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The small doily in this set is the same Spider Web Doily Pattern #761 from Spool Cotton #52, A Bookful of Crochet.

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet No. 30 in self-shading colors. Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5.

Ch 10, join with sl st. 1st rnd: Ch 3, 21 d c in ring. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-3. 2nd rnd: Ch 4, 1 d c in each d c of previous rnd with ch-1 between. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-4. 3rd rnd: Ch 5, 1 d c in each d c of previous rnd with ch-2 between. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-5. 4th rnd: Ch 6, 1 d c in each d c of previous rnd with ch-3 between. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-6. 5th rnd: Ch 7, 1 d c in each d c of previous rnd with ch-4 between. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-7. 6th rnd: Ch 8, 1 d c in each d c of previous rnd with ch-5 between. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-8. 7th rnd: Ch 3, 6 d c in each sp and 1 d c in each d c of previous rnd. Join with sl st in 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 8th rnd: Ch 5 * skip 2 d c, 1 d c in 3rd d c, ch 2, repeat from * for entire rnd. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-3. 9th rnd: Ch 3 * 2 d c in ch-2, 1 d c in d c of previous rnd, repeat from *. Join with sl st. 10th rnd: Ch 6, 1 d c in same st from which ch-6 started * ch 5, skip 5 d c, 1 d c in 6th d c, ch 3, 1 d c in same st, repeat from * to end of rnd. Join in 3rd st of ch-6. 11th rnd: Ch 6, 1 d c in 1st ch-3 loop, * ch 6, skip ch-5 loop and make 1 d c in next ch-3 loop. Ch 3, 1 d c in same loop. Repeat from * to end of rnd. Join with sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made. 12th rnd: Ch 6, * 1 d c in same loop, ch 3, 1 s c in center ch of ch-5 of 10th rnd having the ch-6 of 11th rnd caught by this s c, ch 3, 1 d c in next ch-3 loop ch 3. Repeat from * to end of rnd. Join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-6 first made. This completes the small doily.

To make larger sizes, continue as follows: 13th rnd: Ch 11, 1 d c in ch-3 loop at center of next scallop, * ch 8, 1 d c in center of next scallop, repeat from * to end of rnd. Join with sl st in 3rd st of ch-11. 14th rnd: Ch 3, * 9 d c in ch-8 loop, 1 d c in d c of previous rnd, repeat from * to end of rnd. Join with sl st. 15th rnd: Same as 8th rnd. 16th rnd: Same as 9th rnd. 17th rnd: Same as 10th rnd. 18th rnd: Same as 11th rnd. 19th rnd: Same as 12th rnd. For still larger doilies follow a similar plan of increasing.