*If you have any questions, or need help with this pattern, feel free to contact me. I will be more than happy to help you!

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1 This pattern is copyrighted to Rebeckah Ferger of It is for personal use only. No part of this pattern may be copied or distributed in any way. If you sell what you make from this pattern, please credit me as the designer. All rights reserved, This pattern is a guideline for making all sorts of stylish veils for fashion dolls like Barbie. It includes instructions for re-creating the veils pictured above, plus how to design your own in all 8 of the different veil lengths (cage, shoulder, elbow, wrist, fingertip, intermission, chapel and cathedral), how to assemble them, and several crochet edgings or trims that you can use on your veils. You ll Need: crochet cotton thread size (I prefer using #10 or #20 threads, but it all depends on how fine and dainty you want your trim to be) 0.6mm-1.05mm hook tulle (with the holes 1mm squared) - with 1 yard (about 1m), I was able to make all 10 veils, and 4 swatches with tulle to spare safety pins *optional tapestry yarn needle ruler/measuring tape & scissors a headpiece or flower (for cage veils) the veil s base 0.5mm jewelry copper wire + wire cutters (for cage veils only) nylon sewing thread (if using a beaded headpiece) sewing needle (for threading on beads, or using with nylon thread, and/or for sewing on appliques) 2mm seed beads *optional Abbreviations: ~US Terminology Is Used~ ch chain dc double crochet st(s) stitch(es) yo yarn over sl st slip stitch RS right side sp space f/o fasten off sc single crochet WS wrong side sk skip shell double V picot floral picot dc 5 into the same st (dc 2, ch 1, dc 2) into the same st ch 3, then insert your hook into the v of last sc and down the front of that st, yo, pull all the way though. see 1st example in this video tutorial by Moogly just like the picot, only you will do the picot 3 times into the same st *If you have any questions, or need help with this pattern, feel free to contact me. I will be more than happy to help you! Visit my blog post about this design and see more in the crochet wedding accessories series here: Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

2 Pattern Notes & Choices: Before you can actually get started on your veil, there are are few things you need to do first: 1. Pick your Veil Length, how many Tiers you would like it to have, and whether you will have a straight or curved edging 2. Pick the Headpiece (for all veil lengths minus the cage) or Flower (for cage veil only) you will use as your Veil Base 3. Pick the Edging or Trim you would like to use on your Veil either from one below or your own choosing 4. Decide whether or not you will use any embellishments like the floral appliques here. (Can do this later) Veil Lengths & Tier Notes: There are 8 veil lengths, and from shortest to longest, they are called Cage, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, Fingertip, Intermission, Chapel and Cathedral. Several are named in accordance to what part of the body they reach. Each can have as many tiers as you like, though I recommend 1-3 tiers. Depending on how dramatic or simple you would like your veil to be, I recommend a width of at least 5 to a max of 15 (12.5 cm - 38 cm). Though for most of the examples below I used a width of 6 or 12 (15 cm - 30 cm). If you will only do 1 tier, it is best to stick to the shorter widths. If you do 2 or more tiers, you can make them wider. See each of the veil length below for recommended lengths and how to make each one pictured. Cage Veil Notes & Instructions: A cage veil covers just a part of the head or face. Length: 2 (5 cm) for the doubled up shorter cage veil (pictured to the left) and the regular cage veil (pictured to the bottom left), or 4 (10 cm) if doing the longer cage veil doubled up (pictured to the bottom right). Width: (12.5 cm cm) 1. Cut tulle. 2. With scrap yarn (same as the one you used to make the statement flower) and a yarn needle, weave the yarn though one of the width sides of the piece. Then crossover to the starting side and weave the yarn down that side. Put tail from the first corner into the needle and repeat to the opposite side. You should now have the top long side and the two shorted sides weaved. 3. Pull tight on both ends and tie a knot to fasten it closed. (You will use the tails to attach flower soon...) 4. Take jewelry wire and cut it to about 1 (2 or 3 cm). Fold it in half and insert into center of statement flower and into the tulle where you tightened it. 5. Sew flower into place, making sure to sew in between the 2 prongs of the wire too. Tie a knot and weave tails into the flower a few times. 6. Trim ends of wire (if need be), so that they are even and and each prong is no longer than 0.5 (1 cm). The first cage veil above, uses the 15 Picot Flower and the doubled up short veil lengths. The next cage veil to the bottom left, uses the Double Rnd 2-5 Picot Flower and the regular veil length. The last cage veil to the bottom right, uses the Double Rnd 2-5 Petal Flower and the doubled up long veil length. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

