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Materials: J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton, 12 balls of Peach.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 14.

When completed, head rest measures about 19 x 10½ inches, and each arm piece about 8 x 11 inches.

Head Rest. Motifs are made individually and sewed together. Starting at center, ch 10. Join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3, 23 d c in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3. 2nd rnd: Ch 10, and complete a cross st as follows: Thread over twice, insert hook in 8th ch from hook, draw thread through (4 loops on hook), thread over once, skip 1 d c and insert hook in next d c, draw thread through (6 loops on hook), thread over, and draw off 2 loops at a time 5 times. * Ch 3, thread over 4 times, insert hook in next d c and draw thread through (6 loops on hook), thread over, and take off 2 loops at a time twice, then thread over, skip 1 d c, insert hook in next, draw thread through (6 loops on hook), thread over, and take off 2 loops at a time 5 times. Ch 3, d c in center point of the cross, thus completing cross. Repeat from * until there are 8 cross sts around circle. Join last ch-3 with sl st to 7th st of ch-10. 3rd rnd: 5 s c in each ch-3 sp. 4th to 7th rnds incl: S c in each s c of previous rnd. 8th rnd: Ch 4, d c in 1st s c, * ch 1, d c in next s c. Repeat from * around. Then ch 1, and join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-4. 9th rnd: Ch 10, and complete cross st as before, skipping 2 d c between each leg of cross st and inserting hook in ch-1 sp, ch 3 and skip 2 d c between each cross st. Repeat around (20 cross sts) and join last ch-3 with sl st to 7th st of ch-10 first made. 10th rnd: Sl st in 1st 2 sts of 1st sp, ch 5, * d c in same sp, ch 3, s c in next sp (between crosses), ch 3, d c in next sp, ch 2. Repeat from * to end of rnd. Join last ch-3 with sl st to 3rd st of ch-5 first made. 11th rnd: Ch 6, d c in same sp, * ch 4, s c in next s c of previous rnd, ch 4, d c in next ch-2 sp, ch 3, d c in same sp. Repeat from * around, joining with sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made. Break off. This completes 1 motif. Make 21 more motifs. Place them in position as in illustration, having 7 motifs in each of 1st 2 rows, 5 in 3rd row, and 3 in 4th row. Join 3 points of each motif to corresponding 3 points of adjacent motifs. To make fill-in lace between motifs, ch 4, join with sl st to form ring. ** Ch 15, s c at joining of 2 motifs, ch 15, s c in center ring, * ch 9, s c in point of next scallop, ch 9, s c in center ring. Repeat from * once more. Then repeat from ** 3 more times. This completes fill-in lace that joins one group of motifs. Break off. Fill in all spaces between motifs in same way.

Arm Pieces. Make 12 motifs as for head rest, and join as before, having 3 motifs across and 4 motifs down. Make fill-in lace as before.