Country Pride Birdhouses by Sharon Phillips

Country Pride Birdhouses

Crochet
August 2001
both are used in this pattern
Worsted (9 wpi) ?
9 stitches = 2 inches
in Double Crochet
4.25 mm (G)
1.9 mm
US
English

Scalloped birdhouse: 7 inches tall;
A-frame birdhouse: 6½ inches tall;
Striped birdhouse: 9½ inches tall

Gauge With hook size G,
9 dc = 2 inches; 2 dc rnds = ¾ inch

MATERIALS
• 8-ply cotton/acrylic yarn: 250 yds chambray #1056, 200 yds rose #1026 and 75 yds milk #1002
• Crochet cotton size 10: 30 yds natural
• Size G/6 crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
• Size 5 steel crochet hook
• 4¾-inch top x 4-inch diameter bottom x 3¾ inches high empty margarine container (crock style)
• 9½ inches in diameter 7-count plastic canvas circle
• 3 sheet of 7-count plastic canvas
• 3 brass 7/8-inch rings
• Scrap black felt
• 3 pieces of ¾-inch piece ¼-inch in diameter wooden dowel
• Off-white craft paint and brush
• Toothpick
• Craft glue
• Tapestry needle