Toilet Seat Cover Pattern
COATS & CLARK'S O.N.T. "SPEED-CRO-SHEEN" MERCERIZED COTTON, Art. C.44: 5 balls of No. 1 White.
Milwards Steel Crochet Hook No. 2/0 (double zero).
GAUGE: 3 sc and 1 puff st make ¾ inch; 4 rows make ¾ inch.
Starting at back edge, ch 33. 1st row: Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across. Ch 1, turn. 2nd and 3rd rows: Sc in each sc across. Ch 1, turn. 4th row: Work in puff st pattern as for Bath Mat & Scrap Basket Cover Pattern. Ch 1, turn. 5th row: Sc in each st across. Ch 1, turn. 6th row: Repeat 4th row. 7th row: Make dc, half dc and sc in first st (2 sts increased at beginning of row), sc in each st across, making sc, half dc and dc in last sc (2 sts increased at end of row). Ch 1, turn. 8th to 14th rows incl: Continue to work in pattern, increasing 2 sts at beginning and end of each row (adding puff sts at both ends of puff st rows as needed to keep pattern—64 sts on 14th row). 15th row: 2 sc in first st, sc in each st across, 2 sc in last st. Ch 1, turn (1 st increased at both ends of row). 16th row: Work in pattern without increasing. 17th to 24th rows inch Repeat 15th and 16th rows alternately 4 more times (74 sts on 24th row). Work without increasing until piece measures 9 inches in all. Then dec 1 st at both ends of every sc row until piece measures 13½ inches—to dec 1 sc, work off 2 sc as 1 sc. Now work off 3 sts as 1 st at both ends of every row until piece measures 15½ inches in all. Break off.
BORDER … 1st rnd: Attach thread to opposite side of starting chain, sc in each ch across, sc closely around cover. Join to first sc. 2nd rnd: Ch 4, * skip 1 sc, dc in next sc, ch 1. Repeat from * around. Join to 3rd ch of ch-4. Break off.
CORD…Using thread double, make a chain 10 inches longer than outer edge of cover. Starting at center back, lace through ch-1 sps.