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Also #2204 and #4505

Materials Required—AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "STAR" or "GEM" MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Size 20 or 30

1–300 Yd. Ball White, Ecru or Colors.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 11 or 12.

Each Motif measures about 3 inches. Doily 3 x 5 Motifs measured about 9 x 15 inches.

Motif. Ch 8, join, ch 5, tr c into ring, * ch 2, tr c into ring, repeat from * 9 times, ch 2, sl st into 3rd st of ch to join (12 meshes).

2nd Row. Ch 1, 3 s c in each mesh, join.

3rd Row. Ch 1, s c in each s c taking up back loop of st only, join.

4th Row. Ch 4, d c in next s c taking up back loop of st only, * ch 1, d c in next s c taking up back loop of st only, repeat from * all around, join in 3rd st of ch.

5th Row. Ch 1, 2 s c in each mesh (72 s c), join.

6th Row. Ch 4, 1 tr c in each of the next 4 s c, * ch 7, skip 1 s c, 1 tr c in each of the next 5 s c, repeat from * 10 times, ch 7, join.

7th Row. Ch 1, 1 s c in each tr c and 4 s c, ch 4, 4 s c in each loop, join.

8th Row. Sl st to center s c, ch 1, s c in same space, * ch 7, d c in next picot, ch 3, d c in same picot, ch 7, s c in center s c, repeat from * all around.

Motifs are joined together in the last row. Work to within the last 2 points, * d c into picot, ch 1, sl st into shell of 1st motif, ch 1, d c into same picot of 2nd motif, ch 7, s c into center s c, ch 7, repeat from *. Join 3rd motif to 2nd motif and 4th motif to 1st and 3rd motif.

Joining Motif. Fasten thread in 3 ch loop, ch 6, d c in same space, ch 5, tr c between motifs, ch 5, d c in next 3 ch space, ch 3, d c in same space and continue around joining in 4th st of ch 6.

2nd Row. Ch 4, 1 d c in same space, ch 3, 2 d c in same space, 2 d c, ch 3, 2 d c in next 3 ch space, repeat twice. Join and break thread.