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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.

Suggest Self-shading color.

To begin, make a chain slightly longer than desired length, turn. 1st row: S c in 2nd ch from hook, s c in each ch across, turn. 2nd row: Ch 5 (to count as d c and ch-2), * skip 2 s c, d c in next s c, ch 2. Repeat from * across. Ch 6, turn. 3rd row: D c in 1st sp, ch 3, d c in same sp, ch 3, d c in same sp, (shell) skip 1 sp. Then, in every other space across, make 4 d c with ch 3 between each d c. Break off. 4th row: Attach thread in center loop of 1st shell made, ch 6 (to count as d c and ch-3), and make a shell as before in same loop. Then work a shell in center loop of each shell across.