How to Make a Wine Bottle Cover

Simple Wine Bottle Cover

Wine bottle covers are very easy to make and take very little time.  Here is the pattern I use to make mine:

WHAT YOU NEED:
-1 skein 4-ply worsted weight yarn (you don't need much) for body
-extra yarn for pom-poms using different colors
-yarn needle
-scissors
-size I 9 crochet hook
-pom-pom maker or just use a couple of your fingers


BODY
Chain 4, Slip Stitch to beginning loop, Chain 2
Double Crochet in center loop 12 times, join with beginning round Double Crochet using Slip Stitch, Chain 2
Double Crochet twice in each stitch around for a total of 24 Double Crochets, join to beginning round Double Crochet using Slip Stitch, Chain 2
Double Crochet into BACK loop in each stitch around for edging, Slip Stitch to beginning  round Double Crochet, Chain 2
For the next 16 turns:
Double Crochet in each stitch around, Slip Stitch to beginning round Double Crochet, Chain 2
To end:
Double Crochet in each stitch around, Slip Stitch to beginning round Double Crochet, tie off and hide tails

DRAWSTRING
Braid 3 strands of yarn to desired length (start with about an arm's length and go from there).  Tie off with only one knot on each end, leaving a little extra undone yarn.  Snake in between every other crochet stitch on the third row down from the body of your wine bottle cover until ends meet.  Make 2 pom-poms that are about 1".  To do that you can either use a pom-pom maker or wrap yarn around your fingers, tie off and cut the loops.  Tie pom-poms to the ends of your drawstring.

My Yarn Addiction

Pink Blanket Mini Ripple Stitch

I first learned to crochet when I was around 12 years old.  The only stitch I knew how to do for the past 13 years was the single crochet stitch.  My mother taught me to crochet.  I had a lot of problems with adding and dropping stitches.  I never knew what I was doing wrong and she couldn't tell me.

I was up late one night and wanted to see if someone had a good tutorial on doing something different and fancy looking like granny squares.  I came across a few good tutorials but then found an excellent teacher under the name of Bethintx1 on YouTube.  I didn't end up working on those granny squares because I was already working on a baby blanket around that time.  I had subscribed to Bethintx1's channel so I wouldn't forget who I found that did the great tutorial.  Because I was subscribed, I had seen a lot of neat stuff she had been putting up.  She put up a video on how to do the mini ripple stitch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=feh3fDNg8ZY).

I had enough with not being able to do anything other than just a basic single crochet.  I ended up taking a skein of half-used up red heart yarn and learned to do the mini ripple stitch.  I made a table runner as the first thing using this stitch.  It was green in color and I thought it would be a good idea to give it to my parental in laws as a Saint Nick gift.

I was so relieved when I found out I could learn such a cool pattern when I came across the mini ripple stitch.  It brought back my passion for yarn crafts again!  The pink blanket you see above is the second thing I made with the mini ripple stitch.  I wanted to have my own blanket so I made it for myself.  Most things I make I tend to give away but I just liked this one so much.  The picture you will see below is another blanket I made with this stitch.  I made that blanket for our good friends Rebecca and Audrey.  Blankets take forever to make, especially when they are sized for adults!  I had a lot of fun making these as the stitch was fast and changed directions every now and then.

Mini Ripple Stitch Blanket