Compliment your guests with ensembles of fine bed linen, lavish with these intricate new crocheted designs, in snowy white, or in the soft, muted pastels that are so enchanting!
Use
Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, sizes 30 to 50.
J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton.
Edging. Make a chain slightly longer than the length desired. 1st row: D c in 4th ch from hook, * ch 1, skip 1 ch, d c in next ch. Repeat from * across. Ch 4, turn. 2nd row: * D c in next ch-1 sp, ch 1. Repeat from * until 3 sps are made, ** ch 7, skip 3 sps, d c in next sp, make 5 more sps as before. Repeat from ** across, ending row with 3 sps. Ch 1, turn. 3rd row: * S c in each d c and in each ch-1 sp, then into ch-7 loop make: 1 s c, 1 half d c, 2 d c, 1 tr, 3 d tr, 1 tr, 2 d c, 1 half d c, 1 s c. Repeat from * across. Ch 5, turn. 4th row: * D c in 2nd d c of ch-7 loop, ch 5, skip tr, d c in next d tr, ch 5, skip 1 d tr, d c in next d tr, ch 5, skip tr, d c in next d c, ch 5, skip 4 s c, s c in each of next 3 s c, ch 5. Repeat from * across, ending row with s c in last s c. Ch 1, turn. 5th row: * 6 s c in next loop, into each of next 3 loops make: 3 s c, ch 5, s c in 5th ch from hook (1 p made), 3 s c; then, 6 s c in next loop, s c in center s c of 3-s c- group. Repeat from * across. Break off.
Insertion. Work exactly as for edging (1st to 5th rows incl.). Break off. 6th row: Attach thread to 1st p made, * ch 5, s c in next p. Repeat from * across. Break off. Attach thread to 1st sp of foundation row, and work to correspond with opposite side. Break off.