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February 15, 2004
crochet desk box
I've been planning to make the crochet kitchen string boxes from Erika Knight's Simple Crochet (see my review) to hold my mail. I got a couple of balls of Ace cotton Wrapping Twine ($3/510 feet!) at the hardware store, and I already had a trusty H hook. I also got some pretty wool for the edging in the sale bin at the LYS the other day. Before jumping into the big one for the mail, I thought I'd make a test one to hold my keys. All you do is make 5 panels in single crochet, 4 for the sides and then a bottom to fit. Stitch them together along the edges. Finally, add a single crochet edging around the top, one row in the twine and another row in a decorative yarn. I think the smaller ones are a bit harder to shape since all the little rectangles are a bit mishapen, but I'm pretty happy with it. If I make another little one, I'll make it round, but now it's full speed ahead on the mailbox.
Posted under Crochet at February 15, 2004 11:52 PM
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gracias
Posted by: olgui at February 2, 2005 01:18 PM