Festoon Collar Pattern #2130

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, size 30, 1 ball each of color 8 Blue, 76 China Blue and White. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 10. This collar is also attractive in the variegated colors, such as 165 Pastels or 174 Pink and Green.

With White, beginning at neck, ch 227. 1st row: S c in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across (226 s c in all). Ch 4, turn. 2nd row: Skip 1 s c, tr in each of next 2 s c, * ch 3, skip 2 s c, tr in each of next 2 s c, repeat from * across (56 tr groups), ending with ch 3, tr in last s c. Break off. 3rd row: Attach color 8 Blue to ch-3, ch 4, tr under same ch-3, ch 3, 2 tr in same place (this is a shell), * ch 5, d c in next ch-3 sp, ch 5, 2 tr in next ch-3 sp, ch 3, 2 tr in same place, repeat from * across, ending row with the group of 2 tr, ch 3, 2 tr between the last tr and ch-4. Break off. 4th row: Attach White to ch-3 (center) of 1st shell, ch 4, tr in same place; ch 3, 2 tr in same place (thus making shell over shell), * ch 5, d c in next sp, ch 5, d c in next sp, ch 5, shell over next shell, and repeat from * across, ending row with shell over last shell. Break off. 5th row: Attach China Blue and work as in 4th row, making shell over shell, d c in each ch-5 sp making ch 5 between d c's (thus having 4 ch-5 sps between shells instead of 3 as in 4th row). Break off. 6th row: With White, work as for 5th row, having 5 ch-5 sps between shells. Break off. 7th row: With Blue, work as for 6th row, having 6 ch-5 sps between shells. Break off. 8th row: With White, work as for 7th row, having 7 ch-5 sps between shells. Break off. 9th row: With China Blue, work as for 8th row, but making 2 d c in each ch-5 sp (instead of the usual 1 d c), and having 8 ch-5 sps between shells. Ch 1, turn. 10th row: S c in 1st tr, a ch-5 p, ch 2, s c in ch-3 sp of same shell, 1 p, s c in same sp, ** ch 2, s c between next 2 tr of same shell, 1 p, s c in same place, * ch 2, s c in ch-5 sp, 1 p, s c in same place, ch 2, s c between next 2 d c, 1 p, s c in same place and repeat from * 6 more times. Ch 2, 1 s c over ch-5, 1 p, s c in same place, ch 2, 1 s c between next 2 tr, 1 p, s c in same place, ch 2, 1 s c over ch-3 of shell, 1 p, s c in same place; this brings work to the top of the 2nd scallop. Repeat from ** until 7 more p are made. (Then begin the overlapping of the scallops. This is done by looping back into certain picots already made, working in front of the even numbered scallops and in back of the odd numbered ones. This brings the latter on top, with their ends joined, while the even numbered scallops appear to come from beneath. To attach the work with the former picots, make ch 2, at the p indicated, then a sl st into the former p mentioned in the directions, as follows:) After the 7th p, ch 2, s c in next ch-5 sp, ch 2, sl st into 16th p back (that is counting back from the p being made, but not counting it). ** Continue and make 3 p, in making the next p, sl st into the 21st p back, Make 13 p, and in making the 14th, sl st into the 16th p back and repeat from ** across and finish off. Attach White at one end of foundation ch and work a row of s c over the foundation ch. Finish off. Fasten collar with a snap fastener. Starch collar lightly and press.