Doily Pattern #2212

Materials Required—AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "STAR" or "GEM" MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Size 20 or 30

2–300 Yd. Balls White or Colors.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 11 or 12.

Doily measures 15 inches at the widest point.

Ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 7, 1 d c in ring, * ch 4, 1 d c in ring, repeat from * 3 times, ch 4, join to 3rd st of ch.

2nd Row. Ch 5, 6 d c in 1st space, * ch 2, 6 d c in next space, repeat from * all around working 5 d c in last space, join to 3rd st of ch.

3rd Row. Ch 4, 5 tr c in 1st space, * ch 6, 6 tr c in next space, repeat from * all around, ch 6 and join.

4th Row. Ch 4, 1 tr c in each tr c, * ch 5, 1 s c in center of ch 6, ch 5, tr c in each tr c, repeat from * all around. Work 36 more motifs and sew them together as follows: 4 in the 1st row, 5 in the 2nd row, 6 in the 3rd row and 7 in the 4th row, which is the center, continue, having one less motif in each row until there are 4 motifs in row.

Edge: Join thread to ch 5 at point, ch 9, * s c in 1st st of next ch 5, ch 7, skip 4 sts of next loop, s c in next st, ch 7, s c in 1st st of next loop, ch 7, skip 2 loops and 4 sts of next loop, s c in next st, ch 7, repeat from * all around.

2nd Row. Sl st in loop, ch 3, 11 d c in same loop, (ch 3 counts as 1 d c) ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, 12 d c in large loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, 12 d c in next loop and continue all around.

3rd Row. Ch 3, 1 d c with 1 ch between in every d c, ch 2, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 2, d c with 1 ch between in every d c and continue all around.

4th Row. Ch 3, d c in d c, * ch 4, sl st in top of d c just made for picot, ch 1, d c in top of d c, repeat from * 10 times, d c in d c, ch 2, s c in 5 ch loop, s c in next loop, ch 2, * d c in top of d c, ch 4, sl st in top of d c just made for picot, repeat from * 10 times, d c in d c, ch 2, s c in next 5 ch loop, s c in next loop, s c in next loop, ch 2 and continue all around.