Tissue Box Cover by Les Editions de Saxe

Tissue Box Cover

Crochet
Thread ?
4" square = 17 meshes and 17 1/2 rows
1.0 mm
325 yards (297 m)
6 3/4" x 6 1/2" x 2 3/4"
US
English

Skill level = Intermediate

Partially written pattern with a well-defined chart.

Pattern #12 on page 32 in Magic Crochet.

Steel crochet hook US size 10/1.00 mm.

Approximately 325 yards of white crochet thread required, about 80 yards green and about 40 yards red. Red satin ribbon, 1/4” wide, about 1 1/4 yards needed. Run red ribbon between bars of sides.

Filet crochet tissue box cover consists of bottom, 4 sides and two half-lids. Top of cover has 16 red + designs. Green yarn used to highlight the perimeter of the top and bottom sections as well as the 2 half lids.

Stitches include chain stitches, single crochet, slip stitches, double crochet and picoted double crochet stitches.