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Materials: Clark's O.N.T. (8 balls) or J. & P. Coats (6 balls) Mercerized Crochet, size 10, White or Ecru; or Clark's Big Ball Mercerized Crochet, size 10, 3 balls. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 8.

When completed, chair back measures about 10½ x 15 inches, and each arm piece about 6½ x 12½ inches. This set is made in individual wheels and then sewed together.

Chair Back. Wheel. Beginning at center, ch 12, join with sl st to form ring. 1st row: Ch 21 (to measure 1¾ inches). S c in 2nd ch from hook and in each ch across (20 s c). Make 1 s c in ring. Ch 1, turn. 2nd row: Picking up only the back loop of each s c, skip 1st s c, s c in each of next 20 s c. Ch 1, turn. 3rd row: Picking up only the back loop of each s c, s c in each of next 4 s c, * ch 5, s c in each of next 4 s c, repeat from * across, ending with 4 s c (4 p's made). Make 1 s c in ring. This completes the first spoke. Do not break off but continue for the second spoke. Second Spoke: 1st row: Ch 20, drop loop from hook, insert hook in 2nd p from ring and draw dropped loop through. S c in each ch st of ch-20 (20 s c). Make 1 s c in ring. Ch 1, turn. Repeat the 2nd and 3rd rows of first spoke once. Then make 4 more spokes same as second spoke (6 in all), but while making the 3rd p of the 6th spoke, attach to 1st spoke by making ch 2, sl st in end s c of 1st spoke, ch 2, and continue back on 6th spoke as usual. Fasten and break off. This completes one wheel. Make 27 more wheels. Joining: Place wheels in position (as in illustration)—a row of 6 wheels and a row of 5 wheels alternately. Pin ends of spokes together (as marked on illustration of stitch detail) in corresponding position and then sew them together on wrong side with over and over stitches.

Arm Piece. Make 13 wheels and join as in chair back, having a row of 5 wheels for the center row and a row of 4 wheels along each side of center row. Make another arm piece same as this.