This wall hanging has a bright, coastal look. Five pearl-beaded strands hang from a length of jute rope. Each strand carries three small motifs: a periwinkle flower, a deep teal bell with a scalloped hem, or a pale mint clover. A soft sky-blue tassel finishes each strand.
The palette uses five colors: periwinkle, cream, teal, mint and sky blue. White pearls add a little shine. The style is light and airy, so the hanging works well in a window, over a bed or in a beach-themed room.
This pattern uses US crochet terms throughout. The finished hanging is 18 in (45.7 cm) wide, which is the width of the rope. It drops 17.75 in (45.1 cm) from the rope to the tassel tips.
You make all the small pieces first: 6 flowers, 6 bells, 3 clovers, 5 tabs and 5 tassels. Then you crochet each tab around the rope, work a pearl chain down from it, sew the motifs to the plain sections of the chain and tie on a tassel.
Finished Size and Construction
- Finished size: 18 in (45.7 cm) wide × 17.75 in (45.1 cm) drop
- Skill level: Easy-intermediate
- Terminology: US crochet terms
- Yarn weight: DK (light #3) cotton
- Hook: 3.5 mm (E-4)
- Number of pieces: 6 flowers, 6 bells, 3 clovers (9 leaves), 5 tabs, 5 strands, 5 tassels
- Layout: 5 strands × 3 motifs, strands spaced 3 in (7.6 cm) apart
- Piece sizes: flower 2.5 in (6.4 cm) across; bell 2 in (5.1 cm) tall; clover 2.25 in (5.7 cm) across
- Bell size before border: 1.5 in (3.8 cm) tall × 2.2 in (5.6 cm) flat width
- Border depth (bell hem): 0.5 in (1.3 cm)
Materials
Use a smooth, mercerized DK cotton. It gives crisp stitches, sharp scallops and petals that hold their shape. Avoid fuzzy yarns, which blur the leaf veins.
- Color A, periwinkle (flowers): 30 g / 69 m
- Color B, cream (flower centers): 5 g / 12 m
- Color C, deep teal (bells): 35 g / 81 m
- Color D, pale mint (clovers): 10 g / 23 m
- Color E, sky blue (tabs, strands, tassels): 45 g / 104 m
These quantities include a margin of about 15–20%.
Tools and notions:
– 3.5 mm (E-4) crochet hook
– 70 pearl beads, 8 mm, with holes of at least 2 mm (65 needed, plus spares)
– 18 in (45.7 cm) length of twisted jute rope, 0.75 in (1.9 cm) thick
– Extra jute or cord for hanging the rope
– Tapestry needle and a fine beading needle or dental-floss threader
– Stitch marker, scissors and a tape measure
– A 2.75 in (7.0 cm) piece of cardboard for the tassels
Abbreviations (US Terms)
- ch: chain
- sl st: slip stitch
- sc: single crochet
- hdc: half double crochet
- dc: double crochet
- tr: treble crochet
- inc: 2 sc in the same stitch
- MR: magic ring
- sk: skip
- st(s): stitch(es)
- sp: space
- rnd: round
Special stitch: Pearl Repeat (PR). Ch 2. Slide one pre-strung pearl up against the hook, then ch 1 so the pearl is locked into that chain. One PR = 3 ch + 1 pearl and measures 0.5 in (1.3 cm).
Gauge and Checkpoints
- Sc gauge: 22 sc × 24 rnds = 4 in (10.2 cm)
- Chain gauge: 6 ch = 1 in (2.5 cm)
Make one flower and one bell before anything else, and check them against these sizes:
- Flower: Rnd 1 = 0.6 in (1.5 cm); Rnd 2 = 1.25 in (3.2 cm); finished = 2.5 in (6.4 cm) across
- Bell: after Rnd 3, the crown is 1 in (2.5 cm) across; after Rnd 9, the bell is 1.5 in (3.8 cm) tall
- Clover leaf: 1.1 in (2.8 cm) long
- Chain zone: 15 ch = 2.5 in (6.4 cm)
If your pieces are too big, go down 0.5 mm in hook size. If they are too small, go up 0.5 mm. The chain zones matter most: a 2.5 in (6.4 cm) motif has to fit on a 2.5 in (6.4 cm) plain chain section.
