Towel Edging Pattern #756

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, work a row of d c over ch and 2 rows of 1 ch meshes.
4th Row. 2 s c in each of the next 7 meshes. * ch 5, skip 1 mesh, s c in next mesh, repeat from * 5 times, ch 5 and repeat from beginning for entire length.
5th Row. 12 s c over 12 center s c, ch 5, skip 1 loop, 5 d c over next loop, * ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 3, 5 d c in next loop, repeat from *, ch 5, skip 1 loop and repeat from beginning across row.
6th Row. 10 s c over 10 center s c, ch 7, * s c in 1st d c of shell, ch 5, s c in last d c of shell, ch 5, repeat from * twice, ch 7 and repeat from beginning across row.
7th Row. 8 s c over 8 center s c, ch 9, skip 1 loop, s c in next loop, ch 3, 5 d c in next loop, ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 3, 5 d c in next loop, ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 9 repeat from beginning across row.
8th Row. 6 s c over 6 center s c, ch 9, s c in next s c, * ch 5, s c in 1st d c of shell, ch 5, s c in last d c of shell, repeat from *, ch 5, s c in next s c, ch 9 and repeat from beginning across row.
9th Row. 1 s c in 2nd and 3rd s c, picot, 1 s c in each of the next 2 s c, ch 9, s c in s c, 6 s c over each of the next 2 loops, 3 s c, p, 3 s c over next loop, 6 s c over next 2 loops, s c in s c, ch 9, and repeat from beginning across row.