Pinwheel Case Pattern #X123-A

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Pinwheel Case Pattern #X123-A

MATERIALS:

CLARK'S O.N.T. or J. & P. COATS "BRILLIANT," 1 ball each of a light and dark color.
Milward's Steel Crochet Hook No. 10.

This amount is sufficient for 2 com­pact covers.

Starting at center, with dark color, ch 5. Join with sl st. 1st rnd: Ch 1, 12 s c in ring. Do not join rnds. 2nd rnd: * S c in next 2 s c, ch 2. Repeat from * around. 3rd rnd: * Skip 1 s c, s c in next s c, 2 s c in ch-2 sp, ch 2. Repeat from * around. 4th rnd: * Skip 1 s c, s c in next 2 s c, 2 s c in ch-2 sp, ch 2. Repeat from * around. 5th rnd: Holding light color along top of previous rnd, and working over it to conceal it, * skip 1 s c of next s c-group, s c in each remaining s c of group, 2 s c in ch-2 sp, ch 1, drop dark color, draw a loop of light color through (thus completing the ch-2), skip 1 s c of next s c-group, then with light color (working over dark color in order to conceal it), work s c in each remaining s c of group, 2 s c in next ch-2 sp, ch 1, drop light color, draw through a loop of dark color, thus completing the ch-2. Repeat from * around, always working over unused color. Repeat the 5th rnd until piece measures same size as compact. Fasten off. Make another piece same as this. Sew edges together neatly with over-and-over stitches, allowing an opening sufficiently large to insert compact.