Handkerchief Edging Pattern #8495
Materials:
We suggest thread in sizes 50 to 100.
1st row: Attach thread ½ inch to left of one corner and work s c closely along rolled edge of handkerchief. Join with sl st to 1st s c made. 2nd row: Ch 6, * skip 2 s c, d c in next s c, ch 3. Repeat from *, making 3 d c with ch-3 between at corners, and ending with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6. 3rd row: Ch 6, * into next d c make tr, ch 5 and tr; ch 3, d c in next d c, ch 3, s c in next d c, ch 5, s c in next d c, ch 3, d c in next d c, ch 3. Repeat from * across, making 3 tr, with ch-5 between each tr, in center d c at corners, and ending with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6. 4th row: Ch 6, * tr in next tr, ch 5, tr in 3rd ch of next ch-5, d c in center of bar of last tr (a group), ch 5, tr in next tr, ch 3, d c in next d c, ch 3, s c in next ch-5 loop, ch 3, d c in next d c, ch 3. Repeat from * across, making 2 groups with ch-5, tr and ch-5 between, at corners, and ending with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6. 5th row: Ch 6, * tr in next tr, ch 6, tr in next tr, tr between tr and d c; tr in next tr, ch 6, tr in next tr, ch 3, d c in next d c, ch 1, d c in next d c, ch 3. Repeat from * across, making two 3-tr groups, with ch-5, tr and ch-5 between, at corners, and ending with ch 1, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6. 6th row: Sl st in each ch to next tr incl., ch 14, sl st in 5th ch from hook (p); ch 5, * 3-tr cluster in next 3 tr—to make a cluster, make tr in each tr, holding back the last loop of each tr on hook; thread over and draw through all loops on hook, ch 1 to fasten. Ch 5, p, ch 5, (tr in next tr) twice, ch 5, p, ch 5. Repeat from * across, making tr, ch 2, p, ch 2 and tr in tr at corners, and ending with tr, sl st in 4th st of ch-14 first made. Fasten off.