Compliment your guests with ensembles of fine bed linen, lavish with these intricate new crocheted designs, in snowy white, or in the soft, muted pastels that are so enchanting!
Use
Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, sizes 30 to 50.
J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton.
Suggest Self-shading color.
To begin, make a chain slightly longer than desired length, turn. 1st row: D c in 8th ch from hook, * ch 2, skip 2 ch, d c in next ch (sp). Repeat from * across, having an even number of sps on row, turn. 2nd row: Ch 5 (to count as d c and ch-2), * skip 2 ch of sp, d c in next d c, 2 d c in sp, d c over next d c (bl). Ch 2 and repeat from * across. Ch 3, turn. 3rd row: Skip 1st bl, * 2 d c in next sp, ch 2, 2 d c in same sp (a shell). Skip next bl and repeat from * across. Ch 3, turn. 4th row: 2 d c under first ch-2, ch 2, 2 d c under same ch-2, s c between 1st and 2nd shells of previous row. Continue in this manner across. Break off.