Hairpin Lace Cafe Curtains Pattern

LILY DOUBLE QUICK Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Art. 50: 7 skeins Canary Yellow and 3 skeins White.

No. 3 Steel Crochet Hook.

Hairpin Lace Staples: ½-inch width and 2-in width.

15 curtain rings, 1-inch diameter.

Curtain measures 27 x 64 inches.

NARROW STRIP: With ½-inch staple and White, make a strip of Basic Hairpin Lace with 102 lps on each side. Fasten off.

WIDE STRIP: With 2-inch staple and Yellow, make a strip of hairpin lace with 220 lps on each side. Fasten off.

TO JOIN STRIPS: Keeping all lps straight on Narrow Strip and twisting all lps on Wide Strip, attach Yellow to 1st lp on Narrow Strip, sl st in 1st lp on Wide Strip, * sl st in next lp on Narrow Strip, sl st in next lp on Wide Strip. Repeat from * to end lp on Narrow Strip. ** (Sl st thru next 3 lps on Wide Strip, sl st in same end lp on Narrow Strip) twice, ** sl st thru next 3 lps on Wide Strip, sl st in end sc on Narrow Strip, sl st thru next 3 lps on Wide Strip, sl st in 1st lp on other side of Narrow Strip; repeat from ** to **; (sl st in next lp on Wide Strip, sl st in next lp on Narrow Strip) repeated to end. Fasten off. Make 14 pieces.

TO JOIN: Starting at top, mark the 103d lp down each side of each piece. Attach Yellow to 1st lp on one piece, sl st in 1st lp on 2d piece, (sl st in next lp on 1st piece, sl st in next lp on 2d piece) repeated to marked lps. Fasten off. Join all pieces in same way.

EDGE: Attach Yellow to 1st lp on 1st piece, (ch 1, sc in next lp) repeated to marked lp, * (ch 3, sc in next lp) repeated around scallop, ch 3, sc in joining of pieces, ch 3, sc in 1st free lp on next scallop; repeat from * around to marked lp on final piece, (ch 1, sc in next lp) re­peated to top corner. Fasten off.

RND 2: Attach White to back lp of 1st sc, (ch 1, sl st in back lp of next sc) repeated around. On scallops, * (ch 1, sl st in 2d ch of next ch-3 sp, ch 1, sl st in next sc) repeated around scallop to center of final ch-3 sp, ch 1, sl st in center ch of 1st sp on next scallop, ch 1, sl st in next sc; repeat from * across bottom of curtain. Com­plete side as for 1st side.

With White make a Narrow Strip of hairpin lace 64 inches long. Work across both edges of strip as for Rnd 1 of Edge. Sew strip across top edge of curtain. Stretch and pin Curtain right-side-down. Steam and press dry thru a cloth. Sew rings across top, evenly spaced.