3 Have fun experimenting with different sizes and flowers! Shoulder Veil Notes: A shoulder veil goes only as far as the shoulders. Length: 3.5 (9 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-2 (2 tiers pictured to the left) For this shoulder veil pictured: Straight Corners Cut a piece of tulle to 6 x 6 (15 cm x 15 cm). Length = 3.5 (shoulder tier) (top tier) (9 cm + 6 cm) Width = 6 (15 cm) Crochet Edging = Floral Picot - Variation: omit the picots Headpiece = Beaded Headband Top of veil is gathered to 1.25 (3 cm) and is sewn next to 9 of the 36 beads, or over 1/4 of the headpiece. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

4 Elbow Veil Notes: An elbow veil goes only as far as the elbows. Length: 4.5 (11.5 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-2 (2 tiers pictured to the left) For this elbow veil pictured: Straight Corners Cotton Thread #60 and a 0.6mm hook were used. Cut a piece of tulle to 9.25 x 6 (23.5 cm x 15 cm). Length = 4.75 (elbow tier) (top tier) (12 cm cm) Width = 6 (15 cm) Crochet Edging = Picot - Variation: none Headpiece = Renaissance Tiara Top of veil is gathered all the way, and is sewn to the center peak of the tiara. Wrist Veil Notes: A wrist veil goes only as far as the wrists. Length: 6 (15 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-2 (2 tiers pictured to the left) For this wrist veil pictured: Straight Corners Cut a piece of tulle to 12 x 12 (30 cm x 30 cm). Length = 6 (wrist tier) + 6 (top tier) (15 cm + 15 cm) Width = 12 (30 cm) Crochet Edging = Shell - Variation: one 2mm seed bead for each sc apart from the first and last sc of each tier (about 80 beads are needed) Headpiece = Royal Tiara Top of veil is gathered to 2.25 (5.5 cm) and is sewn next to 18 beads, or over about half of the center back portion of the tiara. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

5 Fingertip Veil Notes: A fingertip veil goes only as far as the fingertips. Length: 7.5 (19 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-2 (1 tier pictured to the left) For this fingertip veil pictured: Curved Corners Cut a piece of tulle to 7.5 x 6 (19 cm x 15 cm). Length = 7.5 (19 cm) Width = 6 (15 cm) Crochet Edging = Chains - Variation: add a picot before chs Headpiece = Crochet Picot Tiara 2 Top of veil is gathered all the way. Sew veil over all 5 peaks of the tiara - you ll need to sew parts of the side of the veil to get the right length. Intermission Veil Notes: An intermission veil goes to the knee approximately. Length: 9 (23 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-2 (2 tiers pictured to the left) For this pictured intermission veil: Straight Corners Cut a piece of tulle to 18 x 6 (46 cm x 15 cm). Length = 9 (intermission tier) + 9 (top tier) ( cm) Width = 6 (15 cm) Crochet Edging = Chains - Variation: none Headpiece = Crochet Headband Top of veil is gathered to 0.5 (1 cm) and is sewn over the back 5 stitches of the headband. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

