Please Check It Runner Pattern #7569

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Please Check It Runner Pattern #7569

MATERIALS:
J. & P. COATS KNIT-CRO-SHEEN, 2 balls of a light color and 3 balls of a dark color.
Steel crochet hook No. 7.

Completed runner measures about 15 x 36 inches.

GAUGE: Each motif measures 2¼ inches square.

FIRST MOTIF … Starting at center with dark color, ch 8. Join with sl st to form a ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in ring, (ch 3, 3 dc in ring) 3 times; ch 3, sl st to top of 1st ch-3. 2nd rnd: Ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, ch 5, then holding back the last loop of each tr on hook make 3 tr in next sp, thread over and draw through all 3 loops on hook (cluster made). * Ch 5, dc in next 3 dc, ch 5, cluster in next sp. Repeat from * 2 more times, ch 5, sl st in top of ch-3. 3rd rnd: Ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, * (ch 5, cluster in next sp) twice; ch 5, dc in next 3 dc. Repeat from * around, ending with ch-5, sl st in top of ch-3. 4th rnd: Ch 4, then holding back the last loop of each tr on hook work tr in next 2 sts, thread over and complete a cluster as before. * Ch 5, sc in next sp, ch 5, 2 clusters with ch 5 between in next sp, ch 5, sc in next sp, ch 5, cluster over next 3 dc. Repeat from * around ending with ch 5, sl st in top of 1st cluster. Fasten off.

SECOND MOTIF … With light color, work 1st 3 rnds as for 1st motif. 4th rnd: Ch 4, then holding back the last loop of each tr on hook work tr in next 2 sts, thread over and complete a cluster as before, ch 5, sc in next sp, ch 5, cluster in next sp, ch 2, sc in corner loop of 1st motif, ch 2, cluster in same sp on 2nd motif, ch 5, sc in next sp, ch 5, cluster over next 3 dc, sl st into top of corresponding cluster of 1st motif, ch 5, sc in next sp of 2nd motif, ch 5, cluster in next sp, ch 2, sc in next corner loop of 1st motif, ch 2, cluster in same sp of 2nd motif. Complete rnd as for 1st motif (no more joinings). Continue to make dark and light motifs alternately, joining as 2nd motif was joined to 1st (see illustration), until 55 dark and 40 light motifs in all have been joined. Where 4 corners meet, join 3rd and 4th corners to joining of previous corners.