Thursday, January 31, 2008

Pineapple Spoon Rest



Materials
#10 thread of choice for Bookmark
#5 or #7 steel hook
~ or ~
Sugar & Cream Crochet Cotton of choice for Spoon Rest -
Size E hook

Gauge -

Spoon Rest - 11 1/2 inches
Bookmark - 6 1/2 inches without tassle

Special Stitches
Shell (2dc, ch2, 2dc) in ch2 sp
Side Shell - sl st into ch2 sp, (ch3, dc, ch2, 2dc) in ch2 sp
4dc cl w/ picot- ch2, holding last loop on hook to create cluster: dc in ch2sp, 2dc in next ch2sp, draw thru all 4 loops, ch3Picot - ch3, sl st into top of cluster.


Instructions

ch5, sl st to form loop
Rnd 1 - ch3 counts as 1st dc now and throughout. (2dc, ch2) 4times, (2dc, ch4), (2dc, ch2) twice
or - (2dc, ch2) 7times - without hanging loop
sl st into top of ch3

Row 2 - side shell, ch2, shell in shell
Row 3 - side shell, ch1, dc in ch2sp, ch1, shell in shell
Row 4 - 12 or as many rows as needed for length - side shell, ch1, dc in next dc, ch1, shell in shell
Row 13 - side shell, (dc, ch6, dc) in next dc, shell in shell
Row 14 - side shell, ch1, 8dc in ch6 sp, ch1, shell in shell
Row 15 - side shell, ch1, (dc, ch1) in the next 8dc's, shell in shell
Row 16 - side shell, ch1, sc in ch1 sp, (ch3, sc in ch1sp) 6times, ch1, shell in shell [6 ch3 sp's]
Row 17 - side shell, ch2, sc in ch1 sp, (ch3, sc in ch1sp) across, ch1, shell in shell [5 ch3sps]
Row 18 - Repeat Row 17 [4 ch3sp's]
Row 19 - Repeat Row 17 [3 ch3sp's]
Row 20 - Repeat Row 17 [2 ch3sp's]
Row 21 - Repeat Row 17 [1 ch3sp]
Row 22 -
side shell, ch2, sc in ch3 sp, ch2, shell in shell
Row 23 - side shell, shell in shell
Row 24 - sl st into ch2sp, 4dc cl w/ picot

Tie off. Weave in ends. Block.

Bookmark Tassle
- cut 9 strands 9 inches long. Fold in half and pull thru for tassle.

1 comment:

  1. How pretty! I love the idea of a spoon rest with sugar and cream. Pineapples are such a beautiful, lacy motif.
    Glad to see you back blogging. Love the hangman game, by the way.

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