Round Compact Cover

Round Compact Cover

Gift Shopping with Crochet

Book No. 191

The Spool Cotton Company

1942

MATERIALS:

CLARK'S O.N.T. "BRILLIANT," 1 ball for each compact cover.

Steel crochet hook No. 10.

Starting at center, ch 6. Join with sl st to form ring.

1st rnd: Ch 1, 10 sc in ring. Sl st in 1st sc made.

2nd rnd: Ch 4, 4 tr in same place as sl st, drop loop from hook, insert hook in 4th st of ch-4 and draw dropped loop through (pc st made) ; * ch 5, 5 tr in next sc, drop loop from hook, insert hook in ch preceding 1st tr of 5-tr group, and draw dropped loop through (another pc st made). Repeat from * around, ending with ch 4; sl st in tip of 1st pc st made.

3rd rnd; Sl st in next sp, ch 3, 4 dc in same sp; make 5 dc in each remaining sp around. Join with sl st in 3rd st of ch-3.

4th rnd: Picking up only the back loop of each dc, make dc in each st around, increasing as necessary to keep work flat. Join.

Repeat 4th rnd until piece measures 1/2 inch less than surface of compact.

Now work a rnd of pc sts as before, skipping 1 dc between pc sts and having ch 3 (instead of ch-5) between. Fasten off. Make another piece same as this.

Sew pieces together along outer edges with neat over-and-over sts, leaving an opening large enough for compact.