Moderne Mesh Tablecloth

Moderne Mesh

Home Decoration Book 76

The Spool Cotton Company

1936

Materials: Clark's O.N.T. (9 boxes) or J. & P. Coats (8 boxes) Mercerized Crochet, size 30, White or Ecru;

or Clark's Big Ball Mercerized Crochet, size 30, 30 balls.

Milward's steel crochet hook No. 10 or 11

Gauge: 1 pattern (10 dc and 5 sps) makes 1 1/2 inches; 10 rows make 1 1/2 inches.

When completed, tablecloth measures about 2 yds wide and 2 1/2 yds long.

To begin, make a chain to measure about 3 yds, turn.

1st row: Dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each ch st of foundation ch until 1156 dc (counting turning ch as 1 dc) are made. Ch 3, turn. (Cut away remainder of ch not used)

2nd row: Dc in each of next 3 dc (1 bl), ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in next dc. Ch 2, ** skip 2 dc, dc in each of next 10 dc, *ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in next dc. Repeat from * 3 more times, ch 2, and repeat from ** across, ending row with 2 sps, 1 bl (47 1/2 patterns in all). Ch 3, turn.

3rd to 6th rows incl: Dc in dc and sp over sp. Ch 3, turn.

7th row: 1 bl, * ch 8, skip all sts until the 4th dc of next 10 dc group, dc in this 4th dc, dc in each of next 3 dc (1 bl), ch 8, skip remainder of 10 dc group and next 2 sps, dc in next dc, ch 2, dc in next dc (this sp is made over the center sp of 5 sp group of previous row), repeat from * across, ending row with 1 bl. Ch 3, turn.

8th, 9th, and 10th rows: Dc in dc, ch 8 over ch-8, and sp over sp. Ch 3, turn.

11th row: Dc in each of next 3 dc, ch 2, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 2, ** skip 2 ch, dc in each of next 3 ch, dc in each of next 4 dc, dc in each of next 3 ch, *ch 2, skip 2 ch, dc in next st, repeat from * 3 more times, ch 2, and repeat from ** across, ending row with 1 bl. Ch 3, turn.

Repeat from beginning of 3rd row until work measures 2 1/2 yds. from beginning. Then finish with a row of dc, making 1 dc in each st to correspond with the 1st row.