Ritzy Ruffles

Crochet
Thread ?
Rounds 1-3 are 1 3/8" across
1.5 mm
1130 yards (1033 m)
17" in diameter
both US and UK
Danish English

Supplies: elastic thread, 3/4 yard and lined round pillow form, 17” in diameter.

Pillow cover consists of center portion plus 5 ruffles.

Stitches include chain stitches, single crochet, half double crochet, double crochet, shell stitches, treble crochet and picots with a total of 46 rows.

Ruffles are worked on rounds 8, 21, 22, 28 and 29. Run elastic through chain loops on round 46, sew ends together.

Skill level = Intermediate

Pattern 15, pp 38-39 in Magic Crochet.
Pattern 5, Round-about, in Crochet Monthly, #204.

Pattern 2, Rund pude, in Haekling #20; shown on cover