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AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY The Famous "PURITAN" MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Article 40
1 ball each White, Yellow and Forest Green or colors of your choice or
The Famous "PURITAN" STAR SPANGLED MER­CERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Article 40
1 ball each Silver Spangle, Yellow Spangle and Green Spangle or colors of your choice
Steel crochet hook No. 7 or No. 8
Approximate size of doily: 9 inches in diameter

With Yellow chain (ch) 5, join to form a ring, ch 1 and work 8 single crochet (s c) in ring, join in 1st s c.

2nd Round. Ch 3, 2 double crochet (d c) in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time, * ch 3, cluster st in next s c (cluster st: 3 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at one time), repeat from * 6 times, ch 3, join in top of 1st cluster st, cut thread.

3rd Round. Attach Green in any loop, ch 3 (counts as part of 1st cluster st), 2 cluster sts with ch 3 between in same space, * ch 3, 2 cluster sts with ch 3 between in next loop, repeat from * all around, ch 3, join, cut thread.

4th Round. Attach Silver Spangle or White in top of any cluster st, s c in same space, * 2 s c in next loop, ch 3, slip stitch (sl st) in top of last s c for picot, s c in same loop, s c in next cluster st, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, join.

5th Round. Ch 8, skip 1 s c, picot and 1 s c, d c in next s c, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, picot and 1 s c, d c in next s c, repeat from * all around, ch 5, join.

6th Round. Sl st into loop and with White or Silver Spangle work same as 3rd round.

7th Round. Ch 1, s c in same space, * 2 s c, ch 3 picot, 1 s c in next loop, s c in next cluster st, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, join.

8th Round. Ch 7, d c in 4th st from hook, * d c in center s c between next 2 picots of previous round, ch 4, d c in 4th st from hook, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, join in 3rd st of ch.

9th Round. Ch 3, d c in same space, ch 3, sl st in top of d c for picot, * ch 4, 2 d c in next d c keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and work off all loops at once time (2 d c cluster st), ch 3, sl st in top of cluster st just made for picot, repeat from * all around ending to correspond, ch 4, join, cut thread.

10th Round. Attach Yellow in any loop, * ch 6, s c in next loop, repeat from * all around, ch 6, join.

11th Round. Sl st into loop, ch 3, 4 d c, ch 3, 5 d c in same loop, * 5 d c, ch 3, 5 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around, join, cut Yellow.

12th Round. Attach Green and work 1 s c in each d c and 1 s c, ch 3, 1 s c in each ch 3 loop, join, cut thread.

13th Round. Attach White or Silver Spangle, ch 3, and work 1 d c in each s c and 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c in each ch 3 loop, join, cut thread.

14th Round. Attach Green in any ch 3 loop, ** ch 3, s c in same space, ch 3, s c in next d c, * ch 3, skip 2 d c, s c in next d c, repeat from * 4 times, ch 3, s c in next ch 3 loop, ch 3, s c in same space, ch 3, s c in next d c, ch 3, skip 2 d c, s c in next d c, ch 3, skip 2 d c, s c in next d c, ch 1, drop loop from hook, counting backwards, skip 7 loops just made, insert hook in next loop, pick up dropped loop and pull through, ch 1, skip 2 d c, s c in next d c, * ch 3, skip 2 d c, s c in next d c, repeat from * once, ch 3, s c in next ch 3 loop, repeat from ** all around ending to correspond, join, cut thread.