Towel Edging Pattern #755

Materials suggested: American Thread Company "Silkine", "Star" or "Gem" Mercerized Crochet Cotton sizes 20 to 50. "Silkine" or Star Pearl Cotton size 5, "De Luxe" Crochet and Knitting Cotton.

Ch for desired length and work a row of 1 ch open meshes.
2nd Row. 5 d c in mesh, ch 2, skip 1 mesh, 1 d c in next mesh, ch 1, 1 d c in next mesh, ch 1, 1 d c in next mesh, ch 2, skip 1 mesh and repeat from beginning across row.
3rd Row. 2 d c in 1st d c of shell, 1 d c in next d c, ch 2, skip 1 d c, 1 d c in next d c, 2 d c in last d c, ch 2, 1 d c in next 1 ch mesh, ch 1, 1 d c in next 1 ch mesh, ch 2, repeat from beginning across row.
4th Row. 2 d c in 1st d c, 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, ch 2, s c in 1 ch mesh, ch 2, repeat from beginning across row.
5th Row. 1 d c in 1st d c, ch 3, skip 2 d c, 1 tr c in last d c of group, 1 tr c in mesh, picot, 1 tr c in same mesh, 1 tr c in 1st d c of next group of d c, ch 3, d c in last d c, ch 3, s c in s c, ch 3 and repeat from beginning.