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Materials:
Choose one of the following threads in White or Ecru:
Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, size 20, 87 balls.
J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, size 20, 62 balls.
J. & P. Coats Big Ball, size 20, 36 balls.
Clark's Big Ball, size 20, 36 balls.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 8.

Gauge: Each large motif measures 4¼ inches in diameter and requires about 25 yards of thread. Each small motif measures 2½ inches in diameter and requires about 10 yards of thread. For a tablecloth of about 68 x 85 inches, make 320 large motifs and 285 small motifs.

Large Motif. Same as motif of Star Wheel Tablecloth, No. 744.

Small Motif. Ch 8, join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 3, 17 d c in ring. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 2nd rnd: Ch 8, and complete a cross st as follows: Thread over once, insert hook in 6th ch from hook, and draw thread through (3 loops on hook), thread over once, skip 1 d c, insert hook in next, draw loop through (5 loops on hook), thread over, take off 2 loops at a time, 4 times. * Ch 3, thread over twice, insert hook in next d c, draw loop through, thread over, and take off 2 loops, then thread over, skip 1 d c, insert hook in next d c and draw thread through, thread over and take off 2 loops at a time, 4 times. Ch 3, d c in center point of cross, thus completing the cross st. Repeat from * around (6 cross sts), joining last ch 3 with sl st to 5th st of ch-8 first made. 3rd rnd: * 4 s c in each ch-3 sp of cross st, and 5 s c in each ch-3 sp between cross sts. Repeat from * to end of rnd (54 s c). 4th rnd: S c in each s c of previous rnd. 5th rnd: Ch 4, d c in 1st s c of previous rnd, * ch 1, d c in next s c, repeat from * to end of rnd. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-4 first made. 6th rnd: S c in first ch-1, ch 6, d c in next ch-1, * ch 3, skip 3 d c, s c in next ch-1, ch 3, skip 3 d c, d c in next ch-1, ch 3, skip 1 d c, d c in next ch-1, repeat from * to end of rnd. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-6 first made. There should be 8 points.

To Join Motifs: Place large motifs in position (16 x 20 large motifs). With over and over stitches, sew 3 points of one motif to a corresponding 3 points of the adjacent motif (thus leaving 2 points free on each motif later to be joined to small motifs). Then place small motifs in position, to fill the space left by four large motifs. Sew 2 points of small motif to the corresponding 2 points of the adjacent large motif, thus 2 points of a small motif are joined to 2 points of each adjacent large motif.