#01 Laced Corset

**Sizing:** - X-Small (Small, Medium, Large) - Waist (after lacing): 22-24 (26, 28, 30)" - Length: 8 1/2" **Gauge:** 23 sts and 21 rows = 4"/10 cm over TSS using size F/5 Afghan hook. **Additional materials:** - Size F/5 Afghan and standard crochet hooks - Size C/2 crochet hook - 6 yd silk ribbon 3" wide - Seven 5/8" buttons - Three packages (each approx. 2yd) of Dritz Featherlite Boning, cotton cover removed, cut into 11" strips **From pattern description:** "Close-fitting corset worked in tunisian crochet to fit the waist with stays, ribbon lacing and button up back." **From *Vogue Knitting, Holiday 2004*:** "Want to look romantic and sexy all at once? Cue the corset. Jennifer Hansen uses Tunisian crochet to bring a 19th-century undergarment into the 21st-century spotlight. It's worked in "Karat" by Skacel Collection. The front and back are laced together with a length of "Hanah Silk" ribbon by Artemis."