This free pattern originally published in the Woolco Knitting & Crocheting Manual, in 1916.
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MATERIAL-10 skeins of white and 2 of color Woolco Germantown Zephyr. No. 4 Woolco hook.
With white, chain 161.
*Make 1 single crochet in each of the first 10 stitches. In next stitch make 3, then 1 in each of the next 10 stitches. Skip 2.* Repeat across chain.
2D ROW-Same as 1st. From now on take the 10 stitches always in back loop, and 3 stitches in both loops. Always place the 3 stitches in center stitch of 3 in previous row.
Make 10 rows of white, 2 rows of color, 4 rows of white, 4 rows of color, 82 rows of white, 4 rows of color, 4 rows of white, 2 rows of color, 10 rows of white.
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