Arabis Edging Pattern #6507

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For	AMERICAN THREAD CO. Materials Required	Needle
Handkerchiefs	STAR Tatting Cotton Article 25	13
Lingerie or Sheets and Cases	STAR Crochet Cotton Article 20 or 30, Size 30 or	11
Lingerie or Sheets and Cases	GEM Crochet Cotton Article, 35, Size 30	11
Towels or Tablecloths or Doilies	SILLATEEN SANSIL Article 101 or 102 or	10
	STAR Pearl Cotton Article 90 or	7
	DELUXE Crochet and Knitting Cotton Article 346 or	7
	PURITAN Cotton Article 40	7

White, Blue and Yellow or Colors Desired

Flower. With Yellow ch 2, 8 s c in 2nd st from hook, join, break thread. Attach Blue, * ch 4, 5 tr c in same space, ch 4, sl st in same space, skip 1 s c, sl st in next s c, repeat from * 3 times, break thread. Work as many flowers as desired.

With wrong side of work toward you, attach White in 5th tr c of any petal, * ch 9, sl st in center tr c of next petal, ch 9, sl st in 1st tr c of next petal, ch 3, sl st in 5th tr c of any petal of next flower, repeat from * for length desired omitting last ch 3 at end of row, ch 1, turn.

2nd Row. 5 s c, ch 5 (picot loop), 5 s c in next loop, * ch 3, 5 s c, ch 5, 5 s c in next loop, 3 s c in next loop, 5 s c in next loop, ch 2, sl st in last picot loop made, ch 2, 5 s c in same loop, repeat from * across row ending row with ch 3, 5 s c, ch 5, 5 s c in last loop, turn.

3rd Row. Sl st to center of 1st picot loop, ch 8, d c in next ch 3 loop, ch 5, 1 d c in each of the next 2 picot loops, ch 5, d c in next ch 3 loop, repeat from * across row in same manner, break thread.

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