DRAUGHT EXCLUDER
Keep your home nice and toasty with this stylish tapestry crochet draught excluder by Pony McTate.
Keep your home cosy and chic with this ethnic-inspired draught excluder. Give tapestry crochet a try while you’re at it.
NOTES
The Draught Excluder sleeve is worked in joined rounds. Follow the Chart below for the pattern – each square on the Chart is 1 dc. Read the Chart from right to left. It repeats six times each round and three times along the length of the sleeve. When changing colour mid-row, twist the yarn ends together. Pick up the new colour in the last yrh of the previous stitch. Carry the unused strands across the top of the work at the back, trapping it within the stitches.
DRAUGHT EXCLUDER
Using Ficelle, ch72, ss to first ch to join in a loop, taking care not to twist ch.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as a st throughout), dc in first st and each st around, ss to first st to join. [72 sts]
Rounds 2-204 Repeat Round 1, refer to the Chart for colour changes, repeat chart 6 times on each round. Fasten off.
END CIRCLES MAKE 2
Using Bleuet, make a magic loop.
Round 1 Ch1 (does not count as a st throughout), 6dc into the loop, ss in first dc to join. [6 sts]
Round 2 Ch1, 2dc in each st around. [12 sts]
Round 3 Ch1, (dc in next st, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [18 sts]
Round 4 Ch1, (dc in next 2 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [24 sts]
Round 5 Ch1, (dc in next 3 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [30 sts]
Round 6 Ch1, (dc in next 4 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [36 sts]
Round 7 Ch1, (dc in next 5 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [42 sts]
Round 8 Ch1, (dc in next 6 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [48 sts]
Round 9 Ch1, (dc in next 7 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [54 sts]
Round 10 Ch1, (dc in next 8 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [60 sts]
Round 11 Ch1, (dc in next 9 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. [66 sts]
Round 12 Ch1, (dc in next 10 sts, 2dc in next st) 6 times. Fasten off. [72 sts]
TO MAKE UP
Stuff the Draught Excluder from each end. You can avoid lumps by inserting small amounts of stuffing at a time and massaging the sleeve to ease out any bumps. Once stuffed, join the end circles to each end of using a dc seam. Fasten off.
TASSELS
Using Ficelle, wrap yarn 30 times around a piece of cardboard 6cm wide. Take a 20cm length of yarn and pass it under all strands at one end of the card and knot securely. Leave tails for sewing to the End Circles. Cut through all strands at opposite end of card. Take another 20cm length of yarn and wrap several times around the tassel approx 1cm from the tie’s end, knot and tuck away the ends. Trim tassels if required.
TO MAKE UP
Using a tapestry needle, secure the Tassels to each end of the Draught Excluder through the centre of the End Circles.