6 Chapel Veil Notes: A chapel veil reaches the heels or just passed them. Length: 13 (33 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-3 (1 tier pictured to the left) For this chapel veil pictured: Curved Corners Cut a piece of tulle to 13 x 6 (33 cm x 15 cm). Length = 13 (33 cm) Width = 6 (15 cm) Crochet Edging = Shell - Variation: switch shells to double V sts. Start and end with 4 sc sts. Headpiece = Crochet Double-V & Shell Tiara Top of veil is gathered to 0.5 (1 cm) and is sewn over the front 5 stitches of the tiara. Cathedral Veil Notes: A cathedral veil extends way passed the heels. Length: (38-45 cm) (pictured to the left) Tiers: 1-3 (3 tiers pictured to the left) Headpiece = Regal Tiara For this cathedral veil pictured: Curved Corners Cut a piece of tulle to 6 x 12 (15 cm x 30 cm), and another to 6 x 12 (15 cm x 30 cm). Length 1 = 18 (cathedral tier) + 7 (top tier) ( cm) Length 2 = 9 (middle tier) (23 cm) Width = 12 (30 cm) Crochet Edging = Floral Picot - Variation: switch picots to ch 1 picots with a 2mm seed bead (approximately 120 beads) start & end with 7 sc before doing the first & last floral picots per tier, and do 3 sc between each floral picot and picot. Top of veil is gathered to 1.25 (3 cm) and is sewn next to the front portion of the tiara from peak 1 to peak various floral appliques are used, and a few of them have beads sewn to the center of the flower as I sewed them to the veil. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

7 Crochet Edges & Trims: Below, there are 4 crochet edgings, each with several variations, that you can choose from to crochet the around the edge of your veils. You can crochet with beads for each variation too (thread beads before crocheting). Choose from one of these, invent your own, or use your favourite edging (edging should have 1 rnd only). Note: you may like to do several sc before starting the edgings to keep it smaller at the base (around the crown) of the veils. The hook and yarn sizes are pretty flexible. You can use any cotton thread between sizes 10 and 60, and any hook size between 0.6mm and 1.05mm. Personally, I prefer using thread #10 with a 1.05mm hook, but use whichever sizes you prefer. Take a small swatch of tulle and test your edging on it to see how it will look and how many tulle squares you need to skip (if any) in order to keep the edge straight. (In the swatches below, I have done one side with thread # mm hook, one corner with thread # mm hook, and the last corner with thread # mm hook) If you use the smallest thread size #60, then EACH tulle square is equivalent to ONE stitch space. This means that if you were to do a single crochet edging around the whole piece, you would do one single crochet stitch in every tulle square around the boarder. If you use the largest thread size #10, then TWO tulle squares are equivalent to ONE stitch space. This means that if you were to do a single crochet edging around the whole piece, you would do one single crochet stitch in every other tulle square around the boarder. In other words, single crochet in one tulle square and skip the next. If you use any thread size in between those two like #20, then every 1-2 tulle squares is equivalent to ONE stitch space (smaller hooks: EACH tulle square = ONE stitch space AND larger hooks: TWO tulle squares = ONE stitch space). Chains Edging Instructions: Picot Edging Instructions: sc, ch 3, sk 1-3 tulle squares (1 for #60, 3 for #10, and 2 for any in between), repeat around, end with a sc, weave in all ends. For straight edge veils, sc, ch 3, sc into same sp to create a pretty corner. Variations: add a bead to every 2nd ch; OR add a picot before every ch 3 (pictured in the fingertip veil); OR do fewer or more chs. sc 3, picot (same tulle sk as above), repeat around, end with sc 3, weave in all ends. The picot or the first 2 sc sts should go in the corners of straight veils. Variations: add a bead to every 2nd ch of the picot; OR add a bead to every 2nd sc; OR do fewer or more chs for the picots; OR do fewer or more sc between the picots. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