Flower (Make 6)
Rnd 1 (Color B): MR, ch 1, 12 sc in ring. Join with sl st to first sc. Pull the ring tight and fasten off. (12 sts)
Rnd 2 (Color A): Join A in any st. Ch 1, 2 sc in each st around. Join. (24 sts)
Rnd 3 (petals): [hdc, 2 dc, tr] in next st, [tr, 2 dc, hdc] in next st, sl st in each of next 2 sts. Repeat from * 5 more times. Join with sl st to the first hdc. (6 petals; 60 sts: 8 petal sts + 2 sl sts per repeat)
Each repeat uses 4 sts of Rnd 2, and 6 × 4 = 24, so the petals land evenly. The 2 tr side by side make a rounded petal tip, and the sl sts pull in the dips between petals. Fasten off and weave in the ends.
Bell (Make 6)
The bell is worked from the crown down in a continuous spiral. Place a marker in the first st of each rnd.
Rnd 1 (Color C): MR, 6 sc in ring. (6)
Rnd 2: Inc in each st. (12)
Rnd 3: Sc in next st, inc × 6. (18)
Rnds 4–6: Sc in each st. (18 each rnd)
Rnd 7: Sc in next 2 sts, inc × 6. (24)
Rnds 8–9: Sc in each st. (24 each rnd)
At the end of Rnd 9, sl st into the next st to smooth out the spiral step. Don’t fasten off; go straight on to the scalloped border below. The straight Rnds 4–6 shape the bell’s shoulders, and the increases in Rnd 7 start the flare.
Clover (Make 3)
Each clover has 3 leaves. Make 9 leaves in total, using Color D.
Leaf: Ch 7. This chain becomes the center vein. Ch 1 is at the base and ch 7 is at the tip.
- Working back toward the base: sc in ch 6, hdc in ch 5, dc in ch 4, dc in ch 3, hdc in ch 2, 3 sc in ch 1 (base).
- Rotate and work along the other side of the foundation chain: hdc in ch 2, dc in ch 3, dc in ch 4, hdc in ch 5, sc in ch 6.
- Tip: [sc, ch 2, sc] in ch 7. Join with sl st to the first sc.
Each leaf has 15 sts plus a ch-2 tip sp: 5 sts per side, 3 at the base and 2 at the tip.
Assembly: Lay 3 leaves with their bases touching, about 120° apart. With the tail, whipstitch the 3 base sc of each leaf to the base sts of the leaves next to it. Pull just firmly enough to close the center.
Border: Scalloped Bell Hem
In this design, the “border” is the 2-rnd scalloped hem on each bell. Work it in joined rnds straight after Rnd 9.
Border gauge: each scallop repeat uses 4 sts of the base rnd and is about 0.75 in (1.9 cm) wide around the hem. The border adds 0.5 in (1.3 cm) of depth.
Border Rnd 1 (flare): Ch 1. Sc in next 2 sts, inc in next st × 8. Join to the first sc.
Count: 24 sts worked once each + 8 extra sts = 32 sts.
Border Rnd 2 (scallops): Ch 1. Sc in next st, sk 1, 5 dc in next st, sk 1 × 8. Join to the first sc.
Count: 8 scallops; 48 sts (8 sc + 40 dc).
Why the math works: each repeat uses exactly 4 base sts (1 sc + 1 skipped + 1 shell + 1 skipped), and 8 × 4 = 32. That matches Border Rnd 1 with no leftover sts. The extra 8 sts in Rnd 1 give a gentle flare, and the 5-dc shells fan out into the wavy hem.
Fasten off and weave in the ends. The finished bell is 2 in (5.1 cm) tall and 2.5 in (6.4 cm) across the hem when laid flat.
Make All Pieces
| Piece | Color | Quantity |
|---|---|---|
| Flowers | A + B | 6 |
| Bells | C | 6 |
| Clovers (9 leaves) | D | 3 |
| Tabs + strands | E | 5 |
| Tassels | E | 5 |
Layout grid (strands A–E from left to right, motifs 1–3 from top to bottom):
A B C D E
Motif 1: Flower Flower Bell Flower Flower
Motif 2: Clover Bell Clover Bell Clover
Motif 3: Bell Flower Bell Flower Bell
Check the totals: 6 flowers, 6 bells and 3 clovers.
Tassel (make 5): Wrap Color E 30 times around the 2.75 in (7.0 cm) card. Slide an 8 in (20.3 cm) tie under the wraps at the top and knot it tightly. Cut the loops at the bottom. Wrap the neck 0.5 in (1.3 cm) below the top and knot. Trim the tassel to 2.5 in (6.4 cm).
Joining
Tab and strand (make 5, one at a time): Thread 13 pearls onto Color E before you start.
- Tab: Ch 5. Row 1: sc in the 2nd ch from the hook and in each ch across. (4 sc)
- Rows 2–14: ch 1, turn, sc in each st. (4 sc each row) The tab measures 0.75 in × 2.3 in (1.9 cm × 5.8 cm).
