Curtain Tie Back - October 1945

There was no photo or illustration for the tie back, only charts for flowers and lettering to embroider on them.

The materials listed are Lily Skytone Mercerized Crochet Cotton and Lily Six Strand Floss and a size 5 crochet hook. The base of the tie back is made with two strands held together. I decided to do this with scraps of #10 thread. It does give a gauge of 7 chain stitches to an inch but I think using chains for a gauge isn't a very good way of measuring. If you make loose chain stitches but do single crochet stitches tighter you could end up with something shorter than you intended. This is a curtain tie back so the size probably isn't as important as long as it will hold your curtain.

The pattern starts out with 15 inches of chain stitches and then 10 rows of single crochets. This was very simple and quick to do. Because I used scrap thread, the colors changed as a ran out of one color and added another. ​I liked the striping that caused and it was a good use of smaller amounts of thread. The final length before the border was 1.75 inches by 16.5 inches. The border is a double crochets and picot stitches. It made a pretty border. My corners are a little off but it's not that noticeable.

The embroidery flower chart was easy to follow though it was tiny. They said you should line it with fabric on the back (maybe to cover up the back side of the embroidery) but I decided not to. I wondered how it worked since there was no button and Joel reminded be that there were probably hooks in the wall to grab the border.

Scoring:
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Is this pattern easy to understand? Yes, I still don't understand why gauge is given with chains since they can change their size depending on the stitch that goes into them. In this case, it's doesn't need to be a specific size and you can make it whatever size you want. 1.0
Does it look like the photo or illustration? There wasn't one so it gets a 0.5
Would someone use this? Yes. 1.0
Did I enjoy making it? Yes. It was a fast and easy project that used up some scraps and I skipped the point I wouldn't enjoy (lining it) 1.0

Total 3.5