8 Floral Picot Edging Instructions: Shells Edging Instructions: sc 2, floral picot, sc 2, picot (same tulle sk as above), repeat around, end with sc 2, weave in all ends. The picot, floral picot, or 2 sc should go in the corners of straight veils. Variations: add a bead to every 2nd ch of the picot; OR add a bead to every 1st sc; OR do fewer or more chs for the picots (1 ch picots with beads are pictured in the cathedral veil); OR do more sc between the picots and floral picots; OR skip the picots entirely and just do the floral picots. sc, sk 1-3 tulle squares, shell (1 for #60, 3 for #10, and 2 for any in between), repeat around and end with a sc, weave in all ends. The shell or sc should go in the corners of straight veils. Variations: add a bead to every sc; OR switch the shell sts to double V sts instead; OR with the double V sts variation, add a bead to the ch 1. Getting Started & Veil Instructions: Once you have got the general idea for how you want to make your veil, here is the gist of what you ll do for all the veils minus the cage veil: 1. Cut the tulle to the appropriate size. You ll want to make sure you are cutting the tulle straight and in line with the tulle squares. Use the little tulle squares as a guide. For 1 Tier, cut it to the recommended length x width of your choosing. For 2 Tiers, cut it as one piece adding both recommended lengths together x width of your choosing. For 3 Tiers, cut the first and last tiers as one piece like for 2 Tiers, and the middle tier like for 1 Tier. 2. Mark the vertical center of the tulle with some scrap cotton thread and yarn needle. This will help to keep the veil centered, which will help when fastening to the headpiece and crocheting the trim around the edge of the veil. Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

9 3. Mark the top horizontal line of the tulle with some scrap cotton thread and yarn needle. If length is longer for 2 tiers, you ll mark the dividing line between them. 4. Mark the perimeter where you would like your crochet edging to go with some scrap cotton thread and yarn needle. You ll want to start at the bottom center of each tier and work your way evenly to either side. You ll also need to leave at least 3 tulle squares around the boarder as a sort of seam allowance. Depending on the crochet edging, hook and yarn size you ve chosen, I recommend you skip a certain number of squares and just mark where the signature part of the design will go (see crochet edgings for more details). You could omit this step, but it is easier to make the crochet edging even and precise when you do this. Extra Step for Curved Edges... Cut the excess tulle away leaving the recommended seam allowance. Extra Step for 3 Tiers... Line up the top horizontal line of the middle tier to the dividing line of the first and last tiers so that the top 2 tiers are to the one side and the longer bottom tier is to the other. You ll need to retrace the horizontal line with a scrap cotton thread (for crochet headpieces) or nylon thread (for beaded crochet pieces), so that you are sewing them together. 5. Sew veil onto headpiece. Use the scrap cotton thread (should match the headpiece colour) that you used to mark the top horizontal line to sew onto a crochet headpiece, OR re-trace the horizontal line with a sewing needle and nylon thread (making sure you fastened it to the one side first so it is like you are sewing a straight stitch), gather thread until it is as long as it needs to be for where you will attach it to the headpiece and fasten tight on other end before sewing it onto a beaded headpiece. 6. Crochet the Trim. With RS facing you, and starting on the top left side, crochet around the edge of your tier with your chosen trim right into the places you marked. If doing more that 1 tier, always start with the longest or bottom tier, work you way around to the top tier, sl st join to first stitch, ch 1 - fasten off here if doing 2 tiers, or continue to work your way around the middle tier, sl st joining to the last stitch of the bottom tier, ch 1, fasten off, weave in all ends. 7. Add any embellishments. Make sure to fasten off with a tail long enough to sew each applique to the veil. The following group of 6 pictures is the WIP of the Intermission Veil. Because I used a very simple edging, I didn t bother marking all the way around the perimeter of the veil, nor did I mark the vertical center. You can use these WIP Pics and the following on the next page as a general guide to making your veils... Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern

10 The following group of 7 pictures is the WIP of the Cathedral Veil. I show you this one, so that you may see how to make curved corners, how to make a 3 tier veil and how to mark the tulle completely. *Just zoom in to see the photos clearly and bigger. Visit my blog post about this design and see more in the crochet wedding accessories series here: Rebeckah s Treasures Wedding Accessories Veils Crochet Pattern