Meet one of our featured makers: Isabelle Fahy from Izzy’s Notes and Knots! You may have come across her via her treble clef pattern, and she is back to share her bass clef pattern. Let’s give her a warm welcome back! We’re excited she’s here.

This bass clef is super easy and can be made in just 10 minutes! All it takes is three parts sewn together.

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Meet Isabelle!

Isabelle is a professional violinist and violin teacher from Ireland who now lives in Germany. Music is her passion and has been part of her entire life; she has received multiple awards, been a part of many classical performances, and has founded the International Music School, Munich (IMS).

She began her crochet journey in 2018, starting with amigurumi. Finding immense joy in gifting her creations to friends and family, crochet quickly became one of her favorite hobbies to express herself outside of her musical pursuits.

As she gained experience, she decided to expand her skills and design her own patterns. In the beginning, she only crocheted her designs as gifts for her students as prizes for achieving goals or celebrating the end of a successful concert.

Her students loved her unique, handmade gifts so much! Isabelle wanted to share that joy with others, so she decided to write down her patterns so others could access them as well.

If you hop on over to her Etsy shop, you will find a variety of small, easy patterns inspired by her passion for music. Not only does she have three types of clefs, but she also has different types of notes and rests.

She finds immense joy in combining her passion for music with her love of crochet. She plans to expand her musical patterns so more people can delight in handmade items!

Bass Clef Pattern

© 2024 Isabelle Fahy – All rights reserved.

Do not copy, edit, redistribute, or sell this pattern. You are welcome to sell finished products with your own photos in small quantities, but if you do so please give pattern credit to Isabelle Fahy. Thank you and enjoy!

If you would like to show your support for Isabelle, you can purchase an ad-free PDF complete with step-by-step photo instructions for the tricky parts on her Etsy.

Abbreviations (US)

• Sc: Single crochet
• Hdc: Half double crochet
• Dc: Double crochet
• Ch: Chain
• Sl st: Slip stitch
• Inc: Increase
• Dec: Decrease
• R: Round
• Sts: Stitches
• (…) x: Repeat stitches within parentheses … times

Tools and Materials

• 2.5 mm crochet hook
• tapestry needle and scissors
• pins
• rainbow cotton 8/4, colour of choice (note: you can do these with any sort of yarn type, but cotton will grant you crisper stitches!)

Final Size: 8cm

Technical Notes

1. To crochet along chain, push crochet hook through one loop of each stitch on the chain.
2. If you wish to use these for music lessons or for keychains, you may want to soak them in laundry starch to stiffen up the wool.

Instructions

Circular Parts (make 3)

• R1: sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
• Sl st into first stitch to join round
• Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing on two circles
• Sew in all ends on one circle; sew in thread from magic ring on the other two, leaving the tail for sewing onto the bass clef.

Stem (make 1)

• Ch 39, turn
• Starting from 2nd ch from hook:
• Sl st 6
• Sl st inc
• Sc 6
• Sc inc
• Hdc 2
• Dc 2
• Dc inc
• Dc 3
• Hdc inc
• Sc 3
• Sc inc
• Sc 2
• In same stitch: Sc, sl st
• Sl st 2
• Sl st inc
• Sl st 2
• Sl st inc
• Sl st
• Sl st inc
• Do not fasten off

Attaching to circular part of bass clef

• To attach circle with all ends sewn in, push through first stitch in round (where the sl st to join was placed), sc to attach
• Rd 2: Sc in same stitch, sc inc x 5 (12 sts)
• Fasten off, leaving a tail for sewing

Finishing off

Using tapestry needle, push through the 3rd loop, on bass clef stem, counting from the join to the circle, from front to back.

Sew a couple of stitches to close up the gap between circle and stem.

Arrange the bass clef flat on a table and pin on the crocheted dots, sew on using a couple of stitches and sew in all ends.

The Bass Clef is all done! I hope you enjoyed crocheting it and found the pattern helpful. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out to me via email at isabellefahyviolin@gmail.com. Happy crocheting! ♥