I need a curtain for a back door by a utility area. The area that it needs to cover, at a minimum, is 20 wide x 28 tall, inches. A bit more around to make it a curtain will be great.

Since I just moved, everything is a disaster and I am just going to use the nearest thread on hand. Some #30 weight partial balls of white thread.

The hook I started with is a #10 but it gives me a foundation row that is about 24 inches wide! i know from experience that your foundation row shortens up some once you work into it. so, it should be okay. If not, I can add a few columns to either side of the curtain.

the first thing that I have noticed is that this pattern is a traditional 4 st-block for filet but a tr is used instead of a dc. This is what makes the curtain appear lacier in the picture.

I am going to see if I like it with an extended dc instead of the tr. If I can’t get gauge, then I will use the tr as the pattern calls for. that’s the nice thing about filet, it’s easy to change the stitches as long as you keep doing the basic block.

i have decided that I am going to to the border around the edges with the tr and the rest of the filet with an extended dc. That should make the border even more distinctive and ALSO the right height.

How to start.
I am using a Susan Bates hook which is smaller than a Boye hook.

I used a US Size 10, 1.15 mm hook. I pushed the each chain a little bit up the shank of the hook to make the chains slightly larger and not tight.

I chained 3 to turn for an open block. Tr in 5th ch from hook. I am using a ch 3 for my turning ch on each end. The ch 4 was too sloppy looking. The turning chain for the first solid block is adjusted for my ch 3 turning ch.

I started with a row of open block with a solid block on each end. When I am finished, I will turn and add 2 rows of tr stitches to the bottom of my curtain. This should make my bottom and my top look equal widths without a foundation row that is too tight or too sloppy.

Now, I am following the chart.

Yardage for the project is a guesstimate. Since I am using partial balls of thread, I have no idea how much I am actually using.

Border

Adding a border all the way around that should look like a frame. Then going to try for adding a rod pocket at the top.

I only did 1 repeat of the border pattern because I think that makes the curtain sufficiently big enough.

Rod Pocket

This pattern calls for 3yoc stitches (3 yarn overs on the hook for each stitch). But I am using #30 weight and the original pattern calls for #10 weight thread.

After making the first couple of rows, I think the loops need to be larger. I am going to re-work it with longer stitches.

To anchor chain that comes down to sc, do a sc2tog with 1 foot in the ch sp and the other in the first dc. This will put the sc in the correct place.

Dimensions
(I forgot to measure this before I ironed it.)
Post ironing
width - 23 inches
length - 31 inches