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Crochet Toaster Cover

4/21/2017

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I was cleaning the kitchen last Sunday and noticed how yucky the toaster looked on the counter.  Of course I immediately decided to put a cover on it, I just didn't know what kind. After some searching Amazon for something that I liked, I decided to just use some of my leftover yarn and make my own.  I tried to find a pattern online, but I didn't find anything simple enough and you know that if it's not simple then it's not for me! I know this picture doesn't do the cover justice, but believe me it is a major improvement over simply having a toaster sitting on the counter and it absolutely looks better than the toaster alone collecting dust in the corner.

This pattern depends upon the size of your toaster, but mine is a two slice Oster (see affiliate link at bottom of post). The cover is a little larger than necessary but this is because I plant on getting a bigger toaster with 2 slide wide mouth and longer slots to fit Rye bread some day. Nothing like planning ahead!

Supplies Needed:
  • 3 skeins of Lily Sugar n'Cream 100% cotton yarn (Jute)
  • 4.5 mm crochet hook
  • Scissors
  • Yarn needle​
Directions for Center Piece
  • Chain 24
  • Row 1: single crochet into second stitch from hook, and 24 more times across. Turn and chain 1.
  • Rows 2 - 86: repeat row 1. 
  • Row 87: you will complete a sc stitch around the entire outside (see photo). Complete row 87, but in the last (corner) stitch, do 3 chains instead of one and turn. Row 87 actually counts as the first of the four sides. In each corner be sure to do 3 sc. When you get back to the 87th row, make sure there are 3 sc in the corner and slip stitch to connect. 
  • Finish off.
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Directions for Sides - Make 2
  • Chain 34
  • Row 1: sc in the second stitch from the hook and all the way across. Chain 1 and turn.
  • Rows 2 - 19: Repeat row 1.
  • Row 20: Here you will be creating the curved corners. Skip the first stitch, sc 31 (the last stitch is skipped as well). Chain 1 and turn.
  • Rows 21 - 23: skip the first stitch, sc across and skip the last stitch as well. Repeat the pattern skipping the first and last stitch on each row. 
  • Row 24: skip the first stitch, and continue the single crochet around the corner and down the side (one stitch per each row). Single crochet 3 stitches in the corner, continue around the bottom, sc 3 in corner, and single crochet up the side and around the curve. Just at the top of the curve, connect with slip stitch and knot off.
Joining
  • Join a side to the center piece using a single crochet stitch.  Be sure to keep them matched up the entire time.
  • Join the second side to the center piece. 
  • Single crochet around the entire bottom to finish it.
  • Weave all loose ends.
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Is it perfect? No...but it's exactly what I wanted :-)
Simple to make and looks much better in person!
I promise :-)
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6 Comments
Elizabeth Sexton link
2/19/2019 02:23:32 pm

I love simple

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Judy Dumka
3/19/2020 12:49:27 pm

just what I was looking. a simple crochet cover.

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Sherri
4/4/2020 09:38:01 am

I'm sorry I'm a bit new to crocheting but if you change 24 and then you start in the second chain from the hook that's going to leave you with 23 stitches at the end not 24 so every time I tried to work this pattern things got a little wonky. Are you sure it's changed 24 and not 25? Have you corrected this at all anywhere? Sorry to be so naggy but when I'm trying to learn I want to learn correctly and there are not 24 stitches across on a 24 chain if you Skip one

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Chanelle
4/6/2020 06:36:05 pm

Actually if you chain 24 and start crocheting in the second chain from the hook there will be a total of 22 stitches across. So if the requirement is 24 stitches, then chain 26.

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Evie link
9/13/2021 06:53:21 pm

If your pattern is for a slightly larger toaster cover, how much do we chain in order to get a "regular" toaster cover?

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Evelyn Coutu L Coutu
4/2/2022 11:03:36 am

I don't 24 rows is enough for the sides so I will keep going until I think it is enough!!

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