Materials Required—
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
“STAR” MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON.
ARTICLE 20, SIZE 20

36—250 yd. Balls Cream, Ecru or White or “Gem” Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Article 35, Size 20.

30—300 yd. Balls.

Steel Crochet Hook #11.

Each motif measures about 4½ inches. 192 Motifs 12x16 are required for cloth measuring about 56x74 inches with edge.

MOTIF—Ch 8, join to form a ring, ch 3 and work 23 d c into ring, join in 3rd st of ch.

2nd Row—Ch 12, sl st in 7th st from hook, ch 5, skip 2 d c, s c in next d c, repeat from beginning all around.

3rd Row—5 s c over next loop, sl st in next loop, ch 4, * thread over twice, insert in same loop, pull through and work off 2 loops twice, repeat from * once, thread over and work off all loops at one time, ** ch 5, * thread over twice, insert in same loop, pull through and work off 2 loops twice, repeat from * twice, thread over and work off all loops at one time, repeat from ** twice, ch 5, * thread over twice, insert in same loop, pull through and work off 2 loops twice, repeat from * once, thread over and work off all loops at one time, ch 4, sl st in same loop, 5 s c in next loop, repeat from beginning all around.

4th Row—Sl st across next 5 s c, then ch 4 and to the center of next loop, s c in same loop, * ch 6, s c in next loop, repeat from * twice, s c in next loop, repeat from 1st * all around, join in 1st s c.

5th Row—Sl st in each of the next 2 chs, 3 s c in same loop, * ch 6, 3 s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 3, d c in 1st s c (this brings thread in position for next row).

6th Row—Ch 4 (ch 4 at beginning of row counts as 1 tr c), 2 tr c in same space, * ch 5, 3 s c in next loop, repeat from * once, ch 5, then repeat from beginning all around, join in 4th st of ch.

7th Row—Ch 4, 2 tr c in same space, * ch 7, skip next tr c, 3 tr c in next tr c, ch 6, skip next loop, 5 s c in next loop, ch 6, 3 tr c in next tr c, repeat from * all around, ending row with ch 7, skip next tr c, 3 tr c in next tr c, ch 6, skip next loop, 5 s c in next loop, ch 6, join in 4th st of ch.

8th Row—Ch 4, 1 tr c in each of the next 2 tr c, * ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, ch 7, 1 tr c in each of the next 3 tr c, ch 6, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 3 s c, ch 6, 1 tr c in each of the next 3 tr c, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, ch 7, 1 tr c in each of the next 3 tr c, ch 6, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 3 s c, ch 6, join in 4th st of ch.

9th Row—Ch 4, 1 tr c in each of the next 2 tr c, * ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, ch 7, 1 tr c in each of the next 3 tr c, ch 6, s c in center 5 c of s c group, ch 6, 1 tr c in each of the next 3 tr c, repeat from * all around in same manner, join in 4th st of ch.

10th Row—Ch 4 (counts as 1 tr c), 1 tr c in each of the next 2 tr c, * ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, repeat from * twice, ch 7, 1 tr c in each of the next 3 tr c, repeat from beginning all around, join, break thread.

Work a 2nd motif in same manner joining to 1st motif in last row as follows: ch 4, 1 tr c in each of the next 2 tr c, * ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, repeat from * once, ch 3, sl st in corresponding loop of 1st motif, ch 3, 3 s c in next loop of 2nd motif, ch 3, sl st in next loop of 1st motif, ch 3, 1 tr c in each of the next 6 tr c of 2nd motif, * ch 3, sl st in corresponding loop of 1st motif, ch 3, 3 s c in next loop of 2nd motif, repeat from * once and complete motif same as 1st motif, break thread.

Join 3rd motif to 2nd motif and 4th motif to 3rd and 1st motifs in same manner.

JOINING MOTIF—Ch 8, join to form a ring, ** ch 4, * thread over twice, insert in ring, pull through and work off 2 loops twice, repeat from *, thread over and work off all loops at one time, ch 4, 3 s c in ring, repeat from ** 3 times.

2nd Row—Sl st to top of ch 4, ch 3, 2 d c in same space, * ch 6, skip next st, 3 d c in next st, ch 5, 3 d c in top of next ch 4, repeat from * twice, ch 6, skip next st, 3 d c in next st, ch 5, join in 3rd st of ch.

3rd Row—Ch 3 (ch 3 at beginning of row counts as 1 d c), 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, ch 6, 3 s c in next loop, ch 6, 1 d c in each of the next 3 d c, ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 3, repeat from beginning all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

4th Row—Ch 4, 1 tr c in each of the next 2 d c, ch 3, sl st in 3rd free loop of any large motif, ch 3, 3 s c in next loop of joining motif, ch 3, sl st in next free loop of same large motif, ch 3, sl st in next free loop of next large motif, ch 3, 3 s c in next loop of joining motif, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same large motif, ch 3, tr c in each of the next 6 d c of joining motif and continue in same manner until joining is completed.

EDGE: Attach thread in 3rd loop on right hand side before joining of corner motif, ch 1 and work 3 s c in same space, ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, ch 3, thread over needle, insert in same loop with joining, pull through and work off 2 loops, thread over needle, insert in same loop with joining of next motif, pull through and work off all loops 2 at a time, ch 3, 3 s c in next loop, * ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, repeat from * 18 times, ** thread over needle, insert in next loop (same as joining) pull through and work off 2 loops, thread over needle, insert in same loop with joining of next motif, pull through and work off all loops 2 at a time, ch 3, 3 s c in next loop, * ch 7, 3 s c in next loop, repeat from * 10 times, repeat from ** all around working all corner motifs same as 1st corner motif.

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2nd Row—Sl st into loop, ch 4, cluster st in same space, * ch 5, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, ch 1, cluster st in same space, repeat from * twice, ch 5, 2 s c in next loop, ch 4, sl st in top of last 5 c for picot, 2 s c in next ch 7 loop of next motif, ** ch 5, 4 cluster sts with ch 1, picot, ch 1 between each cluster st in next loop, * ch 7, 2 s c in next loop, ch 4, sl st in top of last 5 c for picot, s c in same space, repeat from * twice, repeat from ** 3 times, ch 5, 4 cluster sts with ch 1, picot, ch 1 between each cluster st in next loop, ch 5, 2 s c in next loop, ch 4, sl st in top of last s c for picot, 2 s c in next ch 7 loop of next motif and continue all around in same manner.

If napkins are desired, cut linen the size required. Work a row of s c over a rolled hem.

2nd Row—Ch 7, skip 5 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 3 s c, repeat from beginning all around.

3rd Row—Same as last row of edging on cloth working the 4 cluster sts at corners only.