Hair Dryer Stand and Cover

So...I got this idea from Pinterest (no kidding, right?) to use PVC pipe for a hair dryer stand.  The one I saw on Pinterest had a smaller diameter elbow coming off the main, larger portion of PVC.  The hair dryer was placed into the larger PVC opening and a curling iron was placed in the elbow.  Well...I don't use (or even have) a curling iron, so off to Fleet Farm I went and found a short section of 3 inch PVC and a "female" piece to use as a base.

Now, the ones I saw on Pinterest were painted.  And I thought about doing that too.  But today, I got this really great idea: why not crochet a cover for this hair dryer stand.  So I got out my size G hook and favorite Peaches & Creme Seaside Stripes yarn and set to work.  The pattern is included below.

Cool, huh?

 

Tada!

 

Ok, here's the pattern (and I hope it makes sense)

 

My Hair Dryer Cover

This pattern fits a 3 inch diameter PVC pipe. 

Materials:

1 ball cotton yarn (I used Peaches and Creme)

Size G hook

 

Abbreviations:

sc = single crochet

dc = double crochet

sl st = slip stitch

Directions:

Rnd. 1: Make a magic ring and work 6 sc in ring.  Join with sl st in first sc.

Rnd 2: 2sc in same st as joining and in each sc around. (12 sts).

Rnd 3: Sc in same stitch as joining, 2 sc in next sc, *sc in next st, 2 sc in next sc repeat from around (18 sts).

Rnd. 4: Sc in same st as joining, sc in next sc,* 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 2 sc. Repeat from * around. (24 sts).

Rnd 5: Sc in same st as joining, sc in next 2 sc, * 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 3 sc. Repeat from * around. (30 sts).

Rnd 6: Sc in same st as joining, sc in next 3 sc, * 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 4 sc. Repeat from * around. (36 sts).

Rnd 7: Sc in same st as joining, sc in next 4 sc,* 2 sc in next sc, sc in next 5 sc. Repeat from * around. (42 sts).

Rnd 8: Sc in back loop only of each sc. (42 sts).  The bottom is now done.  On to the tube!

Rnd 9: Chain3 (counts as first stitch), in same stitch as joining, *chain 1, dc 2 together repeat from * around ending with chain 1.  Slip stitch into top of chain first dc.

Rnd 10: sc in same stitch as joining and in each chain 1 space and dc around.

Rnd 11: Chain 4, *dc 2 together, chain 1 repeat from * around ending with dc 2 tog.  Slip stitch into top 3rd stitch of beginning chain 4.

Rnd 12: Sc in same stitch as joining and in each chain 1 space and dc around.

Repeat rows 9-11 until desired height, ending with a sc row.

Next row: sc around (42 sts). Do not turn.

Finishing row: Chain 1. Working left to right, sc in each sc of previous row.  Finish off and weave in ends.

Feel free to copy this pattern but please do not post online

unless you link back to my blog.