"Victorian Rose" TP Cover

This is one of the very first things I ever crocheted without a pattern, when my husband and I got our first apartment together. (I don't think we were married yet....We've been married for 16 years so this is about 17 years ago...) I was decorating our bathroom with a green, burgundy flowered shower curtain ('victorian rose'), hunter green and burgundy towels. I had the burgundy toilet tank and seat cover, complete with the rugs.... :P Well I never did write down how I did it and the only picture I have of it, it is laying on the back of the toilet all flat. :( But I remember what it basically looked like. And I wanted to try making one again. (Especially since I joined the 'Kitsch as Kitsch Can CAL'.) :P I made my original tp cover with hunter green trim, and a burgundy flower but I didn't have any so I did it in what my husband calls 'modern' colors. So here goes:

Note: This is for a double roll of toilet paper.
FLO= Front Loops Only
BLO= Back Loops Only

Note on hook size: I noticed on the second one I made, that it looked a little loose. So depending on how tight you crochet, you might want to go down a size, to a G hook...) :-)
H hook
WW yarn small amounts for trim and flower about a half a skein (?) for the actual tp cover

Ch 4, join w/ sl st to make a ring.
Round 1: Ch 3, 15 dc in ring. (16 dc)
Rnd 2: Ch 3, dc in same space. *2 dc in next dc. Rep from * around. (32 dc)
Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same space. *Dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * around, ending w/ a dc in last st. (48 dc)
Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in same space. *Dc in next 2 dc, 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * around, ending w/ dc in last 2 dc. (64 dc)
Rnd 5: (Work in BLO for this round) Ch 3, dc in each dc around. Join.
Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in next 8 dc.*Dc next 2tog, dc in next 9 dc, rep from * around. (59 dc)
Rnd 7-12: Ch 3, dc in each dc around. Join. (Last round should sit just above the bottom of the tp roll.)
Rnd 13: (Work in FLO for this round) Ch 3, dc in same space, 2 dc in each dc around. (118 dc)
Rnd 14: Ch 3, dc in same space, *dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc. Rep from * around. (178 dc) Fasten off white. Join black (or contrasting color of choice) in any st. Ch 1. Sc in each st around. Fasten off & weave in end.

Join black in remaining loop of round 5. Sc backwards all around. Join. Fasten off & weave in end.

Rose:
Ch 5 join to make a ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 1, sc in ring. *Ch 2, hdc, dc, hdc, ch 2, sc. Rep from * three more times (4 petals). End w/ a ch 2 & join w/a sl st to first sc.
Rnd 2: Ch 1. Sl st to back loop of sc. Sc in same space. *Ch 3, sc in back loop of next sc. Rep from * three times. Ch 3, join w/ a sl st to first sc. (four ch 3 loops)
Rnd 3: Sl st to ch3 space. Ch 1 (sc, ch 2, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, hdc, ch 2, sc) in each ch 3 space around. Join w/ sl st to first sc.
Rnd 4: Ch 1, *sc in back loop of sc from previous round. Ch 3, sc in between 3nd & 3rd st of round 3. Ch 3, rep from * end w/ sl st to 1st sc.
Rnd 5: Sl st to ch 3 space. Ch 1, (sc, ch 2 hdc, 3 dc, hdc, ch 2, sc) in each ch 3 space around. Join w/ sl st to 1st sc. Fasten off leaving a long enough tail to sew flower onto top of tp cover.

Put onto your toilet paper roll.

New and Improved Snowman Picture Frame!

Well I wasn't happy with the one I had made before. I will still keep it up here if anyone would ever want to try it, but... I like this one a lot better. :-D

Jamie Baby Pompadour (sp?) yarn

small amount sport/baby weight orange, and navy blue (or color of choice for scarf)

F hook

yarn needle

1 1/2 inch wide plastic ring for 'frame' part (I used/recycled the plastic ring from my husbands' 32 oz. Gatorade bottles he takes to work--first picture)

Two small buttons for eyes

Flower (or other type) sequin

Two pom-poms

matching color pipe cleaner

hot glue gun

magnet for back

plastic canvas circle--do they still make those? (trimmed to fit back of snowman body, for frame back--optional? Or use whatever you have on hand, a cardboard circle, whatever...)

Note: Make a slipknot on hook, with hook still in slipknot, hold behind the ring and slip stitch around it. You will be crocheting around the ring. Try to get the stitches as close together as you can, and push them together as you go along is the best way I can describe it. :) And mark your first stitch.

Body:

Make 40 sc around ring. Join.

Rnd 2: Ch 3. Dc in same space as ch 3. *Dc in next sc. 2 dc in next sc. Rep from *, around, ending w/ a dc in last sc. (60 dc). Join.

Rnd 3: Sc backwards in each dc all around. Join and fasten off.

Head:

Rnd 1: Ch 4. Sl st to form a ring. 15 dc in ring. Join.

Rnd 2: 2 dc in each dc. Join

Rnd 3: Sc backwards all around. Join & fasten off leaving a length to sew head to body. Whipstitch together over about 6 or 7 'stitches'.

Nose:

With orange, ch 6. Sl st in 2nd ch from hook. Sc in next 2 chs, hdc in next 2. Fasten off leaving a length to sew onto head. Sew over the 'hole'.

Scarf:
With blue (or color of choice) Ch 25. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and in next 5 ch. Ch 16. Sc in 2nd ch from hook and each ch across to "neck" part. Sl st in space between 2 ch groups on neck. Sc in each ch to end. Fasten off, leaving a length, for 'fringe'. Make another 3 or 4 inch piece for 'fringe' on other end. Sew scarf to snowman head. Mine kinda curled so I went with it. :P

Other stuff: Wind the pipe cleaner around your crochet hook, then curve it to go over head. Cut where you think is good. I kinda just poked it into the back of the head, then glued the pom-poms over the ends. Cut plastic canvas circle to fit back of snowman body, then either glue or use your yarn needle to sew onto body, leaving top part open to put a picture into. Glue magnet onto back of plastic canvas circle first, though. Glue eyes onto head. You're done. :-) I haven't tested this or had it tested, so if anything isn't clear (which it might not be!) let me know and I will change it. Finished frame is approx. 6 3/4 inches tall (including the 'earmuffs'. Frame itself is approx. 5 3/4 ".

*This is a free pattern and is not to be sold. You can however sell the finished snowman, if you can find a buyer! ;P