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Corn Cob Flatware and Napkin Holder

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  Materials Needed: Size H crochet hook 1 ½ oz. Sugar'n Cream #4  cotton yarn - Soleil Ombre shown Abbreviations (US):  st-stitch  sl st-slip stitch  sc-single crochet  dec-decrease (2 sc together)  inc-increase (2 sc in the same st)  Puff-Puff stitch, see below.  Special Stitch Puff St- Insert hook in the st indicated, yarn over, insert hook into stitch, yarn over, draw loop back through stitch, yarn over pull through 2 loops then STOP. You will have a half completed dc hanging from your hook. Repeat the steps 4 more times until you have 5 half completed dc stitches hanging from your hook and 6 loops ON your hook. Corn Cob All rows until and including row 30 are finished with a sl st in the first st, turn, chain one and crochet back  in the opposite direction. The bobbles are always made from the wrong side.  Rnd 1.  Make a magic ring. Ch 1 and make 6 sc in the ring. Join to the 1st st  made with a sl st. Ch 1 and turn. (6 sc made.) Rnd 2. Make 2 sc in each st around. Join, ch 1

Any Size Pumpkin Bowl Holder

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  Any Size Pumpkin Bowl Hot Pad Gauge: 13 sc and 14 rows = 4" Measure your Bowl Turn your bowl upside down and Measure the distance between the center of the bowl and the lip. Mine measures 4". I know from the Gauge above that 13 sts = 4" so I will ch a few extra. (1 for the starting ch and 1 more just because 😀.) If your bowl for example is 10" tall, I would multiply 13 sts x 10" for 130 chs.  Row 1. Ch 15, Starting in the 2nd ch from the hook, and working in blo for all stitches, sl st in the next 2 chs. Sc in each of the next 4 chs. Make  8 (or any Number here - X) hdc in each of the last 8, X chs. Ch 1 and turn. (14, X ) Row 2. Note: The turning ch 1 does not count as a st. Hdc in the blo of the next 8, X sts. . Sc in each of the next 4 sts. Sl st in each of the last 2 sts. Turn. (14, X   sts) Row 3. Sl st in the next 2 sts. Sc in each of the next 4 chs. Make  8, X hdc in each of the last 8, X   sts. Ch 1 and turn. (14, X   sts) Row 4. Hdc in the bl