Large Doily Pattern

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
The Famous "PURITAN" CROCHET COTTON, Article 40
or
"DE LUXE" Quality CROCHET COTTON, Article 346
3 balls Shaded Yellows.
2 balls Kelly Green.
2 balls White.
Steel crochet hook No. 6 or No. 7.

CENTER: Work 1st 6 rounds same as Hot Plate Mats or Covers Pattern.

7th Round. Attach White in 2nd tr c of Green petal, ch 5, skip 3 tr c, s c in next tr c, * ch 3, tr c between petals, ch 3, s c in 2nd tr c of next Green petal, ch 5, skip 3 tr c, s c in next tr c, repeat from * all around ending with ch 3, tr c between petals, ch 3, join.

8th Round. Sl st into loop, ch 6, d c in same loop, * 1 d c, ch 3, 1 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

9th Round. Sl st into loop, * ch 6, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around, cut thread.

10th Round. Attach Shaded Yellows in loop, ch 3, 4 d c in same loop, ch 3, 5 d c in same loop, * 5 d c, ch 3, 5 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join.

11th Round. Ch 3, work 1 d c in each d c and 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c in each ch 3 loop, join, cut thread.

12th Round. Attach White in ch 3 at point, s c in same space, * ch 7, s c in ch 3 of next point, repeat from * all around, ch 7, join.

13th Round. * Ch 6, s c in next loop, ch 6, s c in next s c, repeat from * all around ending with ch 3, d c in same space as beginning (this brings thread in position for next round).

14th Round. * Ch 6, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending with ch 3, d c in d c. Repeat the 14th round twice.

17th Round. * Ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending with ch 7, s c in d c, cut thread.

Next 5 Rounds. Repeat 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th rounds.

23rd & 24th Rounds. Same as last round but ending 24th round with ch 6, s c in d c, cut thread.

25th Round. Attach Green in loop, * ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 7, sl st in top of s c just made for picot, ch 7, sl st in same space, ch 7, sl st in same space (3 picot cluster), ch 5, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, cut Green.

26th Round. Attach Shaded Yellows in any s c, * ch 4, sl st in 1st loop of next 3 picot cluster, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same 3 picot cluster, ch 3, sl st in same loop (picot loop), ch 3, sl st in next loop of same picot cluster, ch 4, sl st in next s c, repeat from * all around, join, cut thread.

MOTIFS AROUND CENTER: Work 1st 16 rounds same as center but ending last round with ch 6, s c in d c, cut thread.

17th Round. Attach Green and work same as 25th round of center.

18th Round. Attach Shaded Yellows in any s c, ch 4, sl st in 1st loop of next 3 picot cluster, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same 3 picot cluster, ch 1, join to picot loop of any scallop of center, ch 1, sl st in same space on motif, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same 3 picot cluster, ch 4, sl st in next s c on motif, * ch 4, sl st in 1st loop of next 3 picot cluster, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same picot cluster, ch 1, join to picot loop in middle of next scallop on center, ch 1, sl st in same space on motif, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same picot cluster, ch 4, sl st in next s c on motif, repeat from * once, * ch 4, sl st in 1st loop of next 3 picot cluster, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same 3 picot cluster, ch 3, sl st in same space, ch 3, sl st in next loop of same 3 picot cluster, ch 4, sl st in next s c, repeat from * all around, cut thread. Work a 2nd motif in same manner and having large center to top of work, join center of 2 scallops to center of 2 scallops on left hand side of 1st motif leaving 2 scallops free at inside edge of 1st motif, then work 2 more scallops on 2nd motif, leave 3 scallops free on center, join next 3 scallops of motif to next 3 scallops of center joining same as 1st motif was joined. Work 6 more motifs and join in same manner always leaving 3 scallops free on center between joinings and 2 scallops free on inside edge of each motif. Join last motif to 1st motif to correspond.

SMALL JOINING MOTIF: With Green ch 6, join to form a ring, ch 3 and work 14 d c in ring, join in 3rd st of ch, cut thread.

Attach Shaded Yellows in same space, s c in same space, * ch 5, sl st in top of s c for picot, ch 3, join to picot loop at center of 1st free scallop of motif, ch 3, sl st in same space of small motif, ch 5, sl st in same space, 1 s c in each of the next 3 d c, ch 5, sl st in top of last s c for picot, ch 3, join to picot loop at center of next free scallop of same motif, ch 3, sl st in same space of small motif, ch 5, sl st in same space, 1 s c in each of the next 3 d c, repeat from * once but joining to center picot loop of 2 free scallops of next motif, ch 5, sl st in top of last s c for picot, ch 3, skip 1 scallop of center, join to picot loop at center of next scallop, ch 3, sl st in same space on small motif, ch 5, sl st in same space, 1 s c in each of the next 2 d c, join in 1st s c, cut thread. Work a joining motif in each of the next 7 spaces around center.