Fringed Tie-Back Pattern #8009

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Fringed Tie-Back Pattern

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercer­ized Crochet, size 10, 2 balls each of 12 Black and 106 Sport Green. Milward's Steel crochet hook No. 5 or 6.

With Green, make ch about 19 inches long, turn. 1st row: 2-tr cluster in 7th ch from hook, * ch 4, 2-tr cluster in next st, skip 4 sts, 2-tr cluster in next st, repeat from * across. Fasten off and attach Black. Ch 1, turn. 2nd and 3rd rows: S c in each st across, ch 1, turn. Fasten off and attach Green, ch 6, turn. 4th row: * 2-tr cluster in next s c, skip 4 sts, 2-tr cluster in next st, ch 4, repeat from * across, ch 6, turn. 5th and 6th rows: 2-tr cluster at joining of tips of clusters of row below, * ch 4, 2-tr cluster in same place, 2-tr cluster at joining of tips of next group, repeat from * across. Ch 6, turn. Fasten off, attach Black. Ch 1, turn.

7th and 8th rows: S c in each st across, ch 1, turn. Fasten off. Attach Black at foundation ch and work a row of s c along other side of ch, ch 1, turn, and work another row of s c, then ch 6, turn. Next row: Skip 3 sc, d c in next, * ch 3, skip 3 sts, d c in next, repeat from * across. Fasten off.

To make fringe, wind thread 12 times around a 4-inch cardboard. Cut at lower edge and knot through 1st sp at lower edge of tie-back. Make fringe for each sp.

Square Motif: With Green, ch 8, join sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3 (to count as d c), 3 d c in ring, * ch 5, 4 d c in ring, repeat from * 2 more times, ch 5, join with sl st to ch-3. Fasten off and attach Black. 2nd and 3rd rnds: S c in each st around, and in 3rd st of each ch-5 work 1 s c, ch 1, 1 s c in same st. (This forms a square). Fasten off and attach Green at center of one side. 4th rnd: Ch 4 (to count as tr), tr in same st from which ch started, * ch 4, 2-tr clus­ter in next st, 2-tr cluster in st before corner st, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in corner st, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in next st, skip 4 sts, 2-tr cluster in next st, repeat from * around, join with sl st.

5th and 6th rnds: Ch 4 (to count as tr), tr in same st from which ch-4 started, ch 4, 2-tr cluster in same place, 2-tr cluster in st before corner cluster, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in corner cluster, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in next st. Continue as before. (6th rnd will have 1 more group on each side). Fasten off and attach Black. 7th and 8th rnds: S c in each st around, mak­ing in corner sts, s c, ch 1, s c in same st. Fasten off. Sew to tie-back as in illustration.