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PLASTIC BOX CROCHETED COVERFINISHED SIZE• Cut plastic container:

7.1”x 7.1”x10.6”/18x18x27 cm (width x height x depth)

• Cover: 32.3”x 4.5”/82 x 11.5 cm (circumference x height)

GAUGE17 sts x 19 rows= 4”/ 10 cm

MATERIALS• Two 80 gr. skeins of 2 mm

macrame cord en LILAC• 00 (US) steel crochet hook • One 2.8”x 2.8”/ 7 x 7 cm

cardboard piece• One stitch marker

ABBREVIATIONS• sts: stitches• ch: chain• R: row• ss: slip stitch• sc: single crochet

STITCHES• Slip stitch:

Insert the hook in the next st, yarn over, draw through the st and through the loop on the hook.

2 mm macrame cordFinished cover

Steps for slip stitch

Steps for single crochet

• Single crochet (UK: double crochet): Insert hook in the next st, yarn over and draw through the st, yarn over and draw through the two loops on the hook.

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4 5 63

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COVER Crocheted in the round, starting from lower edge. Ch 140 and ss in the 1st ch without twisting the work.

R20-22: Sc 140.R23: Sc 140, ss in the 1st st of this row.Fasten off.

FINISHINGSeal and weave in all ends.

Place the cover on the box.

Write the contents just in the middle of the cardboard and hold it between the two upper openings of the cover. This tag can be replaced as many times as you wish.

R1: Ch1, sc 140 (you will only ch 1 in this row). Place the marker in the 1st st of this row and continue to relocate this marker in the 1st st of the following rows.

Ch140, ss in the 1st ch

Ss made in the 1st ch without twisting the work

Ch 1 in R1 only

R1, Ch 140 starting from 1st ch

Finished cover, folded in half

Cut plastic box

R2-4: Sc 140.R5: Sc 63, ch 18, skip 14 sts of last row, sc 63= 144 sts.R6 and 7: Sc 144.R8: Sc 63, ch 14, skip 18 sts of last row, sc 63= 140 sts.R9-11: Sc 140.R12: Sc 63, ch 14, skip 14 stsof last row, sc 63= 140 sts.R13-18: Sc 140.R19: Repeat row 12

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