Tassel and Cord Pattern #304B

These can be made of Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet in Size 5 to 10. Curtain pulls are usually made in White or Ecru, but if you wish to make tassels for other decorative purposes, you will find interesting colors from which to choose in Size 10. Use a Milward's steel crochet hook No. 7, 8 or 9. A board 15x 4x 1 inches with a 2-inch nail ½ inch from end is useful to wind your tassel on. If not convenient, a book will serve.

CAP. Ch 4, join in ring, 6 sc in ring. Make 2 sc in each st until 20 sc are made. Then make sc in each sc for 2 more

rnds. Join. Ch 5, * skip sc, dc in next, ch 2, repeat from * and join with sl st. Sl st to center of sp, ch 5, and continue making sps, always putting dc in sp, for 3 more rnds. Join. 2 sc in each sp. Join. Sc in each sc for 1 rnd. Join. The edging is made as follows: * sc in next sc, ch 4 for a p, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join.

TASSEL. Wind cotton over a 4½-inch cardboard 125 times, take a 6-yd. length of the cotton, slip end through top of tassel and tie firmly, slip tassel off card, draw the 6 yds. of cotton through the top of cap, and make the cord.

Cord. Ch 2, sc in 1st ch, * turn work around, insert hook through both loops of st just made, and make sc. Repeat from * until 10 inches are made. Fasten on ring. 3 sc in ring, ch 3 for a p, 3 sc, p, 3 sc, ch 3, and carry ch in front of the screw, 3 sc, p, 3 sc, p, 3 sc, join and break off. Sew cap on tassel.

This free pattern originally published in Spool Cotton #34, Crochet Designs For The Hostess