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Décor
Aran 5mm
★★ Intermediate
Yarn used
Lily Sugar’n Cream
3 balls in teal (01133)
About the yarn
Aran; 109m per 70.9g ball;
100% cotton
Tension
13 sts x 14 rows =
10cm measured over dc
19 sts x 12 rows =
10cm measured over patt
Diamond section
Hook used
5mm or size needed to
obtain gauge
Other supplies
stitch marker
29x26cm plant pot
elastic thread
sewing needle
Sizing
Approximately 29cm diameter and 21cm
high, excluding fringe
Start crocheting
Cosy is worked in one piece starting
with Diamond Pattern Section worked
from side to side. Next, Diamond Pattern
Section is seamed and top and bottom
sections are worked around top and
bottom edges.
Cosy
Diamond Patt Section (worked side to
side): Ch 18.
Row 1: 1 dc in 2nd ch from hook, 1 htr in
next ch, 1 dc in each of next 2 ch, ch 9,
skip next 9 ch, 1 dc in each of next 2 ch,
1 htr in next ch, 1 dc in last ch. Turn.
Row 2: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, ch 2, 1 RtrB around each
of next 2 dc, ch 7, skip next ch 9, 1 RtrB
around each of next 2 dc, ch 2, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 3: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrF
around next htr, ch 3, skip next ch 2, 1
RtrF around each of next 2 tr, ch 5, skip
next ch 7, 1 RtrF around each of next 2 tr,
ch 3, skip next ch 2, 1 RhtrF around next
htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 4: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, ch 4, skip next ch 3,
1 RtrB around each of next 2 tr, picot,
skip next ch5, 1 RtrB around each of next
2 tr, ch 4, skip next ch 3, 1 RhtrB around
next htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 5: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrF around
next htr, ch 4, skip next ch 4, 1 RdcF
around each of next 2 tr, bobble in ch 4
sp created by picot, 1 RdcF around each
of next 2 tr, ch 4, skip next ch 4, 1 RhtrF
around next htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 6: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, ch 3, skip next ch 4,
1 RtrB around each of next 2 dc, ch 5,
skip next bobble, 1 RtrB around each of
next 2 dc, ch 3, skip next ch 4, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 7: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrF
around next htr, ch 2, skip next ch 3, 1
RtrF around each of next 2 tr, ch 7, skip
next ch 5, 1 RtrF around each of next 2 tr,
ch 2, skip next ch 3, 1 RhtrF around next
htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Row 8: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, skip next ch 2, 1 RtrB
around each of next 2 tr, ch 9, skip next
ch 7, 1 RtrB around each of next 2 tr, skip
next ch 2, 1 RhtrB around next htr, 1 dc in
last dc. Turn.
Row 9: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrF around
next htr, 1 RdcF around each of next 2 tr,
ch 9, skip next ch 9, 1 RdcF around each
of next 2 tr, 1 RhtrF around next htr, 1 dc
in last dc. Turn.
Row 10: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, ch 2, 1 RtrB around each
of next 2 dc, ch 7, skip next ch 9, 1 RtrB
around each of next 2 dc, ch 2, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
This cosy with a ‘twist’
will give your plant
pots personality
and show off your
crochet skills!
Row 11: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrF
around next htr, ch 3, skip next ch 2,
1 RtrF around each of next 2 tr, ch 2.
Working over all 5 ch to enclose them, 1
dc in ch-5 sp 5 rows below, ch 2, 1 RtrF
around each of next 2 tr, ch 3, skip next
ch 2, 1 RhtrF around next htr, 1 dc in last
dc. Turn.
Row 12: Ch 1. 1 dc in first dc, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, ch 4, skip next ch 3, 1
RtrB around each of next 2 tr, picot, skip
next: [ch 2, 1 dc, ch 2], 1 RtrB around each
of next 2 tr, ch 4, skip next ch 3, 1 RhtrB
around next htr, 1 dc in last dc. Turn.
Rep rows 5-12 ten times more, then rep
Rows 5-8 once. Fasten off.
Seaming: With RS facing each other, fold
Diamond Pattern Section in half aligning
short ends with each other. Working
through both thicknesses and making sure
to match patt, sl st evenly across short
ends. Fasten off. Turn Diamond Pattern
Section RS out.
Join yarn with sl st to 3rd ch of first ch 5
section above seamed edge (ch 5 from 3rd
row). Working over all 5 ch to enclose them
(working across seam), 1 dc in ch-5 sp five
rows below to match repeating diamond
pattern around. Fasten off.
Special abbreviations
Bobble: [Yo and draw up a loop, yo
and draw through 2 loops on hook]
5 times in indicated st, yo and draw
through all loops on hook
Picot: Ch 4, sl st in 4th ch from hook
RtrB: Yo and draw up loop around
post of next st at back of work,
inserting hook right to left. [Yo and
draw through 2 loops on hook] twice
RtrF: Yo and draw up a loop
around post of next stitch at front
of work, inserting hook from right to
left. [Yo and draw through 2 loops
on hook] twice
RhtrB: Yo and draw up a loop around
post of next stitch at back of work,
inserting hook from right to left. Yo and
draw through 3 loops on hook
RhtrF: Yo and draw up a loop around
post of next stitch at front of work,
inserting hook from right to left. Yo and
draw through 3 loops on hook
RdcF: Draw up a loop around post of
next stitch at front of work, inserting
hook from right to left. Yo and draw
through 2 loops on hook
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