Irish Crochet Tablecloth

Irish Crochet Tablecloth

Coats & Clark's Learn To Crochet

1946

MATERIALS; J. & P. COATS BEST Six CORD MERCERIZED CROCHET, Size 30:

Big Ball: 63 balls of White, Ecru or Cream,

or CLARK'S BIG BALL THREE CORD MERCERIZED CROCHET, Size 30:

51 balls of White or Ecru, or 68 balls of any color

Steel Crochet Hook No. 10.

Motif measures 4 inches square and 5 1/3 inches diagonally.

Tablecloth measures about 72 x 110 inches.

FIRST MOTIF . . . Ch 8. Join with sl st.

1st rnd: Ch 1, 18 sc in ring. Sl st in 1st sc.

2nd rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, * ch 5, skip 2 sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join (6 loops).

3rd rnd: Sl st in 1st loop, in each loop around make sc, half dc, 5 dc, half dc and sc (6 petals).

4th rnd: * Ch 7, insert hook in next loop (from back of work) and in following loop (from front of work), thread over and draw loop through, thread over and draw through both loops on hook. Repeat from * around (6 loops).

5th rnd: Sl st in 1st loop, in each loop around make sc, half dc, dc, 7 tr, dc, half dc and sc.

6th rnd: Sl st in first 4 sts of next petal, ch 1, sc in same place as last sl st, * ch 5, sc in 4th ch from hook (p made), ch 2, p, ch 1, skip 5 tr, sc in next tr, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, sc in 1st tr of next petal. Repeat from * around (12 loops).

7th rnd: Sl st to center of next loop (between p's), ch 4, tr in same place as last sl st, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1; then, holding back on hook the last loop of each tr, make 2 tr in same place where last tr was made, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (2-tr cluster made); * ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, sc between p's of next loop, ch 9, sc between p's of next loop, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, skip p of next loop and the following ch, make 2-tr cluster in next ch, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, 2-tr cluster in same place as last cluster. Repeat from * around. Join to top of 1st tr made.

8th rnd; Sl st to center of next loop, ch 4, tr in same place as last sl st, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, 2-tr cluster in same place as last tr, * ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, sc in next loop, ch 3, in ch-9 loop make (a 3-tr cluster, p) 3 times and a 3-tr cluster; ch 3, sc in next loop, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, skip the p of next loop and the following ch, make a 2-tr cluster in next ch, ch 1, p, ch 2, p, ch 1, 2-tr cluster in same place as last cluster. Repeat from * around. Join.

9th rnd: Sl st to center of next loop, ch 5, p, ch 1, tr in same loop, ch 1, p, ch 1, tr in same loop, * ch 1, p, ch 1, tr between p's of next loop, ch 1, p, ch I, tr in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, p, ch 1, skip next cluster, dc in top of each of next 2 clusters; ch 1, p, ch 1, skip next cluster, tr in next ch-3 sp, ch 1, p, ch 1, tr between p's of next loop, ch 1, p, ch 1, in next loop (between p's) make 5 tr with ch 1, p and ch 1 between each tr. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st to 4th st of ch-5 first made.

10th rnd: Ch 17, tr in same place as sl st, * (ch 1, p, ch 1, tr in next tr) 4 times; ch 1, p, ch 1, skip 1 dc, tr in next dc, (ch 1, p, ch 1, tr in next tr) 4 times; ch 1, p, ch 1, in next tr make tr, ch 13 and tr. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.

SECOND MOTIF . . . Work as for First Motif until 9th rnd is completed.

10th rnd: Ch 10 (to count as tr and ch 6), sl st in center ch of corner loop on First Motif, ch 6, tr in same place as sl st on Second Motif, (ch 3, sl st in corresponding p on First Motif, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch of last ch-3, thus joining p's, ch 1, tr in next tr on Second Motif) 4 times; ch 3, sl st in next p on First Motif, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch of last ch-3, ch 1, skip 1 dc, tr in next dc on Second Motif, (ch 3, sl st in next p on First Motif, ch 2, sc in 2nd ch of last ch-3, ch 1, tr in next tr on Second Motif) 5 times; ch 6, sl st in center ch of corner loop on First Motif, ch 6, tr in same place as last tr on Second Motif. Complete rnd same as for First Motif (no more joinings). Break off.

Make 488 motifs, joining adjacent sides as Second Motif was joined to First Motif (where 4 corners meet, join 3rd and 4th corners to joining of previous 2 corners).

Join motifs in the following order:

1st row: 1 motif.

2nd row: 3 motifs (1 motif extending on each side of previous row).

3rd row: 5 motifs.

4th row: 7 motifs.

Continue thus, having 2 more motifs on each row until there are 25 motifs on row. Make 7 more rows of 25 motifs each, having 1 motif extend beyond left edge and having 1 motif less on right edge. Now make 2 motifs less on each row (1 motif less on each side) until last row has 1 motif.