CHATHAM DINETTE TABLECLOTH

Chatham Dinette Tablecloth

Minerva Book on Cottons

Volume 52

1939

1 No. 8 Steel Crochet Hook

Scale: 1 motif about 3 1/2 inches in diameter

MINERVA MELLOSHEEN

Ecru No. 1933 .................................... 7 Skeins

MINERVA CHALIMAR

Ecru No. 1903 ....................................... 7 Skeins

The cloth is 15 motifs wide and 18 motifs long (about 49"x58").

MOTIF: Ch. 8, join in a ring.

Row 1-Ch. 3, 15 D. C. in ring, join with a slip st. in 3rd Ch. of Ch. 3.

Row 2-Ch. 6, skip 1 D. C., 1 D. C. in next D. C., * Ch. 4, skip 1 D. C., 1 D. C. in next D. C., repeat from * around row, ending Ch. 4, slip st. in 2nd ch. of Ch. 6, 1 slip st. in first space.

Row 3-Ch. 2, 4 S. C. in space, * Ch. 4, 1 S. C. in last S. C. (forming a loop), 5 S. C. in next space, repeat from * around row, ending Ch. 4, 1 S. C. in last S. C., 1 slip st. in 2nd Ch. of Ch. 2, 1 slip st. in each of the next 2 S. C.

Row 4-9 D. C. in first loop of previous row, * skip 2 S. C., 1 S. C. in next S. C., 9 D. C. in next loop, repeat from * around row, ending 9 D. C. in last loop, 1 slip st. in slip st. next to the D. C. of first loop, 1 slip st. in each of the next 5 D. C.

Row 5-Ch. 7, 1 D. C. in same st. as last slip st., * Ch. 7, 1 D. C. in 5th D. C. of next petal, Ch. 5, 1 D. C. in same D. C., repeat from * around row, ending Ch. 7, 1 slip st. in 2nd Ch. of Ch. 7, 1 slip st, in each of the next 3 Ch.

Row 6-Ch. 8, 1 D. C. in same st. as last slip st., * Ch. 1, 2 D. C. in 4th Ch. of next loop, Ch. 5, 2 D. C. in same Ch. as last 2 D. C., Ch. 1, 1 D. C. in 3rd Ch. of next loop, Ch. 6, 1 D. C. in same Ch., repeat from * around row, ending Ch. 1, 2 D. C. in 4th Ch. of next loop, Ch. 5, 2 D. C. in same Ch., Ch. 1, 1 slip St. in 2nd Ch. of Ch. 8, break thread.

Joining-When working last row in the 2nd motif, at the pattern of 2 D. C., Ch. 2, drop loop from hook, insert hook in corresponding pattern of first motif, draw loop through, Ch. 3, 2 D. C. in same Ch., Ch. 1, 1 D. C. in 3rd Ch. of next loop, Ch. 3, drop loop from hook, insert hook in corresponding pattern of first motif, draw loop through, Ch. 3, 1 D. C. in same Ch., Ch. 1, 2 D. C. in 4th Ch. of next loop, Ch. 2, drop loop from hook, insert hook in corresponding pattern of first motif, draw loop through, Ch. 3, 2 D. C. in same Ch. Join all motifs in this manner, leaving one pattern of 1 D. C., free in each motif, for center.

Make 270 motifs for entire tablecloth.

Center-Ch. 6, join in a ring, * Ch. 4, 1 Tr. C. in ring, Ch. 1, drop loop from hook, insert hook in space of 1 free loop in center, pull loop through, Ch. 1, 1 Tr. C. in ring, Ch. 4, 1 S. C. in ring, repeat from * for each center pattern, ending with Ch. 4, 1 S. C. in ring, 1 slip st. in first Ch. of Ch. 4. Break thread.