Bedside Doily Pattern #655

MATERIALS REQUIRED

American Thread Company “Star” or “Gem” Mercerized Crochet Cotton Size 20
Two 250 yd. or 300 yd. Balls, White or Colors.
Steel Crochet Hook #10 or 11.

Each Motif measures about 2 inches.

Ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 7, 1 d c in ring, * ch 4, 1 d c in ring, repeat from * 3 times, ch 4, join to 3rd st of ch.

2nd Row. Ch 5, 6 d c in 1st space, * ch 2, 6 d c in next space, repeat from * all around working 5 d c in last space, join to 3rd st of ch.

3rd Row. Ch 4, 5 tr c in 1st space, * ch 6, 6 tr c in next space, repeat from * all around, ch 6 and join.

4th Row. Ch 4, 1 tr c in each tr c, * ch 5, 1 s c in center of ch 6, ch 5, tr c in each tr c, repeat from * all around.

Work 36 more Motifs and sew them together as follows—4 in the 1st row, 5 in the 2nd row, 6 in the 3rd row and 7 in the 4th row, which is the center, continue, having one less Motif in each row until there are 4 Motifs in row.

EDGE. Join thread to ch 5 at point, ch 9, * s c in 1st st of next ch 5, ch 7, skip 4 sts of next loop, s c in next st, ch 7, s c in 1st st of next loop, ch 7, skip 2 loops and 4 sts of next loop, s c in next st, ch 7, repeat from * all around.

2nd Row. Ch 3, skip 1 st of ch, d c in next st, * ch 1, skip 1 st, d c in next st, ch 2, d c in same st, ch 1, skip 1 st, d c in next st, ch 1, skip 1 st, d c in next st. Continue 1 ch meshes working d c, ch 2, d c in same space in each point.

3rd Row. Sl st to ch 2, ch 3, 2 d c in same space, ch 5, skip 3 meshes, 1 s c in each of the next 7 sts, * ch 5, skip 3 meshes, 3 d c in next st, ch 5, skip 3 meshes, 1 s c in each of the next 7 sts, repeat from * all around.

4th Row. Ch 3, d c in same st, 1 d c in each of the next 3 sts, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 5 s c, ch 5, skip 4 sts of ch, 1 d c in each of the next 5 sts, repeat from * all around.

5th Row. Ch 3, d c in same space, 1 d c in next d c, ch 2, skip 1 d c, 1 d c in each of the next 3 sts, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in each of the next 3 sts, ch 5, skip 4 sts of ch, 1 d c in next st of ch, 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, ch 2, 1 d c in each of the next 3 sts, repeat from * all around.

6th Row. Ch 3, d c in same st, 1 d c in next st, ch 2, d c in mesh, ch 2, d c in same mesh, ch 2, skip 1 d c, 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c and first st of ch, * ch 5, skip 1 s c, 1 s c in center s c, ch 5, skip 4 sts of ch, 1 d c in next st and 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, ch 2, d c in mesh, ch 2, d c in same mesh, ch 2, skip 1 d c, 1 d c in each of the next 3 sts, repeat from * all around.

7th Row. Ch 3, 1 d c in same space, 1 d c in next d c, * ch 4, sl st in first st for picot, 1 d c in next space, ch 4 for picot, 1 d c in next space, picot, 1 d c in same space, picot, d c in next space, picot, skip 1 d c, 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c and first st of ch, skip 4 sts of ch, 1 d c in next st and 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, repeat from * all around.