Highly original and very lovely — this checkerboard of filet squares alternating with squares of Irish Crochet motifs — smart in modern or period settings.

Through the years the beauty of this spread will endure! The whirl of the motifs matched against filet strips is an exciting study in contrasts.

Airy as an illusion — filagree-like motifs with star joinings create an aura of daintiness for the most luxurious setting. A spread both fragile and feminine.

This design delves into the mellow Colonial past to endow modern rooms of old fashioned charm with the authentic zigzag popcorn pattern.

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, 3 balls, size 60, White. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 12 or 13. 2 pearl buttons.

Materials: Clark's Big Ball Mercerized Crochet, 1 ball, size 5. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 9. 1 snap fastener.

Crisp — modern — large squares fence in a flower motif in a spread that is equally at home in a modern background or in the hardy settings of American inspiration.

Like the flower that turns its face toward the sun — this splendid motif has nubby center from which contrasting petals radiate in a sunburst of beauty!

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, 2 balls of White or 3 balls of color, size 30. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 10 or 11. A small button.

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, 2 balls of White, size 70. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 11 or 12. 2 small buttons.