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Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY

“PURITAN” CROCHET COTTON, Article 40

or

“DE LUXE” CROCHET COTTON, Article 346

1 ball Shaded Nile Greens or color desired

1 Turkish Towel

Steel crochet hook No. 7

Ch 12, 2 d c in 7th st from hook, ch 1, 2 d c in next st of ch, ch 1, skip 2 sts of ch, 2 d c in next st, ch 1, 2 d c in next st, ch 3, turn.

2nd Row—2 d c, ch 1, 2 d c (shell) in next ch 1 loop, ch 1, skip next ch 1 loop, 2 d c, ch 1, 2 d c in next ch 1 loop, ch 1, d c in end loop, ch 4, turn.

3rd Row—Shell in center of 1st shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 6, sl st in the ch 3 of previous row, ch 2, turn.

4th Row—8 s d c over loop just made (s d c: thread over hook, insert in space, pull loop through, thread over and pull through all loops at one time), ch 1, shell in center of 1st shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, d c in 3rd st of end ch, ch 4, turn.

5th Row—Shell in center of 1st shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 6, sl st in the ch 1 of previous row next to the 1st scallop, ch 2, turn.

6th Row—4 s d c over loop just made, ch 6, drop loop from hook, insert hook in center st of previous scallop, pick up loop and pull through, ch 2, 4 s d c over loop just made, ch 3, sl st in top of last s d c for picot, 4 s d c over same loop, 4 s d c over remainder of previous loop, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, d c in 3rd st of ch, ch 4, turn.

7th Row—Shell in center of 1st shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 6, sl st in the ch 1 of previous row, ch 3, turn.

8th Row—8 d c over loop just made, ch 1, shell in center of shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, d c in 3rd st of ch, ch 4, turn.

9th Row—Shell in center of 1st shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, skip the 2 d c of same shell, 1 d c in each of the next 8 d c with ch 1 between each d c, ch 1, sl st in 4th s d c where previous scallop is joined, turn.

10th Row—Ch 4, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 1, s c between 1st 2 d c, * ch 4, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 1, s c between next 2 d c, repeat from * 6 times, ch 3, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, shell in center of next shell, ch 1, d c in 3rd st of ch, ch 4, turn.

Repeat from 3rd row for length desired.

Sew to end of towel.