Illustrated on front cover

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY

“STAR” TATTING CROCHET, Article 25

1 ball Tinted Lavender and Yellow or any color desired.

1 Handkerchief

Steel crochet hook No. 13

Hairpin Staple ¼ inch wide

HAIRPIN LACE: Make a loop at end of thread, insert hook in loop and wind thread around right prong of hairpin staple, thread over hook and draw through loop keeping loop at center, * drop loop from hook, turn staple ½ turn to the left, pick up the dropped loop at center, thread over hook and pull through loop, insert hook through top part of loop on left hand prong, thread over and pull through (2 loops on hook), thread over and pull through both loops completing the single crochet, repeat from * until lace is long enough to reach around entire handkerchief. When staple is filled, slip loops off staple always keeping 4 or 5 loops on so lace will not get twisted.

Sew around handkerchief as illustrated allowing a little fullness at each corner.

EDGE: Attach thread in any loop of hairpin lace, * ch 3, s d c in 3rd st from hook (s d c: thread over hook, insert in st, pull through, thread over and pull through all loops at one time), sl st in next loop, repeat from * all around, join, cut thread.