Thursday, February 8, 2018

Tea Roses & Ivory The Tissue Cover


Tea Roses & Ivory @1999 by N Banks
The Tissue Cover

  

Peaches & Crème By Elmore-Pisgah, Inc.
4 ½ balls Ivory        #7
1 ½ balls Tearose    #42
1 ball Light Green   #55
G Hook

Please Note: the yarn above stated is for the complete set. You can use Red Heart Worsted weight in place of the cotton yarn.
Stitches used:  single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet

For Tissue Cover: 

Rw 1   With Ivory, ch 30, 1sc in 2nd from hook and in each ch across, turn.

Rw 2   ch 1, 1 sc in each sc across row, turn. (29sc)

Rw 3-8 ch 1, 1 sc in each sc across row, turn. After row 8, fasten off.

Rw 9  Reattach Ivory to other side of beg ch 30, ch 1, sc in next 7 ch, ch 15, skip 15, sc in next 7, turn.

Rw 10  ch 1, sc across row, turn. (29sc)

Rw  11  ch 1,  sc across rest of row. Turn.

Rw 12-17: ch 1, sc across row, turn. After row 17, do not turn.

Rd 18: ch 1, 1 sc in same place. Sc down side evenly (17sc, including ch 1), * 2 sc in corner stitch, sc in next 27 sc, * 2 sc in corner stitch,  16 sc down side evenly, repeat from * to *, end 1 sc in corner, join with s/s. (94 sc).

Rd 19: ch 1, working in back loops this row only, sc in same place, and in each sc around, join.

Rd 20  ch 2, yo, insert hook in same place, yo, draw up a lp, yo, insert hook in next sc,  yo, draw up a lp, yo, draw through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1, * yo, insert hook in next sc, yo, draw up a lp, yo, insert hook in next sc, draw up a lp, yo, draw through all 5 lps on hook, ch 1 * on hook, repeat from * to * , join.

Rd 21 ch 1, 1 sc in top of each stitch and in each ch 1, join with s/s.

Rd 22, 24, 26, 28, repeat round 20.

Rd 23, 25, 27, 29, repeat round 21, fasten off after round 29.

The Tea Rose

Rd 1 with Tearose, ch 6 to form ring, ch 1, 10 sc in ring.

Rd 2   * ch 3, sc in next sc, repeat from * around, join with s/s.

Rd 3  s/s to first ch 3 space, work * 1hdc, 2 dc, 1hdc in ch 3 sp, repeat from * around, join with s/s to first sc of round 2.

Rd 4 working with sc of rd 2, * ch 3, sc around next sc of row 2, repeat from * , join  with s/s to first ch3.

Rd 5 s/s to first ch 3 of rd 4, work 1hdc, 2 dc, 2 tb, 2dc, 1hdc in each ch 3 sp, join with s/s to first sc of rd 4.

Rd 6 working with sc of round 4, * ch 4, sc around next sc, repeat from *, join and fasten off tearose.

Rd 7  Attach Light green to any ch 4 space, work 1hdc, 2dc, 3tb, 2dc, 1hdc in each ch4 sp around, join with s/s, fasten off. Sew to one corner of top of tissue box.

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