Crocheted Edging Pattern #22

Remember that you need a crochet thread of a size, texture, lustre, and color or shaded color right for the purpose. The thread should be of a quality to wear so that it will not break and make your work valueless. The color must be Boilfast so that innumerable washings will not fade it. These necessities to good work are found in both Clark's O.N.T. and J. & P. Coats Threads.

Mercerized Crochet is made in sizes 1 to 100 in white, and 1 to 70 in ecru; Boilfast colors in sizes 30 and 50. Size 1 is the coarsest, 100 the finest.

2 s c in each hole of hemstitching. 2d row: Ch 3 (to count as 1st d c) d c in 2d s c, * ch 3, skip 3 s c, 1 d c in each of next 2 s c. Repeat from *. 3d row: 2 tr in 1st 3-ch sp, ch 5 and catch for a p, 2 tr in same sp. Make a knot st (draw loop on hook out ¼ inch long, ch 1, make close s c over the single loop at the left side of st just made) s c in next 3-ch sp of preceding row, make a knot st, and repeat from beginning of row.