The Rest In Peace Tissue Box Cover

Since making the Crochet Face and A Bird That Is Angry tissue box cover, I decided to make another tissue box cover.  This one fits over the rectangle tissue box. 

Please note: This pattern has been tested only by me. If you find any errors, please let me know. Also, do not copy or claim this pattern as your own or post this pattern anywhere else. You are more than welcome to make the item and sell the finished product.

Photos will be below the pattern.

 

Supplies Needed

- H hook

- Green Yarn (I Love This Yarn Jelly Bean Green or any worsted weight green yarn)

- A small amount of Gray Yarn (any worsted weight)

- A small amount of White Yarn (any worsted weight)

- Small amount of cardboard

- Flower stickers

- Glue

Special Stitch: Loop Stitch

Instructions on how to do the Loop stitch visit PlanetJune’s website at: http://www.planetjune.com/blog/how-to-crochet-loop-stitch/.  She also provides an excellent video tutorial.

Grass

(Using green)

Rnd 1:    Ch 34

Rnd 2:    Sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in each stitch to the end, ch 1, turn (33)

Rnd 3:    Loop stitch this entire row to the end, ch 1, turn

Rnd 4:    Sc in 2^nd ch from hook and in each stitch to the end, ch 1, turn

Rnd 5:    Repeat row 3

Rnd 6:    Repeat row 4

Rnd 7:    Sc in the first 3 sts, use the Loop stitch in the remaining stitches on this row, ch 1, turn

Rnd 8:    Repeat row 4

Rnd 9:    Repeat row 7

Rnd 10: Sc in the first 10 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 11: Work the Loop stitch in the 10 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 12: Repeat row 10

Rnd 13: Repeat row 11 and fasten off.

Rnd 14: With the loops facing you and working on the left side, count back 10 spaces (from the left), join yarn in the 10^th stitch, ch 1, sc in the next 9 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 15: Sc in the first 3 sts, Loop stitch in the last 7 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 16: Sc in the 10 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 17: Sc in the first 3 sts, Loop stitch in the last 7 sts, fasten off

Rnd 18: With the loops facing you, join yarn on the right side, ch 1, sc in the first 10 sts, ch 13, join to the other side, sc in the last 10 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 19: Sc in the next 3 sts, Loop stitch the entire row, ch 1, turn

Rnd 20: Sc in each stitch across, ch 1, turn

Rnd 21: Repeat row 19

Rnd 22: Repeat row 20

Rnd 23: Repeat row 19

Rnd 24: Repeat row 20

Rnd 25: Repeat row 19

Rnd 26: Repeat row 20

Rnd 27: Ch 1, sc in the same stitch, (working counterclockwise) sc around, sk 1 st and sl st in the next st.   

*From here, you will work in a continuous round *

Rnd 28:          1 sc in ea stitch around (107)

Rnd 29-43: Repeat row 28

Rnd 30:      Sl st around, fasten off.

Tombstone (Make 2)

(Using Gray)

Rnd 1:            Ch 14

Rnd 2:            Sc in 2^nd ch from hook, ch 1, turn (13)

Rnd 3-14: Repeat row 2

Rnd 15:    Sk 1^st st, sc2tog over next 2 sts, sc in each stitch across, sc2tog over last 2 sts, ch 1, turn

Rnd 16:    Repeat row 15 until there are 2 -3 sts left.

Rnd 17:    Ch 1, sl st around and fasten off. Leave long strand for sewing two pieces together.

  

Loop Stitch

I'm inserting my hook into the next stitch

I'm going around the top strand and catching the bottom strand

I've caught the bottom strand and now ready to pull through the first loop

I've pulled through the 1st loop

Wrap the yarn around the hook

Pull the yarn through both loops on the hook

Making the cover

 

First row of loop stitches

This is the back side of the loop stitches. I am about to do one row of sc stitches

This is what it looks like after a several rows

This is the section where I am making the box opening.  *See round 18 of the Grass instructions*

I've joined my yarn to the other side

This is a photo of the back side of the loop stitch

Completed cover

The tombstone will go on the left side where there are no loop stitches

Tombstone

I traced the tombstone on a piece of cardboard

 

I cut the cardboard slightly smaller than the tombstone

 

The lettering did not come out as well as I had hoped...

I used this glue to fix the lettering

It looks much better. Once dried, I sewed the two pieces together with the cardboard in the middle.

I stitched the front side of the tombstone the the grass

I am about to stitch the back side

Flower stickers I had leftover from a project