Star Wheel Doily Pattern #7115

Materials: J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton, 7 balls.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 14.

When completed doily measures about 9 inches in diameter. Each motif measures about 2¾ inches in diameter, measuring from tip to tip.

Motif. Starting at center, ch 10. Join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3, 23 d c in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 2nd rnd: Ch 10, and complete a cross st as follows: Thread over twice, insert hook in 8th ch from hook, draw thread through (4 loops on hook), thread over once, skip 1 d c and insert hook in next d c, draw thread through (6 loops on hook), thread over and draw off 2 loops at a time 5 times. * Ch 3, thread over 4 times, insert hook in next d c and draw thread through (6 loops on hook), thread over, and take off 2 loops at a time twice; then thread over, skip 1 d c, insert hook in next d c, draw thread through (6 loops on hook), thread over, and take off 2 loops at a time 5 times. Ch 3, d c in center point of cross, thus completing cross. Repeat from * until there are 8 cross sts around circle. Join last ch-3 with sl st to 7th st of ch-10. 3rd rnd: 5 s c in each ch-3 sp. 4th to 7th rnds incl: S c in each s c of previous rnd. 8th rnd: Ch 4, d c in 1st s c, * ch 1, d c in next s c. Repeat from * around. Then ch 1, and join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-4. 9th rnd: Ch 10, and complete cross st as before, skipping 2 d c between each leg of cross st and inserting hook in ch-1 sp; ch 3 and skip 2 d c between each cross st. Repeat around (20 cross sts) and join last ch-3 with sl st to 7th st of ch-10 first made. 10th rnd: Sl st in 1st 2 sts of 1st sp, ch 5, * d c in same sp, ch 3, s c in next sp (between crosses), ch 3, d c in next sp, ch 2. Repeat from * to end of rnd. Join last ch-3 with sl st to 3rd st of ch-5 first made. 11th rnd: Ch 6, d c in same sp, * ch 4, s c in next s c of previous rnd, ch 4, d c in next ch-2 sp, ch 3, d c in same sp. Repeat from * around, joining with sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made. Break off. This completes one motif.

Make 7 more motifs same as this. Join these 8 motifs as in illustration, with over-and-over stitches on wrong side.

Center Motif. Work as for previous motifs to 10th rnd incl. 11th rnd: Sl st in 1st sp, ch 5, d c in same sp, ch-2, d c in same sp, * ch 4, s c in next s c, ch 4; in next ch-2 sp make 3 d c with ch-2 between each d c. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with ch-4, s c in next s c, ch 4. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-5 first made. 12th rnd: Sl st in 1st sp, ch 5, d c in same sp, * ch 3, d c, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 1; in next ch-2 sp make d c, ch 2, d c. Repeat from * around. Join. 13th rnd: Sl st in 1st sp, ch 5, d c in same sp, * ch 3, s c in ch-3 sp, ch 3; d c, ch 2, d c in next sp, ch 3, s c in ch-1 sp, ch 3; d c, ch 2, d c in next sp. Repeat from * around. 14th and 15th rnds: Sl st to 1st ch-2 sp, ch 5, d c in same sp, * ch 3, s c in next s c, ch 3; d c, ch 2, d c in next ch-2 sp. Repeat from * around. Break off.

Place center motif in center of 8 motifs, and sew 2 center points of each motif to adjacent 2 points of center motif.