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Materials Required:
AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "AUNT LYDIA'S" HEAVY RUG YARN
7 - 70 yd. skeins Spice
2 - 70 yd. skeins each Pink and Chartreuse
Plastic Crochet Hook Size J

With Spice ch 4, join to form a ring, * ch 4, sl st in ring, repeat from * 6 times ending with ch 2, s d c in ring (s d c: y o, insert in st, pull loop through, y o and pull through all loops at one time). 2nd ROUND: Ch 4, sl st in next loop, repeat from beg all around ending with ch 2, s d c in s d c. 3rd ROUND: * Ch 4, sl st in next loop, ch 4, sl st in same loop, repeat from * all around ending last repeat with ch 2, s d c in s d c (16 loops). 4th to 7th ROUNDS: Repeat 2nd round. 8th ROUND: Repeat 3rd round (32 loops). 9th to 12th ROUNDS: Repeat 2nd round, cut yarn. 13th ROUND: FLOWER: With Pink ch 4, sl st in 1st ch to form a ring, * ch 4, 2 d c in 1st st of ch, sl st in same st with 2 d c, sl st in ring, repeat from * 3 times, ch 4, d c in 1st st of ch, drop loop from hook, insert through any loop of cloth, pick up loop, d c in same st of flower, sl st in same st, sl st in ring, cut yarn. Work flowers in every 2nd loop all around cloth. 14th ROUND: Join Char­treuse in loop between any 2 flowers, ** ch 1, sl st in 1st d c of free petal of flower, ch 2, sl st in same space, * ch 3, sl st in next d c of next petal, ch 2, sl st in same space, repeat from * twice, ch 1, sl st in next loop of cloth, repeat from ** all around, join, cut yarn. 15th ROUND: Join Spice in 1st free ch 3 loop of any flower, * ch 5, sl st in ch 2 loop, ch 5, sl st in next loop, repeat from * once, ch 1, sl st in next ch 3 loop of next flower, then repeat from 1st * all around, join. 16th ROUND: Sl st to center of next ch 5 loop, work a ch 5 loop in each ch 5 loop ending with ch 2, d c in top of sl sts (64 loops). 17th ROUND: Work a ch 5 loop in each loop ending with ch 2, d c in d c. Repeat last round 8 times. 26th and 27th ROUNDS: Repeat 13th and 14th rounds. 28th ROUND: Join Spice in 1st free ch 3 loop of any flower, * ch 5, sl st in ch 2 loop, ch 5, sl st in next loop, re­peat from * once, ch 2, sl st in next ch 3 loop of next flower, then repeat from 1st * all around, join. 23th ROUND: Sl st to cen­ter of next ch 5 loop, * ch 5, sl st in next loop, repeat from * twice, sl st in next ch 5 loop, repeat from 1st * all around, join in top of sl sts (96 loops). 30th ROUND: Sl st to center of next ch 5 loop, * ch 5, sl st in next loop, repeat from * all around ending with ch 2, d c in sl st. 31st ROUND: Repeat last round. NEXT 3 ROUNDS: Ch 6, sl st in next loop, repeat from beg all around end­ing with ch 3, d c in d c. NEXT 3 ROUNDS: Ch 7, sl st in next loop, repeat from beg ending with ch 4, d c in d c, cut yarn.

FINISHING: Steam and block table cloth.