Dear Diary
By Christiana Marceline Note that this cover is crochet and knook in one piece and I've used Us crochet terms. Knooking is knitting with a special crochet hook. You can also knit the knooking part. Size: A6 Notebook, 35 cm by 16 cm unfolded. Crochet Hook: 2 mm and 2.5 mm Knook Hook: 2 mm ons 100 % cotton, Fingering/4 ply, 361 yards/330 meters per 100 grams but 50g will be ampl Gold thread for the corner motifs should be sufficient; I've used Anchor Artiste Metallic Gold.
Abbreviations:
st (sts) - stitch(es) ch - chain sS - slip stitch sC - single crochet dc - double crochet tr - treble K - knit P -purl )iary is for personal use only. Completed items are not to be sold commercially. Thank Start: Leave a 12 cm tail to sew side. With 2 mm knook hook cast on 46 sts Row 1: \*K2 P2,\* repeat from \* _\* until last 2 sts, K2 Row 2: \*P2 K2,\* repeat from \*_\* until last 2 sts, P2 Row 3- 18: Repeat Rows 1 - 2. These two rows form the Rib Pattern. Row 19: Ch 2, 1 sc in each st, ch 1, turn. See pictures below.
:ow 20: With 2.5 mm crochet hook, 1 sc, skip st, \*1 sc , ch 1, 1 sc\* repeat \* _\* across, ch 1, tur Row 21: 1 sc over sc, 1 sc in ch loop, ch 1, \*skip sc below, 1 sc in ch loop, ch 1\* repeat \*_\* end with 1 sc in ch, 1 sc over sc, ch 1, turn. Row 22: 1 sc over sc, \*ch 1, skip st, sc in ch loop\*, repeat \* _\*, ch 1, turn. Row 23 - 47: Repeat Row 21 - 22. These 2 rows form the pattern for the cover. Chart for Row 19 - 22 below.
0+0+0+0+0+ R 22 ++0+0+0++0 R21 +0+0+0+0+ R 20 +++++++++0 R 19
Xsc - single crochet ch - chain Row 48 - 62: With 2 mm crochet hook, 1 sc in back loop of each st, ch 1, turn (46 sts) Row 63: \*1 sc, ch 1, skip st, 1 sc in next\*, repeat \*_\*, ch 1, turn. Row 64 - 90: Repeat Row 21 - 22, turn. Row 91: With 2 mm crochet hook, 1 sc in each st, do not turn, with 2 mm knook hook pick-up 46 sts )iary is for personal use only. Completed items are not to be sold commercially. Thank
\*Insert hook under both threads, yarn and pullthrough toform first loop, yarn again and pulthrough one loop,this loop stays on the hook.\* Repeat \*_\* (46 sts) Row 92 - 108: Repeat Row 1 - 2 Row 109: Cast off in rib. Cut a 12 cm tail to sew.
Fold the rib over the crochet (over 8 rows of crochet) and sew the 2 side. Do the same for the other side.
Gold Motif (Make 4)
Special stitch, picot dc: dc, ch 3, 1 ss on top of dc st below. Start: With 2 mm crochet hook, ch 6 Row 1: 5 tr in 6th loop, turn. (6 sts) Row 2: Ch 6, ssin4th loop to form a picot, dc in same st, \*picot dc in nextst, dc in same st.\* Repeat \*\* except in last 2 sts. Picot dc in next and 1 dc in last st. Finish and cut a 12 cm tail to sew. Carefully hand-sew the applique to the 4 corners of the diary. )iary is for personal use only. Completed items are not to be sold commercially. Thank
