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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.

To begin, make a chain slightly longer than desired length, turn. 1st row: D c in 6th ch from hook, * ch 1, skip 1 ch, d c in next ch. Repeat from * across (sps divisible by 10). Ch 1, turn. 2nd row: 5 c in 1st d c, * s c in sp, s c in d c. Repeat from * 3 more times, s c in next sp, ch 3, ** s c in next d c, s c in sp. Repeat from ** once more, s c in d c, turn. 3rd row: Ch 10, sl st in 5th s c beyond ch-3. Ch 1, turn. 4th row: 15 s c under ch-10 just made, s c in next sp of foundation, s c in next d c, turn. 5th row: * Ch 2, skip 1 s c, d c in next s c. Repeat from * 6 more times, ch 2, skip 1 s c of foundation, sl st in next s c of foundation (8 sps), sl st in next 2 s c, turn. 6th row: Ch 2, skip 2 sl st of foundation, d c in next s c, * ch 2, d c in next d c. Repeat from * across, ending row with ch 2, d c in next s c (9 sps), ch 2, s c in next d c of foundation row (10 sps in all), turn. 7th row: Ch 8, skip 3 sps of scallop, d c in next d c, * ch 8, skip 2 sps, d c in next d c. Repeat from * once. Ch 8, skip 3 sps, sl st in next s c of foundation. Ch 1, turn. 8th row: Under each ch-8 loop make: 5 s c, ch-5 p, 5 s c; s c in next s c of foundation. This completes one scallop. Hereafter, work 2nd scallop as for 1st scallop through 7th row. 8th row: 5 s c under 1st ch-8 loop, ch 2, remove hook from loop, insert hook in corresponding picot in 1st scallop and draw loop through, ch 2 and complete 8th row as for 8th row of 1st scallop. Continue in this manner, joining each scallop to previous one as 2nd was joined to 1st.