it's been so long since I heard that word for the last time, when used by my greatgranny...
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Anny
Mi hacer conchita para colgarme en el cogote.
¿Poder hacer puntillar de conchita?