Materials Needed:

4 ½ yards #3 Green thread Size D or E crochet hook. 1 Penny Darning Needle and Scissors

U.S. Abbreviations

ch=chain sl st = slip stitch sc = single crochet hdc = half double crochet dc = double crochet rep = repeat beg = beginning rem=remaining sp=space

Front Piece

Make a magic circle and ch 1 to secure.

Round 1

Ch 4 (counts as a dc and a ch 1.) Dc in the ring. (Ch 3 and dc in the ring. Ch 1 and dc in the ring) 3 times. End with ch 3 and sl st in the 3rd st of the beg ch 4. End off and weave in the end. (Four ch 3 sps and four ch 1 sps made.)

Back Piece

Make a magic circle and ch 1 to secure

Round 1

Ch 4 (counts as a dc and a ch 1.) Dc in the ring. (Ch 3 and dc in the ring. Ch 1 and dc in the ring) 3 times. End with ch 3 and sl st in the 3rd st of the beg ch 4. End off and weave in the end. (Four ch 3 sps and four ch 1 sps made.)

Assembly Directions

Weave in all your ends it will make life easier in the long run. With piece 1 finished and piece 2 still using the working thread, place the 2 pieces together matching the ch 1 and ch 4 spaces.

Round 2

With pieces back to back, ch 1 and sl st through both of the ch 1 spaces. ** In the next ch 3 sp make (sc, 2 dc, hdc, 2 dc and a sc.) Sl st into the next ch 1 sp.* Place the penny between the pieces and rep from ** to * around, Ch 12 and sl st back into the beg sc to end the rnd. End off and weave in the end.

Done