Doilies
Outline shows the finished size of the linen center for this interesting doily. To mark your linen for hemstitching, make a tracing on tissue paper of the doily you wish to make. Your tracing can be transferred to the linen and the hemstitching done on this line.
The edgings are made with J. & P. Coats or Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, size 40 or 50, White or Ecru. Dainty pastels and lovely shaded colors are obtainable in size 50. Use Milward's steel crochet hook No. 10 or 11.
8081 • chippendale
Attach thread in 2nd sp of hemstitching on upward slope of a scallop. Ch 8 ** skip 1 sp, d c in next sp, ch 5, d c in same sp. * Ch 2, skip 1 sp, d c in next, ch 2, skip 1 sp, d c in next, ch 5, d c in same sp. Repeat from * once more. Then ch 2, d c in 2nd sp of next scallop, ch 2, repeat from ** around. After last d c, make a d c in the 3rd st of ch-8. 2nd row: * Ch 3, d c in next ch-5 loop, ch 5, s c in 4th ch from hook (to make picot), ch 5, s c in 4th ch from hook (another picot), ch 1, d c in same loop, ch 3, s c in next single d c. Repeat from * around.
