Baby edgings that inspire delighted “Oh’s” and “Ah’s”! If it’s your first baby or your fourth, or someone else’s, you’ll find these are irresistible patterns to edge wee dresses and slips, dainty pillow cases and sheets, fine coverlets, or underthings for a party-going small girl!
Use
Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, sizes 30 to 70.
J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton.
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, turn. 2nd row: Ch 5 (to count as d c and ch-2); d c in 1st sp, ch 2, d c in same sp (shell), turn, ch 5, sl st in top of 1st d c, turn, * 7 s c in loop just formed, d c in next sp, ch 2, d c in same sp, d c in next sp, ch 2, d c in same sp, turn, ch 5, sl st in 2nd d c of shell, turn. Repeat from * across. Break off.