Romance Candy Cane Cover

Romance Candy Cane Cover Crochet Pattern

based on Cylinda Mathews' Victorian Candy Cane Cover, adaptation by Carolyn Frances

Medium weight yarn. Hook size F.

Row 1:  Foundation Single Crochet 62.

Row 2:  Ch 4, turn work; sk next sc, dc in next sc; (ch 1 dc in next sc) twice;
[ch 1, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next sc] 4 times;
(ch 1, sk next sc, dc in next sc) 11 times;
[ch 1, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next sc], ch 1, dc in next sc; 
(ch 1, sk next sc, dc in next sc) 11 times;
[ch 1, (dc, ch 1, dc) in next sc] 4 times;
(ch 1 dc in next sc) twice, (ch 1, sk next sc, dc) twice to end in last sc.

Row 3:  Ch 1, turn work; sc in first st; *(dc, ch 1, dc, ch1, dc) in next dc (shell made), sc in next dc; rep from * across. The last sc will be in the third of the chain 4 of row two.

Join start edges of strip together at the top of the shell using a slip stitch.  Finish off.  Weave in candy canes.

Pattern by Carolyn Frances