(Original design by Daphne Mah - 1999)
Materials used :
- Boye hook 7
- Minlon Family - white
(Size 10 Thread)
- Minlon Family - red (Size
10 Thread) - for flower
- Embroidery thread - Silver
- 4-Ply Metallic yarn -
gold (for 'ribbon')
- 1pc bead - gold (for flower
center)
- 1/4" width red satin ribbon
- 20"
- scented potpourri (wrapped
in scraps of cloth/netting material)
Instruction :
Sachet pouch : (Start with
white thread only)
Commence by winding thread
around index finger 2 times and remove from finger.
Rnd 1 : Ch 1, 11sc into
ring, sl st to 1st sc to join. (11sc)
Rnd 2 : Ch3, dc into same
st, 2dc into each st around, sl st to 3rd ch to join. (22sc)
Rnd 3 : Ch3, dc into same
st, 1dc into next st. Work (2dc into next st, 1dc into next sts)
around. Sl st to 3rd ch to join. (33 dc)
Rnd 4 : Ch3, dc into same
st, 1 dc each into next 2 sts. Work (2dc into next st, 1 dc each
into next 2 sts) around. Sl st to 3rd ch to join. (44 dc)
Rnd 5 : Ch4, sk 1 st, work
(1dc into next st, 1ch, sk 1 st) around. Sl st to 3rd ch to join.
Rnd 6 : Ch3, 1dc each into
next 43 sts. Sl st to 3rd ch to join.
Rnd 7 : Repeat round 5.
Rnd 8 : Repeat round 6.
Rnd 9 : Repeat round 5.
Fasten & break off yarn.
Begin next round using white
thread & silver thread together as 1 strand.
Join at point where last
fasten off with sl st.
Rnd 10 : Ch1, sc into same
st. 1sc each into next 3 sts. Ch2, sk 1 dc. Into next
dc,
work (2dc, 2ch, 2dc), ch2, *sk 1 dc, sc into next dc, 1sc each into
next 6st,
sk 1dc. Into next dc, work (2dc, 2ch, 2dc), ch2. Repeat
from * once.
Sk 1dc, sc into next dc, ch2, 1sc each into next 2 sts. Sl
st to 1st sc to join.
Rnd 11 : Ch1, sc into same
st. 1sc each into next 2sts. **Ch3, into 2ch-lp of shell,
work (2dc, 2ch, 2dc, 2ch, 2dc), ch3, sk 1sc, 1sc each into
next 5 sts.
Repeat from ** 2 more times. Work 1sc each into next 2sc instead
of 5 sts,
sl st to 1st sc to join.
Rnd 12 : Ch1, sc into same
st. 1sc into next st. ***Ch4, into first 2ch-lp, work (2dc,
2ch, 2dc),
ch1, sk 2dc. Into next 2ch-lp, work (2dc, 2ch, 2dc), ch4. Sk
1sc, 1sc each into next 3sc.
Repeat from *** 2 more times. (To end, work 1sc into
next st instead of 2sts,
sl st to 1st sc to join)
Rnd 13 : Ch5, ^into first
2ch-lp, work (2dc, 2ch, 2dc, 3ch), sk 2dc, sc into next sp.
Ch3, sk 2dc, into next 2ch-lp, work (2dc, 2ch, 2dc). Sk 1sc^.
dtc into next sc ^^.
Repeat from beginning of ^ to ^^, then from ^ to ^. Sl st to
5th ch to join.
Rnd 14 : Ch3, into center
2ch-lp of 1st shell, ^^^work (2dc, 2ch, 1dc, 3ch, sl st to 3rd ch from
hook,
1dc, 2ch, 2dc)^^^, sc into next sc. Into 2nd shell, work as
for 1st shell from ^^^ to ^^^,
dc into next dtc. Continue working the "shell into shell"
around. Sl st to 3rd ch to join.
Fasten & break off yarn. Weave in all loose ends.
Small red flower (with
red thread size 10)
Rnd 1 : Ch2, into 2nd ch
from hook, work 6sc. Sl st to 1st sc to join.
Rnd 2 : Ch3, 2dc-puff
st into same st, ch2, sl st to same st. Work (3ch, 2dc-puff st
into next st,
2ch, sl st into same st) 5 times. Fasten & break
off yarn. Weave in loose end.
With starting loose end
in center of flower, bring to front of flower through center.
Slip gold bead onto the
loose end and insert end of thread into center of flower to back.
Fasten off and attach to
center, above rnd 9 of sachet.
To make up :
Prepare the 'gold' bow by
using gold thread and work 60ch. Fasten off and clip off ends.
Insert wrapped potpourri
into sachet pouch. Loosely, weave in the 60ch 'gold' thread in and
out
between dcs in rnd 9
of sachet. Pull up ends to equal lengths. Make
a bow just directly under
the red flower.
Thread in the 20" red satin
ribbon behind the sachet and fasten off so that this end can be used
to hang sachet from
your car's rear-view mirror!!
Note :
2dc-puff
st :
(yo, insert hook in st,
yo, draw yarn through st, yo, draw yarn though 2 loops on hook) twice.
Yo, draw yarn through 3
loops on hook (puff stitch made)
dtc
(double treble crochet) :
Yo 3 times, insert hook
into st. Yo, draw yarn through st. *yo, draw yarn through 2
loops on hook.
Repeat from * 3 times (1
dtc made)