Fringed Curtain Tiebacks
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Give your curtains a personalized look with these tiebacks and uplift your window treatment within minutes.
Materials: Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, size 10, 2 balls each of 12 Black and 106 Sport Green. Milward's Steel crochet hook No. 5 or 6. (For this pattern, the green is the tieback and the black is the fringe. As always, use the colors you prefer.)
With Green, make ch about 19 inches long, turn. 1st row: 2-tr cluster in 7th ch from hook, * ch 4, 2-tr cluster in next st, skip 4-sts, 2-tr cluster in next st, repeat from * across. Fasten off and attach Black. Ch 1, turn.
2nd and 3rd rows: S c in each st across, ch 1, turn. Fasten off and attach Green, ch 6, turn.
4th row: * 2-tr cluster in next s c, skip 4 sts, 2-tr cluster in next st, ch 4, repeat from * across, ch 6, turn.
5th and 6th rows: 2-tr cluster at joining of tips of clusters of row below, * ch 4, 2-tr cluster in same place, 2-tr cluster at joining of tips of next group, repeat from * across. Ch 6, turn. Fasten off, attach Black. Ch 1, turn.
7th and 8th rows: S c in each st across, ch 1, turn. Fasten off. Attach Black at foundation ch and work a row of s c along other side of ch, ch 1, turn, and work another row of s c, then ch 6, turn.
Next row: Skip 3 sc, d c in next, * ch 3, skip 3 sts, d c in next, repeat from * across. Fasten off.
To make fringe, wind thread 12 times around a 4-inch cardboard. Cut at lower edge and knot through 1st sp at lower edge of tie-back. Make fringe for each sp.
Square Motif: With Green, ch 8, join sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3 (to count as dc), 3 d c in ring, ch 5, 4 d c in ring, repeat from '* 2 more times, ch 5, join with sl st to ch-3. Fasten off and attach Black.
2nd and 3rd rnds: S c in each st around, and in 3rd st of each ch-5 work 1 s c, ch 1, 1 s c in same st. (This forms a square). Fasten off and attach Green at center of one side.
4th rnd: Ch 4 (to count as tr), tr in same st from which ch started, * ch 4, 2-tr cluster in next st, 2-tr cluster in st before corner st, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in corner st, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in next st, skip 4 sts, 2-tr cluster in next st, repeat from * around, join with sl st.
5th and 6th rnds: Ch 4 (to count as tr), tr in same st from which ch-4 started, ch 4, 2-tr cluster in same place, 2-tr cluster in st before corner cluster, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in corner cluster, ch 5, 2-tr cluster in next st. Continue as before. (6th rnd will have 1 more group on each side). Fasten off and attach Black.
7th and 8th rnds: S c in each st around, making in corner sts, s c, ch 1, s c in same st. Fasten off. Sew to tie-back as in illustration.