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It's getting nippy, here, in WA State 😕; I used the electric blanket, last night 🔌🛌 & this morning I got out of bed thinking, "there's gonna be frost on the pumpkins, soon" - I also thought, "I need a Fall colored book cover 📚"; so, as soon as I prepared a cup of hot Jasmine tea … I got right on it 📝📏🧶✂️😉
Materials: Worsted Yarn, in Black, Orange, & Gold; small amount of scrap yarn for a length of marker yarn; Sock Yarn, small amount in matching color (or contrast color, if desired) #H Afghan hook & #1 aluminum crochet hooks; scissors; tapestry needle; trim of choice (if trim is desired)
Terms Used:
BK LP = back loop
ch = chain
EA = each
EO = end off
rem'g = remaining
rpt = repeat
RS = right side
r = row
sc = single crochet
st = stitch
T = turn
WS = wrong side
x = repeat
Sized to fit: a 7-1/2-in x 4-in Clive Cussler paperback novels
Bottom Edging: With Black yarn & crochet hook, make a chain of 59
Row 1: T & sl st in 9 ch, place marker yarn, sc in next 32 ch, place marker yarn, sc in rem'g 9 sc - EO Black & attach Orange; T
Row 2: Working across row, picking up 1 loop in ea st - attach Gold through last loop & drop Orange - DO NOT CUT YARN: at end of rows, you will carry yarn strands up back of work.
Row 3: Yo & draw yarn thru both loops x9 , moving marker end up, yo & draw yarn thru both loops x32, yo & draw yarn thru both loops x9 - DO NOT CUT YARN
Row 4: Slip head of hook under first 3 bars, yo & draw up a loop x2 - rpt across row, drawing up 1 loop in end st. Attach Orange through last loop & drop Gold.
Row 5: With Orange, yo & draw yarn thru 1st gold loop, yo & draw yarn thru 2nd gold loop, yo & draw yarn thru last gold loop - rpt across row - DO NOT CUT YARN
Row 6: Work across row, picking up 1 loop in ea gold st - at end of row, drop Orange & pick up Gold through last st.
Row 7: Yo & draw yarn thru both loops x9 , moving marker end up, yo & draw yarn thru both loops x32, yo & draw yarn thru both loops x9 - NO NOT CUT YARN
Repeat Rows 4 thru 7 for pattern to a length of 7-1/4 inches; checking now and then for length (every book is sized differently, even if quoted measurements are the same); EO Orange & Gold, and attach Black.
Top Edging: With Black, work 2 rows of sl st; EO Black, leaving a length of yarn for sewing flap to cover.
Finishing: With RS facing, fold 9 sts of the flap backward & whipstitch EA end closed - weave in loose ends. Turn flap inward to make a pocket to slip cover edge into.
Rpt with other cover flap, in same manner.
Page Marker: With #1 hook & sock yarn; attach yarn in center top of Book Cover, & make a ch of chosen length - attach trim (or not) & back chain to beginning ch. EO and weave in loose ends.
Easy-peasy 👍😁
Enjoy 📖!
