Ice Skates Ornament Skill level: Beginner Supplies: size 3 steel crochet hook, about 20 yards of size 10 white cotton crochet; two-2 inch paper clips, needle and thread, small amount of Bernat Boa Nouveau, small amount of polyester fiberfill. Stitches used: ch, sc. Directions:-Make four: Ch 25; turn Rnd. 1: sc in second ch from hook and in each ch across; ch 1, turn. 24 sc Rnd. 2: sc in each sc; ch 1, turn. 24 sc Rnds. 3-9: repeat rnd. 2. 24 sc Rnd. 10: sc in first sc and sc in next 8 sc; ch 1, turn. 9 sc Rnds. 11-17: repeat rnd. 10. 9 sc Rnd. 18: dec sc over first 2 sc, sc in next 5 sc; dec sc over last 2 sc; ch 1, turn. 7sc Rnd. 19: dec. sc over first 2 sc; sc in next 3 sc; dec sc over last 2 sc; fasten off. 5 sc Put 2 skate bodies together, with needle and thread, whip stitch across bottom of skate. Slide a paper clip on to the bottom of the skate. Fold skate in half over the paper clip and whip stitch up both sides of skate. Stuff the skate with fiberfill and whip stitch the top closed. AttachBernea Boa at the top of the skate and sc across the top of the skate going through both thickness, fasten off. Carol Ballard cobblerscabin@m33access.com Repeat this process for the second skate. For individual hanging, thread string or a ribbon through the back center of skate and tie ends. For hanging as a pair: atach thread to the top, back center of skate, ch to the desirable length with last ch going into the top back center of the second skate. Fasten off.
