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BINDER
PENCIL POUCH

Crochet pattern courtesy of Crochet 'N' More
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Copyright, July 30, 2015
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Measures: 4" x 8"

The following pattern is my original design.
Please only copy or print this pattern for personal use.
Please contact me if you find any errors.

MATERIALS:

Bedspread Cotton - Red- 1 ball & White- 2 balls
Note: Hold one strand of red and two strands of white together throughout pattern.
Hook Size 00
1-3/4" button
Sewing Needle and Thread

Stitches: ch, sc, sl st, dc, tr.

Gauge= 6 rows and 5 stitches = 1"

Difficulty:  MEDIUM

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R1: Ch41, sc in the hump of the 2nd ch from the hook. (8sc)
Sc in the hump of ea rem ch across to last ch. 5sc in the last ch.
Working in the unworked lps of the foundation ch, (ch1, sk 2sts, sc in 16sts,) twice
Ch1, sk next 2sts. 4sc in the last st (same ch as first sc)
Join with a sl st in the first sc.

NOTE: The Ch2 sps are the binder ring holes. Check the positioning in your binder now.

R2: Ch1, do not turn. Sc in same st and in the next 39sts. (40sc)

Rs3-40: Ch1, turn. Sc in ea st. (40sc)

Fold piece holding R3 and R40 tog. Ch1, sc cor sts tog across row ends.

Thread a yarn needle with a 10-12" length of the same three strands of thread. Begin on the sewn end and st cor sts to join R3 & R40.

Fasten off.

FLAP

With the open end on the top and the ring holes on the left, join the same thread (all three strands at once) with a sc in the first st on the far right on the back side of the opening. Flap is worked across 18sts along the backside of the opening.

R1: Sc in ea st. (18sts)

Rs2-5: Ch1, turn. Sc in ea st. (18sts)

R6: Ch1, turn. Sc2tog. Sc across to last 2sts. Sc2tog. (16sts)

R7: Ch1 turn. Sc in ea st.

R8: Rep R6. (14sts)

R9: Rep R7. (14sts)

R10: Rep R6. (12sts)

R11: Rep R7. (12sts)

R12: Rep R6: (10sts)

R13: Rep R6. (8sts)

R14: Rep R6. (6sts)

R15: Rep R7. (6sts)

R16: Ch1, turn. Sc in the first st.
Dc in the next st.
2tr in the next st.
Ch3 (this is the buttonhole)
2tr in the next st.
Dc in the next st.
Sc in the last st.

Fasten off.

FINISHING: Sew the button on the front in position to align with the buttonhole.