- Fold the tab over the rope. Row 15: ch 1, then sl st through Row 14 and the foundation chain together. (4 sl sts) The closed loop hangs 1.25 in (3.2 cm) below the rope.
- Strand: Continuing from the tab, work: 2 PR, ch 15, 2 PR, ch 15, 2 PR, ch 15, 7 PR. Fasten off and leave a 6 in (15.2 cm) tail.
Count check: 13 PR × 3 ch = 39 ch, plus 3 zones × 15 ch = 45 ch, for 84 ch in total. At 6 ch per inch, that is 14 in (35.6 cm).
Spacing on the rope: Space the tabs 3 in (7.6 cm) apart, center to center. That puts 12 in (30.5 cm) between the outer strands, with 3 in (7.6 cm) of bare rope at each end.
Motif placement: The three ch-15 sections are the motif zones. Their centers sit 2.25 in (5.7 cm), 5.75 in (14.6 cm) and 9.25 in (23.5 cm) below the tab, which spaces the motifs 3.5 in (8.9 cm) apart.
Stitch-to-stitch tacking: Use matching yarn and sew through the back loops only, so the stitches don’t show from the front.
- Flower: tack the 12 o’clock st of Rnd 2 to ch 5 of its zone, and the 6 o’clock st of Rnd 2 to ch 11.
- Bell: tack the MR at the crown to ch 2, and the back wall of Rnd 7 to ch 9.
- Clover: tack the center to ch 8, and the base of the upper leaf’s tip to ch 3.
Tension: Tack the motifs snugly, but don’t pull the chain into a curve. Hang the strand and make sure it falls straight before you fasten off.
Tassel: Tie the tassel’s tie tails through the last chain and knot them securely.
Size checkpoint: Each strand should drop 17.75 in (45.1 cm) from the rope: 1.25 in (3.2 cm) tab + 14 in (35.6 cm) strand + 2.5 in (6.4 cm) tassel.
Final Blocking
- Before assembly, wet the flowers and clovers and pin them flat. Open each petal and leaf point, and let them dry completely.
- Lightly mist each bell and slip it over a form about 2 in (5.1 cm) wide, such as an egg or a small spice-jar lid. Pin each of the 8 scallops so it flares evenly.
- After assembly, hang the piece and lightly steam each strand from 1 in (2.5 cm) away. Don’t touch the iron to the yarn or the pearls.
- Comb the tassels straight with your fingers and trim any uneven strands to 2.5 in (6.4 cm).
- Let the hanging dry fully in place.
Final Quality-Control Checklist
- [ ] Each flower has 6 even petals and measures 2.5 in (6.4 cm) across.
- [ ] Each bell has 8 scallops and is 2 in (5.1 cm) tall.
- [ ] Each clover has 3 leaves with visible center veins and measures 2.25 in (5.7 cm) across.
- [ ] Each strand has 13 pearls and 84 ch, and measures 14 in (35.6 cm).
- [ ] The tabs are spaced 3 in (7.6 cm) apart.
- [ ] Every strand drops 17.75 in (45.1 cm).
- [ ] The layout matches the grid.
- [ ] All ends are woven in and none show from the front.
Troubleshooting
- The bell hem ruffles too much: your dc are too loose. Go down one hook size for Border Rnd 2.
- The bell won’t flare: check that Border Rnd 1 has 32 sts.
- The petals cup upward: your Rnd 2 is too tight. Work it a little looser, or block the flower flat with pins.
- The strand is too long: your chains are too loose. Measure the 15-ch zones and re-chain if they are longer than 2.5 in (6.4 cm).
- The pearls won’t thread: use a dental-floss threader, or switch to pearls with larger holes.
- The motifs tilt forward: add a second tack lower down on the motif.
- The strands twist: steam-block the strands while they hang.
Care
Spot clean with mild soap and cool water, and dry flat or hanging. Don’t machine wash, because the pearls and tassels can be damaged.
Final Notes
The measurements build on each other in a simple chain:
- Gauge (22 sc × 24 rnds = 4 in / 10.2 cm) sets the motif sizes: 2.5 in (6.4 cm) flowers, 2 in (5.1 cm) bells and 2.25 in (5.7 cm) clovers.
- The chain gauge (6 ch = 1 in / 2.5 cm) makes each 84-ch strand 14 in (35.6 cm) long, with three zones that are each 2.5 in (6.4 cm).
- Tab, strand and tassel together drop 17.75 in (45.1 cm).
- Five strands spaced 3 in (7.6 cm) apart on 18 in (45.7 cm) of rope complete the hanging.
If each checkpoint matches as you go, the finished piece will too. Happy crocheting!