Crochet Wine Bottle Cover

One of my best friends moved into the area (YAY) so, of course I am putting together a house warming gift for her.  There are many things that I have seen about what you should give: Bread so you'll never go hungry. Candles so you'll always have light through the darkest times. Honey so you'll always enjoy the sweetness of life. Olive Oil so you will be blessed with health and well-being. Salt so there will always be flavor and spice in your life. Wine so you will always have joy and never go thirsty.

Well instead of following this closely, I have decided to make my own version: Wine so you can have a good time (on girls day when we drink wine and watch movies), a wine bottle cover (so nobody knows we are boozing), a basket (to keep the wine--among other things-- in... duh), a wine bottle opener (well we need to open it don't we), and love (since I am crocheting the wine bottle cover and basket for her).

So, let the pattern search begin!  The baskets were easy to find (I actually found the pattern a while ago and have been itching to make one of them).  But, I was looking and looking and looking and could not find a free crochet pattern for a wine bottle that I liked so, I decided to make one of my own!

Materials:
worsted weight yarn (medium 4), I used 'Loops & Threads Impeccable' in True Grey
5.0mm(H) crochet hook
stitch markers
white ribbon
scissors

Abbreviations:
magic ring: here is a tutorial for right handed crocheters
sc: single crochet
st: stitch
sts: stitches
sl st: slip stitch
ch: chain
MC: main color
CC: contrasting color

Directions:
Note: this pattern in made in continuous rounds so, use a stitch marker to mark your first stitch (to make my bottom nice and flat, I prefer to sc through both loops in rounds 1-7)

Round 1: 6 sc in magic ring (6sts)
Round 2: 2 sc in all 6 sts (12 sts)
Round 3: [sc in next st, 2 sc in next st] around (18 sts)
Round 4: [sc in next 2 sts, 2sc in next st] around (24 sts)
Round 5: [sc in next 3 sts, 2sc in next st] around (30 sts)
Round 6: [sc in next 4 sts, 2sc in next st] around (36 sts)
Round 7: [sc in next 5 sts, 2sc in next st] around (42 sts)
Round 8: sl st in the first st, (in back loops) sc around (ending in the sl st) (43 sts)
Round 9-46 (my wine bottle took about 37 rows to make it to it's lower neck but yours might be different so, yours could vary in length): sc around (42 sts)
Round 47: [sc in next 3 sts, ch 3] around (42 sts)
Round 48-55: sc around 42 sts)
Round 56: sl st around (42 sts)
F/O and weave in ends.

I then decided that I would make a small heart ornament for the ribbon.  I found the pattern relatively easy but, I did modify the pattern--I only completed round 1!  After the slip stitch, I chained 11 and slip stitch into the first chain, F/O and weave in the ends!  Super cute and super easy!


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