Hahaha! The name says it all. Quite literally. It is what it is, get your minds out of the gutter kids :)
A few years ago we bought one of those counter-top stands with a hook for your bananas but we got a little over-excited and broke it as soon as we took it out of the box. A few weeks ago I found it shoved in the back of a rarely-used cupboard and thought that a banana hammock would be better for 2 reasons:
1: It gives you a reason to say "banana hammock" throughout the day.
2: What do you do when you only have one last banana and you can't hang it on the hook?
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I used a Worsted Weight Cotton Yarn and a 6mm hook.
Notes:
* We're using only 3 chains to turn at the beginning of each row to keep the hammock edges more snug than the body.
* At the end of each row, the final treble crochet stitch is placed in the 3rd stitch of the turning chain.
* For each row the stitches skip over the chain spaces and are placed in the treble stitch of the previous row to form a mesh or net-like fabric. (Have a look at the following images or my sketch for a better idea).
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To begin, ch 15 and join with a sl st to the 11th chain from hook. Sl into next 4 ch
Row 1: Working in the same space as last sl st, ch 4 (counts as 1 tr and 1 ch), *tr, ch1* (3 times), tr.
Row 2: ch 5 [counts as 1 tr and 2 ch], *tr, ch 2*x3, tr.
Row 3: ch 6 [counts as 1 tr and 3 ch], *tr, ch 3*x3, tr.
Row 4: ch 7 [counts as 1 tr and 4 ch], *tr, ch 4*x3, tr.
Row 5: ch 7, tr, ch 4, in next stitch (tr, ch 3, tr), *ch 4, tr*x2.
Row 6: ch 7, tr, ch 4, *in next stitch (tr, ch 3, tr), ch 4*x2, tr, ch 4, tr.
Row 7: ch 7, *tr, ch 4*x6, tr.
Row 8: ch 7, tr, ch 4, *in next stitch (tr, ch 3, tr), ch 4*x4, tr, ch 4, tr.
Row 9: ch 7, *tr, ch 4*x10, tr.
Row 10 & 11: Repeat Row 9
Row 12: ch 7, *tr, ch 4, tr, ch 3,*x4, tr, *ch 4, tr*x2
Row 13: ch 7, tr, ch 4, *tr 2 sts tog, ch 4*x4, tr, ch 4, tr
Row 14: ch 7, *tr, ch 4, tr, ch 3*x2, *tr, ch 4* x2, tr.
Row 15: ch 7, tr, ch 4, tr 2 sts tog, ch 3, tr 2 sts tog, *ch 4, tr* x2
Row 16: ch 7, tr, ch 4, tr 2 sts tog, *ch4, tr*x2
Row 17: ch 6, *tr, ch 3*x3, tr
Row 18: ch 5, *tr, ch 2*x3, tr
Row 19: ch 4, *tr, ch 1*x3, tr
Row 20: ch 3, tr 4 sts tog, do not fasten off
To finish, ch 15, join to 11th ch from hook and sl for next 4 sts.
Fasten off and weave in ends.
I'm actually pretty proud of how this turned out for a first try. I scribbled out a sketch and decided to place the increases down the center to give it more of a boat-like shape rather than at the edge which would make it fan out. If that makes sense. It's a bit long, but if you had more stuff in it, then the length would be reduced by the increase in bulk.
Edit:4/20 Here's a good and detailed video with a how-to on Treble 2 Together.
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I really dig your canisters, I'm pretty sure my mother had a set just like them back in the day.
The canisters were an antique store find!! I love them so very much. The best part is that it came with a dispenser for parchment, foil and plastic wrap! I've never seen something like that before.
thanks for the pattern!!
Vicki
Material: Some grocery bags laying around and when I ran out of that some old yarn as well.
Instead of bananas I am using them to hold up my Ambrosia melons growing in my back yard! This is great! The old yarn ones I made can be washed when the crop is over and I can reuse them next year! Thank you so much for the pattern.
It has been a pain to keep my Ambrosia melons off the ground and this is just perfect. People look for weird ways to lift and cradle the melons (Stockings, grocery bags, old coffee cans, nets, etc.) and when I saw this I couldn't help but give it a try and the result was perfect! I always have bits of old yarn laying around and if I feel like recycling my old grocery bags- it works just as well.
Next year I may make even larger ones and extend it a little longer for watermelons. I am so excited!
THANK YOU!!!!
An ambrosia melon is like a super sweet cantelope. People may differ in that opinion, but for someone who doesn't know- thats the best way to describe it! If you know how big a cantelope gets, then you will understand that they are heavy. I am tying these "banana hammocks" onto my trellis so that the "cantelope" grows into them and is supported by the hammock. This way they stay off the ground and have less chance of bruising or getting eaten by pests!
It really is wonderful! Thank you again! Oh - and I am going to keep calling them "banana hammocks" because its a GREAT name and then I get to tell people why it's called that!
Row 8 calls for 4 sets which would made 13 and row 9 only has 11..?
Then on row 12, how am I supposed to do it, each in a different stitch or are they combined like the other rows?
- Rows 1 through 4, you should have 4 open spaces and 5 posts (made of the trebles)
- Row 5 has an increase, making 5 open spaces and 6 posts
- Row 6 has 2 increases, making 7 open spaces and 8 posts
- Row 7 has no increases
- Row 8 has 4 increases, making 11 open spaces and 12 posts
- Row 9 looks like it has a mistake! should be:
Row 9: ch 7 (Counts as 1 tr and 4 ch), *tr, ch4* x 10, tr
This would make no increases, and the row should then have 11 open spaces and 12 posts.
Hope that helps!!