• Home
  • Latest Posts
  • Categories
    • Craft
    • Fashion + Beauty
    • Featured
    • Film + TV
    • Gadgetry
    • House + Home
    • Kids
    • Life Dorkage
    • Love + Sex
    • Opinion
You are here: Home / Craft / Free! Jolly Roger Skull and Crossbone crochet and knitting pattern

Free! Jolly Roger Skull and Crossbone crochet and knitting pattern

May 15, 2012 By Katie Lee

Free skull crochet pattern

A skull! Because we love you!

Your loving editor aims to please, which is why she (or “I” if you prefer the first person) made this pirate ship pattern for free.

It’s a very simple crochet (or knit!) skull and crossbones pirate flag pattern!

You can download the pattern here, or keep reading for the full info.

Download the free jolly roger crochet pattern.

Simply do rows of Double Crochet (US Single Crochet), turning at each end to work forwards and backwards. Each square represents one DC (US sc).

Materials

  • 2.5mm crochet hook (MM)
  • Black and Red Mercerised cotton, using two strands of cotton for each for extra thickness.

NB. You can use any yarn and any hook size you want to achieve your preferred look and feel!

How to make the Jolly Roger pattern

– Chain 27 to begin. DC (US sc) into second chain on hook and continue along. You should have 26 stitches in each row.

– Chain one to turn – this counts as your first DC (US sc). If you find this confusing, use a stitch marker.

– Carry the colour not being used across or through the back of the mat. However, remember to check which side you are on at the time or you’ll end up with wool at the front! Don’t worry about this too much, however, the messiness adds to the final gothic look.

– The pattern is slightly different to the mat in the photo – I thought the design needed a bit more bone on the bottom left side, and I also made the pattern square (not sure why I didn’t think of that when I was making it!)

To finish:
– Do a row of double crochet (US single crochet) in your chosen bone colour to finish it off. Do two dc (US sc) into each corner to turn.

– To add the extra long stitches, simply pull the yarn through a row or two rows below. Do this randomly through as and when required for full gothic effect!

 

Katie Lee

Dork Adore's Editor! Katie started out life as a tech journalist and blog obsessive, launching the UK's first and biggest blog publishing network, Shiny Media. Favourite dork things: knitting, crochet, Press Gang, Buffy, Battlestar, Doctor Who and lifehacks.

More Posts - Website

Follow Me:
TwitterFacebookLinkedInPinterestGoogle PlusStumbleUpon

Please share if you enjoyed this!

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google
  • Pinterest
  • Reddit
  • Tumblr

Related

Related Posts

  • Crochet Nyan Cat MemeFree crochet pattern: Nyan Cat Bookmark (hair band?)
  • Halloween on EtsyHalloween crafts with Etsy – A spooky round-up
  • Free Domo-kun amigurumi pattern
  • Where the Wild Things Are amigurumi crochet patterns

Filed Under: Craft, Featured Tagged With: Crochet, Crochet Patterns, Free Patterns, Jolly Roger, Knitting Patterns, Pirate, Skull

Hey there, dork

You're a nerd, we're all nerds, let's make something beautiful happen. Sign up for our newsletter. We promise not to use your details inappropriately.

Yes, I need more email!

Trackbacks

  1. Sarah & Duck Patterns – Free Knitting and Crochet round up | Dork Adore says:
    October 23, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    […] pattern which is pretty impressive. My first pattern was something a little more… well… it was a mat. But we can’t all be brilliant crochet artists. Luckily, the ones that are often share their […]

Welcome to the Dorkside!

About Us
We are a group of geeks with interests that range from crafting to the latest lifehacks. If you can be geeky about something, we're probably covering it! Here are some of our most popular current obsessions:

Doctor Who :: The Walking Dead :: Craft Patterns :: Fifty Shades of Grey :: Apple :: Game of Thrones :: TV Reviews

Recent Comments

  • Lillian on Here are 10 Things I Hate About the Gilmore Girls
  • Lillian on Here are 10 Things I Hate About the Gilmore Girls
  • Brittney muns on Here are 10 Things I Hate About the Gilmore Girls

Recent Posts

  • Edifier Prisma Bluetooth Speaker with ‘Storm-trooper’ styling
  • Gtech AirRam Mk2: Our new favourite battery-powered vacuum cleaner
  • These are my 10 Commandments for Email. What are yours?
  • Are you brave enough for a Personal Barber shaving box?
  • What parenting gadgets are actually worth getting?
  • Doctor Who LEGO is upon us! Get it before it sells out!

Most Popular Reads

  • Doctor Who hits his stride in Time Heist caper
  • This is only going to make my Netflix problem worse
  • Peppa Pig knitting and crochet patterns! Update: And Sewing!
  • Here are 10 Things I Hate About the Gilmore Girls

Dork Adore

  • Advertising
  • Dork Adore Writers
  • Contact Dork Adore
  • Discount Codes
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Competition Terms and Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Writing for Dork Adore
  • Latest Posts

Categories

  • Craft
  • Fashion + Beauty
  • Featured
  • Film + TV
  • Gadgetry
  • House + Home
  • Kids
  • Life Dorkage
  • Love + Sex
  • Opinion

Follow Dork Adore On

RSS
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest

Miramus Ltd © 2014 · All Rights Reserved