Cluster Doily 4-65

Cluster Doily 4-65

Hand Crochet by Royal Society

Book No. 4

1945

ROYAL SOCIETY SIX CORD CORDICHET, Size 50: 1 ball of White or Ecru.

Steel Crochet Hook No. 12.

Doily measures about 8 1/2 inches in diameter.

Starting at center, ch 12. Join with sl st to form ring.

1st rnd: Ch 1, 28 sc in ring. Join with sl st in 1st sc.

2nd rnd: Ch 5, skip next sc, dc in next sc, * ch 2, skip next sc, dc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join with. sl st in 3rd st of starting chain (14 sps).

3rd rnd: Ch 3, * 3 dc in sp, dc in dc. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st in 3rd st of starting chain (56 dc).

4th rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, * ch 4, skip next dc, sc in next dc. Repeat from * around, joining last ch-4 with sl st in 1st sc (28 loops).

5th rnd: Sl st to center of next loop, ch 4, holding back on hook the last loop of each d tr make 2 d tr in same loop, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (a 2-d tr cluster made). * Ch 4, make a 3 d-tr cluster in next loop. Repeat from * around, joining last ch 4 with sl st in first cluster (28 clusters).

6th rnd: Sl st to center of next loop, ch 1, sc in same loop, * ch 5, sc in next loop. Repeat from * around. Join (28 loops).

7th rnd: Sl st to center of next loop, ch 9, * dc in next loop, ch 5. Repeat from * around, joining last ch 5 with sl st in 3rd st of ch-9 (28 sps).

8th rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, * ch 4, sc in next sp, ch 4, sc in dc. Repeat from * around. Join (56 loops).

9th, 10th and 11th rnds: Repeat 5th, 6th and 7th rnds.

12th rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, * ch 4, sc in next sp, ch 4, sc in dc, ch 4, sc in sp. Repeat from * around. Join (84 loops).

13th, 14th and 15th rnds: Repeat 5th, 6th and 7th rnds.

16th and 17th rnds: Repeat 7th rnd.

18th rnd: Repeat 12th rnd (126 loops).

19th rnd: Sl st to center of next loop, ch 4, make a 2-d tr cluster in same loop, * ch 6, sc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 2, make a 3-d tr cluster in next loop. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 6, sc in 3rd ch from hook, ch 2, sl st in top of first cluster. Break off.

Starch lightly and press.