Hairpin Lace Lamp Shade Cover Pattern

COATS & CLARK'S O.N.T. "Speed-Cro-Sheen" MER­CERIZED COTTON, Art. C.44: 2 balls of No. 131 Fudge Brown.
Milwards Steel Crochet Hook No. 2/0 (double zero).
Hairpin lace staples, one ½ inch wide and one 2 inches wide.
Gold metallic thread.
A lamp shade.

Lamp shade used measures 9¼ inches deep. 35 inches in circumference at top and 44 inches at bottom.

NARROW STRIP … Starting at lower edge with ½ inch staple, make a strip of Basic Hairpin Lace, see patternbook page, to reach around bottom of lamp shade, having same number of loops on each side. Break off. Sew together at center.

WIDE STRIP … With 2-inch staple, make another strip, having the same number of loops as Narrow Strip. Sew together at center.

To Join Strips: Keeping all loops straight on Narrow Strip and twisting all loops on Wide Strip, attach gold metallic thread to first loop on Narrow Strip, sl st in first loop on Wide Strip, * sl st in next loop on Narrow Strip, sl st in next loop on Wide Strip. Repeat from * around. Join and break off. Make another Narrow Strip and join to Wide Strip as before. Continue in this manner, alternating strips, until piece fits tightly on lamp shade, ending with a Wide Strip. Keeping the twist in all loops on upper edge of last Wide Strip, sc closely with Brown in each loop around. Join and break off. Make another Narrow Strip to fit tightly around top of lamp shade. Sew together at center. Work around Narrow Strip as follows: Attach gold metallic thread to first loop, * ch 1, sl st in next loop. Repeat from * around. Join. Sew edge of Narrow Strip to edge of Wide Strip, holding Wide Strip in to fit. Sew to lamp shade.