Try a new technique with this unique piece. Stitched in wire and adorned with beads, this bowl is a work of art in and of itself. Of course, if you don’t care for bronze, try a silver tone instead!
DESIGNED BY SUSAN LOWMAN
8½" (21.5 cm) in diameter × 3½" (9 cm) high.
Shown here: Copper Wire, (26-gauge, 200 ft/60 m), in color Bronze, 4 spools.
Size 4 (2 mm) steel crochet hook, or size needed to obtain gauge.
Mill Hill glass beads, size 6, in #16221 Bronze, 42 beads; rolling pin; wire cutters.
Rnds 1–4 = 2¾" (7 cm) in diameter. Take time to check your gauge.
Bch (bead chain)
Slide a bead up to hook, yarn over and draw through loop on hook.
Bsc (bead single crochet)
Insert hook in specified st or sp and draw up a loop, slide a bead up to hook, yarn over and draw through both loops on hook.
Tr dec (treble decrease)
*Yarn over twice, insert hook in first specified st and draw up a loop, [yarn over and draw through 2 loops on hook] twice, rep from * in 2nd specified st, yarn over and draw through all 3 loops on hook.
Shell
(Tr, ch 1, tr, bch, tr, ch 1, tr) in specified st or sp.
Ch 5, join with sl st in first ch to form a ring.
RND 1 (RS): Ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1 sp), [dc in ring, ch 1] 7 times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-4—8 dc and 8 ch-1 sps, do not turn.
RND 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc), dc in same ch as joining, ch 2, [2 dc in next dc, ch 2] 7 times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3—16 dc and 8 ch-2 sps, do not turn.
RND 3: Ch 5 (counts as dc and ch-2 sp), [dc in next dc, ch 2] 15 times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-5—16 dc and 16 ch-2 sps, do not turn.
RND 4: Ch 3, dc in same ch as joining, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp, [2 dc in next dc, 2 dc in next ch-2 sp] 15 times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of beg ch-3—64 dc, do not turn.
RND 5: Ch 8 (counts as tr and ch-4 sp), tr in same ch as joining, *skip next 3 sts, (tr, ch 4, tr) in next st; rep from * around, skip last 3 sts, join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-8—32 tr and 16 ch-4 sps, do not turn.
RND 6: Ch 4 (counts as tr), tr in next tr, ch 5, [tr in each of next 2 tr, ch 5] 15 times, join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-4—32 tr and 16 ch-5 sps, do not turn.
RND 7: Ch 4, tr in next tr, 5 tr in next ch-5 sp, [tr in each of next 2 tr, 5 tr in next ch-5 sp] 15 times, join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-4—112 tr, do not turn.
RND 8: Rep Rnd 5—56 tr and 28 ch-4 sps, do not turn.
RND 9: Ch 4, tr in next tr, ch 4, [tr in each of next 2 tr, ch 4] 27 times; join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-4—56 tr and 28 ch-4 sps, do not turn.
RND 10: Ch 4, tr in next tr, 4 tr in next ch-4 sp, [tr in each of next 2 tr, 4 tr in next ch-4 sp] 27 times; join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-4—168 tr, do not turn.
Place piece between 2 layers of kitchen towel and roll with rolling pin to block bottom. Continue with rest of bowl.
RND 11: Ch 7 (counts as tr and ch-3 sp), tr in same ch as joining, [skip next 3 sts, (tr, ch 3, tr) in next st] 41 times, skip last 3 sts; join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-7—84 tr and 42 ch-3 sps, do not turn.
RND 12: Ch 4, tr in next tr, ch 3, [tr in each of next 2 tr, ch 3] 41 times, join with sl st in 4th ch of beg ch-4—84 tr and 42 ch-3 sps, do not turn.
RND 13: Ch 3, tr in next tr, 3 tr in next ch-3 sp, [tr dec over next 2 tr, 3 tr in next ch-3 sp] 41 times; join with sl st in top of beg tr dec—168 tr, do not turn.
RND 14: Rep Rnd 11, do not turn.
RND 15: Rep Rnd 12, ch 1, turn.
RND 16 (WS): Bsc in first ch-3 sp, *ch 2, shell in next ch-3 sp, ch 2**, bsc in next ch-3 sp; rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join with sl st in first bsc—21 shells and 21 bsc.
Cut wire and carefully weave in ends.
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