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Pattern mini Frida: Hand Sanitizer Holder

This pattern is designed by @essiebirdies. It may not be sold or used for commercial purposes. You are allowed to sell finished items in a limited way and mentioning @essiebirdies as the designer. Copyright essiebirdies 2020 www.essiebirdies.wordpress.com Facebook en Instagram: essiebirdies Facebookgroup: haken met essiebirdies Materials: You can use any cotton yarn from your stash with suitable hook size Color A: base color Color B: second color Color C: skin color Color D: black Thinner yarn to embroider eyes and eyebrows Thinner yarn for flowers and leaves Keychain Small button - hooksize 2,5 mm (depends on yarn and is personal) Abbreviations (US) ch = chain sc = single crochet dec = decrease

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The start of your work is the part that is around the cap of the bottle. There are many sizes of hand sanitizers, so you have to check what number of stitches is suitable for your hand sanitizer. Continue to measure whether it fits your packaging. On the photo you see the size of the packaging I use. It measures: 10 x 4 cm. Pattern Chain 23, with color A, join, chain 1 Round 1: 23 SC around chain, join, chain 1 Round 2 - 6: SC in each stitch around, join, change to color B, chain 1 Round 7: SC in each stitch around, join, change to color A, chain 1 Round 8 - 10: SC in each stitch around, join, change to color B, chain 1 Round 11: SC in each stitch around, join, change to color A, chain 1 Round 12 – 13: SC in each stitch around, join, change to color C, chain 1 If you prefer to sew in some ends before the end of the project, you can do that now. Turn your project inside out and sew the color ends. Continue crocheting. Round 14 – 22: SC in each stitch around, join, change to color D, chain 1 Round 23 - 24: SC in each stitch around, chain 1 Now we make the flap Row 25: SC 12 (make sure you crochet from one side to the other side of the head (see photo front of the head)), chain 1 turn Row 26: SC 12, chain 1, turn Row 27: (dec 2 x) SC 4, (dec 2 x) chain 1, turn Row 28: SC 8, chain 1, turn Row 29: dec, SC 4, dec, chain 1, turn Row 30: dec, SC 2, dec, chain 1, turn Row 31 -33: SC 4, chain 1, turn chain 5, join to first SC to make a loop that will go over the button. Fasten off and weave in ends. Sew a small button on the back. Attach yarn A at the bottom (photo) chain 10, join to first SC (loop so the bottle does not fall out) Attach yarn D on left side of the head, chain 10, put keychain in the loop, slip stitch in first SC, fasten off. Sew the ends. Embroider eyes, eyebrows and mouth with thinner yarn. Crochet some flowers and leaves with thinner yarn and smaller hook (I used Scheepjes max bonbon and hook size 2 mm). Sew them on the head. Decoration flowers and leaves Red Flower: 5sc in magic ring, change color Sl st, ch3, 2dc, sl st in all 5st

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Small Rose: Ch10 Sc, hdc and dc in next st, 2dc in every next st, 4dc in last st. fasten off and fold into a rose Small Flower: 4sc in magic ring Sl st, ch3, 2dc, sl st in every sc, fasten off Smallest flower: 4 sc in magic ring Sl st, ch2, 2hdc, sl st in every sc, fasten off Leaf: Ch6 turn Sc, hdc, dc, hdc, 2 sc along the chain, on the other side of chain: Hdc, dc, hdc, sc, sl st, fasten off

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