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

3–300 Yd. Balls White, Ecru, Dark Cream or Colors.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 11 or 12.

Each Motif measures about 4½ inches. Doily measures about 22 inches through the center.

Motif. 1st Row. * Ch 4, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, repeat from * 5 times, join.

2nd Row. Ch 3, dc in same space, * ch 4, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, repeat from. *, ch 1, 2 d c between next 2 picots, * double picot loop, ch 1, 2 d c between next 2 picots, repeat from * all around, join.

3rd Row. Ch 3, 2 d c in next d c, * 3 picot loop, ch 1, 1 d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, repeat from * all around, join.

4th row. Ch 3, 2 d c in next d c, 1 d c in next d c, * 4 picot loop, ch 1, 1 d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, 1 d c in next d c, repeat from * all around, join.

5th Row. Ch 3, 1 d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, 1 d c in next d c, * ch 11, 1 d c in each of the next 2 d c, 2 d c in next d c, 1 d c in next d c, repeat from * all around, join.

6th Row. Ch 1, 1 s c in each d c, * 6 s c over loop, ch 4, sl st in top of last s c for picot, 3 s c over same loop, ch 9, turn, sl st in 3rd s c on left side of picot, ch 3, turn, 8 d c over loop just made, ch 4, sl st in top of last dc for picot, 3 d c over same loop, ch 10, turn, sl st in 3rd d c on left side of picot, ch 3, turn, * 9 d c over loop just made, picot, 4 d c over same loop, ch 12, turn, sl st in 4th d c on left side of picot, ch 3, turn, 10 d c over loop just made, picot, 10 d c over same loop, ch 3, sl st in same loop, 5 d c over remainder of next loop, ch 3, sl st in same loop, 5 d c over remainder of next loop, ch 3, sl st in same loop, 3 s c over remainder of ch 11 in previous row, ** 1 s c in each d c, repeat between *, 1 d c over loop just made, ch 7, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, ch 3, turn, d tr c in center s c between scallops, ch 7, picot, ch 3, sl st in top corner of 2nd scallop, ch 5, turn, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, ch 5, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, ch 1, d tr c in d tr c, ch 5, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, ch 7, sl st in 4th st from hook for picot, ch 1, d tr c in same space, ch 5, picot, ch 5, picot, ch 1, sl st in top of d c over ch 12, 8 d c over same loop, picot, 4 d c over same loop, ch 15, turn, sl st in 4th d c on left side of picot, ch 3, turn, 5 d c over loop just made, ch 6, turn, d tr c in next d tr c, ch 6, d tr c between next 2 picots, ch 6, d tr c in same space, ch 6, d tr c in next d tr c, ch 6, sl st in 5th d c of scallop, ch 1, turn, 4 s c, picot, 4 s c over each 6 ch loop, sl st in next dc, 5 d c, picot, 10 d c over remainder of ch 15, ch 3, sl st in same loop, 5 d c over remainder of next loop, ch 3, sl st in same loop, 5 d c over remainder of next loop, ch 3, sl st in same loop, 3 s c over remainder of ch 11 of previous row and repeat from ** 4 times, fasten thread.

Join thread in corner of 2nd right hand scallop, ch 7, picot, ch 3, d tr c in center s c between scallops, ch 7, picot, ch 3, sl st in corner of 2nd scallop, ch 5, turn, picot, ch 5, picot, ch 1, d tr c in d tr c, ch 5, picot, ch 7, picot, ch 1, d tr c in same space, ch 5, picot, ch 5, picot, ch 2, sl st in 2nd d c of center scallop, fasten thread. Join thread on wrong side of work in 5th d c of next scallop, ch 6, d tr c in next d tr c, ch 6, d tr c between next 2 picots, ch 6, d tr c in same space, ch 6, d tr c in next d tr c, ch 6, join in 5th d c of scallop, ch 1, turn, 4 s c, picot, 4 s c over each loop, fasten thread. Join motifs at 7 picots on each side.

There are 5 motifs in the center row, 4 on each side of center and 3 motifs at each end.