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Doilies lead a charmed dual life, for they’re pretty as well as useful! Wherever they appear throughout the home, they create an air of charming femininity that suggests the daintiness of the person who made them!

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. (3 balls) or J. & P. Coats (2 balls) Mercerized Crochet, White or Ecru, size 60.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 14.
¼ yd. linen.

Large Doily. Cut a circle of linen 8¼ inches in diameter and make a very narrow hem all around. 1st rnd: Attach thread and, working over hem, make a rnd of s c closely together. Join with sl st. 2nd rnd: Ch 12, * skip 4 ch, s c in next ch, ch 9. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with ch 4, d tr in 3rd ch of ch-12 first made (80 loops). 3rd rnd: * Ch 12, s c in next loop, ch 9. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with d tr in 3rd ch of ch-12 first made. 4th rnd: * Ch 9, s c in next loop. Repeat from * around. Join last ch-9 with sl st in first st of ch-9 first made. 5th rnd: Ch 3 (to count as d c), 10 d c in 1st loop, * 9 d c in next loop, 11 d c in next loop. Repeat from * around, ending rnd with 9 d c in last loop, s c in 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 6th rnd: S c in each of next 10 d c, * ch 8, skip 9 d c, tr in each of next 11 d c, picking up the back loop only of these 11 d c. Repeat from * around, joining last ch-8 with s c in s c. 7th rnd: S c in each of next 8 s c, ** ch 7, * tr in next tr (picking up both loops), ch 1. Repeat from * 10 more times, ch 7, skip 1 s c, s c in each of next 9 s c. Repeat from ** around. Join last ch-7 to 2nd s c of s c-group. 8th rnd: S c in each of next 6 s c, ** ch 6, tr in 1st tr, ch 2, tr in ch-1 between 1st and 2nd tr, * ch 2, tr in next ch-1. Repeat from * 8 more times, ch 2, tr in last tr, ch 6, skip 1 s c, s c in each of next 7 s c. Repeat from ** around. Join last ch-6 to 2nd s c of s c-group. 9th rnd: S c in each of next 4 s c, ** ch 5, tr in 1st tr, ch 3, tr in 1st ch-2 sp, * ch 3, tr in next ch-2 sp. Repeat from * 9 more times. Ch 3, tr in last tr, ch 5, skip 1 s c, s c in each of next 5 s c. Repeat from ** around. Join last ch-5 to 2nd s c of s c-group. 10th rnd: S c in each of next 2 s c, ** ch 4, tr in next tr, ch 4, tr in ch-3 sp, * ch 4, tr in next ch-3 sp. Repeat from * 10 more times, ch 4, tr in tr, ch 4, skip 1 s c, s c in each of next 3 s c. Repeat from ** around. Join last ch-4 to 2nd s c of s c-group. 11th rnd: ** Ch 3, tr in tr, ch 6, sl st in 5th ch from hook (1 p made), ch 2, tr in ch-4 sp, * ch-5 p, ch 2, tr in next ch-4 sp. Repeat from * 11 more times, p, ch 2, tr in last tr, ch 3, skip 1 s c, s c in next s c. Repeat from ** around. Join. Break off.

Small Doily. Cut a circle of linen 3¼ inches in diameter and make a very narrow hem all around. Work exactly as for large doily, but having 32 loops (instead of 80 loops) in the first loop rnd.