Shaded Ruffle Doily Pattern #5909

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "STAR" MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, ARTICLE 30 Size 30
4-65 yd. Balls Shaded Green or any Color desired or "GEM" Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Article 35, Size 30.
1-250 yd. Ball.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 12.

Doily measures about 5 inches in diameter without ruffle.

Ch 8, join to form a ring, ch 3 and work 14 d c in ring, join in 3rd st of ch.
2nd Row. Ch 5, d c in next d c, * ch 2, d c in next d c, repeat from * 12 times, ch 2, join in 3rd st of ch.
3rd Row. Sl st to loop, ch 3, 2 d c in same space, * ch 1, 3 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around, ch 1, join in 3rd st of ch.
4th Row. S c over last ch 1 made, * ch 7, s c over next ch 1, repeat from * 13 times, ch 3, tr c in 1st s c, this brings thread in position for next row.
5th Row. S c in same space, * ch 9, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 5, d tr c (3 times over needle) in 1st s c.
6th Row. Ch 4, 5 tr c in same loop, * s c in next loop, ch 11, s c in next loop, 11 tr c in next loop, repeat from * 3 times, s c in next loop, ch 11, s c in next loop, 5 tr c in next loop, join in 4th st of ch.
7th Row. S c in same space, * ch 9, d c in next s c, ch 9, s c in next loop, ch 9, d c in next s c, ch 9, s c in center st of next tr c group, repeat from * all around in same manner ending row with ch 5, d tr c in 1st s c.
8th Row. S c in same loop, * ch 11, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join.
9th Row. Work 11 s c over each loop, join.
10th Row. Ch 5, skip 1 s c, d c in next s c, * ch 1, skip 1 s c, d c in next s c, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 1, join in 3rd st of ch.
11th Row. Work 2 s c in each mesh, join.
12th Row. S c in same space, * ch 9, skip 4 s c, s c in next s c, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 5, d tr c in 1st s c.
13th Row. * Ch 9, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 5, d tr c in d tr c.
14th Row. * Ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 1, tr tr c (4 times over needle) in d tr c.
15th Row. * Ch 10, s c in same loop, repeat from * twice, ch 10, s c in next loop, repeat from beginning all around in same manner ending row with ch 5, d tr c in tr tr c.
16th and 17th Rows. Ch 10, s c in next loop, repeat from beginning all around ending each row with ch 5, d tr c in d tr c.
18th Row. 4 s c in same loop, 7 s c in each of the following loops ending row with 4 s c in 1st loop, join.
19th Row. Ch 5, skip 2 s c, d c in next s c, * ch 2, skip 2 s c, d c in next s c, repeat from * all around, ch 2, join in 3rd st of ch.
20th Row. 2 s c in each of the 1st 9 meshes, 3 s c in each remaining mesh, join.
21st Row. S c in same space, * ch 11, skip 5 s c, s c in next s c, repeat from * all around ending row with ch 7, tr c in 1st s c.
22nd Row. 6 tr c in next loop, ch 5, sl st in last tr c for picot, 5 tr c in same space, s c in next loop, ch 10, sl st in 6th st from hook for picot, ch 4, s c in next loop, repeat from beginning all around, join, break thread.