How to Materials: carpet yarn/weft or thick t-shirt yarn, little bit over 1kg (about 2,5 lb) hook 8mm (the hook should be one number too small to make the basket as tight as possible) a cat or two Nest size: 37cm x 37cm wide and 20cm high Entrance size: 15cm wide and 11cm high Starting chain: 3 ch, 1 slip stitch to close the chain 1 rnd: 8 sc in starting chain 2 rnd: *2 sc in one 1 st* repeat the whole round = 16 3 rnd: *1 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round = 24 4 rnd: *2 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round = 32 5 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round (= round without increase) 6 rnd: *2 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round until there is 2 st left. Crochet 1 sc, 2 sc in one st = 43 7 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 8 rnd: *2 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round, crochet 1 sc = 57 9 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 10 rnd: *2 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round = 76 11 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 12 rnd: *4 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round, crochet 1 sc = 91 13-16 rnds: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 17 rnd: *5 sc, 2 sc in one st* repeat the whole round, crochet 1 sc = 106 18 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round entrance to the nest: 19 rnd: continue crocheting 1 sc in one st, about half round. Cut the yarn (leave a little tail for finish it) and skip 10 st. Continue the crocheting with single crochets. 20 rnd: continue crocheting: 1 sc in one st, until you are about 5 sc from the point where you cut the yarn last time. Now fasten off the last rounds yarn tail by pulling the yarn over the edge the so that when you do the last 5 sc, the tails stays inside the stitches. Then cut the yarn again, skip 10 st and start crocheting from the same point as you did last round (fasten off yarn tail again by leaving the tail inside the stitches). 21 - 25 rnds: continue, until the entrance is 7 rounds high. NOTE! Be sure that you start and finish the stitches exactly at the same point as you did last round, so that entrance doesnt start widening. 26 rnd: in the eighth round continue crocheting 1sc in one st, then crochet 8 ch over the entrance. Continue 1 sc in one st until in the end of the round. 27 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round. Above the entrance, crochet 8 sc around the 8 chs. 28 - 30 rnds: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 31 rnd: *4 sc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round 32 - 33 rnds: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 34 rnd: *3 sc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round 35 rnd: 1 sc in one st, repeat the whole round 36 - 37 rnds: *3 sc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round 38 - 39 rnds: *2 sc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round 40 - 41 rnds: *1 sc, decrease by skipping 1 st* repeat the whole round Cut the yarn (or if the hole is still too big, continue decreases by skipping one or two stitches). fasten off. Finish the entrance: Crochet single crochets around the entrance, do the stitches around of two rounds to make the entrance stronger. I thought, that if it turns out that the entrance does not stay in posture enough (my cats are playing all the time in the nest and on top of it...), Ill undo the single crochets and Ill put some kind of strong wire inside the entrance to give support. Then I would do the single crochets again around the edges of the entrance (and wire). In that way the entrance would remain upright even if the roof collapsed during the playtime...:) Sorry about the spelling mistakes...Im sure that there are one or two :)
Posted on: Sun, 09 Mar 2014 15:52:57 +0000
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