Crochet jam jar cover pattern

Description

Cotton Crochet Jam Jar cover – by Butterfly Bright

Supplies:

3mm crochet hook

3 balls of RICO Cotton DK

Tapestry needle to sew in ends

Jam Jar approx 8cm diameter and 9cm high although you could adjust the pattern to fit any size.

Abbreviations

ch – chain

tr- treble crochet

htr – half treble crochet

sl st – slip stitch

dtr – double treble

Special Stitch

4 dtr Cluster – *Yarn round hook (yrh) twice, insert hook in st indicated, yrh, pull yarn through st only, (yrh, pull through 2 loops) twice; rep from * 3 more times, inserting the hook in the same st each time, yrh and draw through all 5 loops on hook.

Method

Round 1: Using colour A make a magic ring and ch 3 (counts as first tr) make 13 tr into ring, 14 total, join with a sl st.

Round 2: Chain up 3 and make a tr into base of chain, make 2 tr in each tr from Round 1, join with a sl st. (28 total).

Round 3: Chain up 3 and make a tr into base of chain, *make 1 tr in next tr from round 2 and 2 tr in next tr from round 2 , repeat from * to end. (42 total).

Round 4: Chain up 3 and make a tr into base of chain, *make 1 tr into each of the next 2 tr from round 3 and 2 tr in next tr from round 3 , repeat from * to end. (56 total).

Round 5: Change to colour B, chain up 3 and make tr into each stitch from Round 4

Round 6: Change to colour C, chain up 3 and make tr into each stitch from Round 5

Round 7: Change to colour A, chain up 3 and make tr into each stitch from Round 6

Round 8: Change to colour B, chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 7

Round 9: Change to colour C, chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 8

Round 10: Change to colour A, chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 9

Round 11: Change to colour B, chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 10

Round 12: (Using Yarn B and C) Change to colour C, chain up 3, 5 tr carrying yarn B along behind the work, finish last step of 5th treble by bringing through yarn B, *now hold Yarn C along work as you make 4 dtr Cluster stitch with Yarn B into next tr, 6tr with yarn C carrying Yarn B along behind the work and bringing yarn B through final step of the 6th treble each time, repeat from * to end

Round 13: Using Yarn A chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 12

Round 14: Using Yarn B chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 13

Round 15: Using Yarn C chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 14

Round 16: Using Yarn A chain up 2 and make htr into each stitch from Round 16

Round 17: Using Yarn B chain up 1 and make dc into base of chain, *2 dc then dc 2 together* repeat from * to * to end

Weave in the ends with your tapestry needle.