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MATERIALS—Two balls Coats Six Cord Mercerized Crochet Cotton No. 40.

Ch 29, turn, allowing 5 for turn, put 3 dc in 6th ch st, ch 3 and dc in same stitch, ch 7, skip 7 and fasten in 8th ch st with 1 dc, ch 7, and fasten with dc back in last dc, this makes loop, ch 7, skip 7 and fasten in next, turn. * Now make 12 ch and sc in loop on last row; then turn and put 12 dc on 12 ch, continue from * until you have 6 bars of 12 dc each, then ch 3 and fasten in 3 ch with 1 dc, 2 more dc, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 5, turn.
3 dc over 3 ch, ch 3, 1 dc in same ch, * ch 7, dc between bars, repeat from * 5 times, ch 7, dc in first ch made in first row, turn and put 9 dc in each 7 ch, ch 3, over 3 ch of previous row work: 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 5, turn. Over 3 ch work: 3 dc, ch 3, 1 dc, ch 3. 1 sc in first of 9 dc, then 4 rows of knot stitch, working the shell edge as above, 1 row of 14 sp of 6 ch each, with sc in each knot. For last row fill the first 7 sp with 6 sc and 1 pc each, then ch 6 and sc in next ch 7 times. In making the next scallop, fasten into each loop of previous scallop as shown in the diagram, with sc. At the neck edge, ch 5, 1 sc into each 5 ch and repeat around. Then over the chains work 3 sc, 1 pc, 3 sc, and repeat.