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AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY The Famous "PURITAN" MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Article 40
1 ball White, Cream or Ecru or
The Famous "PURITAN" STAR SPANGLED MER­CERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Article 40
3 balls Yellow Spangle or color of your choice
Steel crochet hook No. 7
Approximate size of doily: 14 inches in diameter.

Chain (ch) 6, join to form a ring, ch 3 and work 11 double crochet (d c) in ring, join in 3rd stitch (st) of ch.

2nd Round. Ch 3, d c in same space, 2 d c in each of the next 11 d c, join in 3rd st of ch.

3rd Round. Ch 7, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c, * ch 4, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c, repeat from * all around, ch 4, join in 3rd st of ch.

4th Round. Slip stitch (sl st) into loop, ch 3, 1 d c, ch 2, 2 d c in same space, * ch 2, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next loop, ch 2, 2 d c, ch 2, 2 d c (shell) in next loop, repeat from * all around ending with ch 2, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next loop, ch 2, join.

5th Round. Sl st to center of shell, ch 3, 1 d c, ch 2, 2 d c in same space, * ch 3, single crochet (s c) in next loop, ch 3, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next ch 1 space, ch 3, s c in next loop, ch 3, shell in next shell, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, ch 3, join.

6th Round. Sl st to center of shell, ch 3, 1 d c, ch 2, 2 d c in same space, * ch 5, skip 2 loops, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next ch 1 space, ch 5, skip 2 loops, shell in next shell, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, ch 5, join.

7th Round. Ch 3, * d c in next d c, 2 d c in center of next shell, 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, 5 d c over next loop, d c in next d c, d c in next ch 1 space, d c in next d c, 5 d c over next loop, d c in next d c, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, join in 3rd st of ch.

8th Round. Ch 3 and work 1 d c in each d c increasing 6 d c evenly spaced in round, join.

9th Round. Ch 8, skip 3 d c, d c in next d c, * ch 5, skip 3 d c, d c in next d c, repeat from * all around, ch 5, join in 3rd st of ch.

10th Round. Sl st into loop, ch 3, 1 d c, ch 2, 2 d c in same space, * ch 3, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next loop, ch 3, shell in next loop, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, ch 3, join.

11th and 12th Rounds. Sl st to center of shell, ch 3, 1 d c, ch 2, 2 d c in same space, * ch 3, 1 d c, ch 1, 1 d c in next ch 1 space, ch 3, shell in next shell, repeat from * all around ending each round to correspond, join.

13th Round. Same as 5th round.

14th Round. Same as 6th round.

15th Round. Same as 7th round but working 4 d c over each ch 5 loop.

16th Round. Ch 3, 1 d c in each d c decreasing 3 d c evenly spaced.

17th Round. Ch 3, 1 d c in each d c, join.

18th Round. Ch 3, 1 d c in each of the next 6 d c, * ch 5, skip 2 d c, 1 s c in each of the next 7 d c, ch 5, skip 2 d c, 1 d c in each of the next 7 d c, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, ch 5, join.

19th Round. Ch 4, d c in next d c, * ch 1, d c in next d c, repeat from * 4 times, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 6 s c, ch 5, 1 d c in each of the next 7 d c with ch 1 between each d c, repeat from 1st * all around ending to correspond, ch 5, join.

20th Round. Same as last round but having 1 s c less in each s c section.

21st Round. Ch 5, d c in next d c, * ch 2, d c in next d c, repeat from * 4 times, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 4 s c, ch 5, 1 d c in each of the next 7 d c with ch 2 between each d c, repeat from 1st * all around end­ing to correspond, ch 5, join.

22nd Round. Same as last round but having 1 less s c in each s c section.

23rd Round. Ch 6, d c in next d c, * ch 3, d c in next d c, repeat from * 4 times, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 2 s c, ch 5, 1 d c in each of the next 7 d c with ch 3 between each d c, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, ch 5, join.

24th Round. Ch 7, and work same as last round but having ch 4 between each d c and 1 s c less in each s c section.

25th Round. Ch 8, d c in next d c, * ch 5, d c in next d c, repeat from * 4 times, * ch 2, 1 d c in each of the next 7 d c with ch 5 between each d c, repeat from * all around ending with ch 2, join in 3rd st of ch.

26th Round. Sl st to center of loop, * ch 6, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 3, s c in next loop, repeat from * 4 times, ch 6, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, s c in next ch 2 loop, ch 6, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, s c in next loop, repeat from 1st * all around, join, cut thread.