Mail Organizer by Ruth Halcomb

Mail Organizer

Crochet
January 1987
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
4 stitches and 2 rows = 1 inch
in double crochet
4.0 mm (G)
5.0 mm (H)
23 1/2" long
English

Materials:

  • Canadiana by Susan Bates or worsted-weight yarn -- 2 1/2 ozs. Copen Blue #31, 1 1/2 ozs. Vanilla #94;
  • 21” of 3/8” ribbon;
  • 7 1/4” of 3/8” wooden dowel;
  • two 1 1/2” wooden beads to fit on dowel;
  • 2” x 5 1/2” piece plastic canvas;
  • craft glue;
  • sewing thread to match ribbon;
  • sewing and tapestry needles;
  • G and H hooks or sizes needed to obtain gauges.

Gauge: G hook, 4 dc = 1”; 2 dc rows = 1”. H hook, rnd 1 of pocket = 1 1/2”.

Finished size: 23 1/2” long.

It looks to be about 6” wide.

Hangs, has 3 pockets, and place for a pencil or other such item at the bottom.

Stitches used include: slip stitch, chain, single crochet, double crochet, shell (defined in pattern).