Let’s all give a warm welcome to Little World of Whimsy’s very first featured maker: Isabelle Fahy of Izzy’s Notes And Knots! As many of our patterns are influenced by classical music, it seems fitting that our first featured pattern are music clefs!

This treble clef pattern is incredibly simple and low-sew. Everything is crocheted together as one piece, and the only time you will need to sew is at the end to tie it all together.

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Meet Isabelle!

Isabelle is an accomplished musician, conductor, violinist, performer, and teacher from Sligo, Ireland who now resides in Munich, Germany. She graduated with a first class honors degree in 2011 from the Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin and was awarded the Nuala Levins trophy for the highest mark in her major of pedagogy.

She is a passionate teacher and conductor, having freelanced in different classroom contexts; teaches individual lessons for violin, cello, music theory, and Kindermusik; and conducts student orchestras.

After moving to Germany in 2014, Isabelle expanded her music teaching career. In 2016, she received the Qualitätszertifikat zum Musikunterricht (quality certificate for music lessons). In 2017, she and a colleague founded International Music School, Munich (IMS) and have been running the music school together since.

She is also a member of the Symphonisches Ensemble München. As well as playing classical music, she enjoys experimenting with other musical genres such as Irish folk music, Mexican folk music, and pop music.

In addition to her music, she enjoys crochet, cozy evenings, drinking tea, hiking, and yoga. She began her crochet journey in 2018 by learning how to crochet amigurumi, finding joy in creating intricate creatures and gifting them to her friends and family.

As she gained experience, she decided to create her own patterns. At first, she focused on making small musical gifts for her students as prizes for achieving goals or celebrating a successful concert.

Seeing her student’s joy and appreciation for her unique, handmade items, Isabelle began to write down her patterns to share them with a wider audience so she could help delight others.

As you can find in her Etsy story, Izzy’s Notes and Knots, she offers a variety of small musical patterns, as well as some violin practice sheets and games.

In her own words:

“I find immense joy in combining my passion for music with my love of crochet. My goal is to continue expanding my musical crochet repertoire in the coming years. The process of trying out new ideas, unravelling mistakes, and starting again is both challenging and rewarding. It allows me to stay creative and continually improve my skills. I am excited to see where this creative journey will take me next.”

Treble 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 on her Etsy.

Abbreviations (US)

• Sc: Single crochet
• Hdc: Half 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: 9.5cm

Technical Notes

1. The start of the project is worked in continuous spiral rounds.
2. To crochet along chain, push crochet hook through one loop of each stitch on the chain.
3. 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

• R1: sc 6 in magic ring (6 sts)
• R2: inc x 6 (12 sts)
• R3: Ch 94, turn
  • Working from 2nd ch from hook:
  • Sl st
  • (Sl st 2 stitches together) x 9
  • (Sl st, sl st 2 stitches together) x 2
  • (Sc, sc 2 stitches together) x 5
  • (Hdc, hdc 2 stitches together) x 3
  • (Hdc 4, hdc inc) x 2
  • Hdc 5 in same stitch
  • (Sc inc) x 2
  • Sc 4
  • Sl st 19
  • (Sl st 2 stitches together) x 4
  • Sl st in same stitch on circle where the last stitch was placed, prior to starting the chain, fasten off
• Using a tapestry needle, push through the next stitch on a circle from front to back. Then push through the 2nd stitch on the treble clef’s stem, counting from the join to the circle, from back to front. Finally, push through the same stitch on the circle from front to back and sew in ends.

Finishing off

Arrange the treble clef flat on a table (the treble clef stem to the back of the spiral section should be relatively straight). Pin the sections to be sewn together and sew each part to fasten, using one or two stitches.

The Treble 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! ♥