TABLECLOTH IN ROSE PANELS

TABLECLOTH IN ROSE PANELS

Filet Crochet

Design Book No. 66

Lily Mills Company

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

DAISY Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Art. 65, size 30: - 22 skeins White;

DAISY Mercerized Crochet Cotton, Art. 97, size 30: - 31 balls White;

Lily MERCROCHET Cotton, An. 161, size 30: - 37 balls White;

Sufficient for size 60 x 80 inches, makes 9 Panels wide with 12 patterns in each Panel.

Steel crochet hook No. 13.

GAUGE-With DAISY:- -6 sps=l inch, 6 rows=l inch; with MERCROCHET:- 7 sps=l inch; 7 rows=l inch.

ROSE PANEL- (Width-With DAISY: - 6 1/2 inches when blocked; with MERCROCHET: - 5 3/4 inches)

ROW 1 - Ch 126, dc in 9th ch from hook, (ch 2, sk 2 sts of long ch, dc in next ch) 13 times, dc in next 9 ch (3 blks made), ch 5, sk 5 ch, dc in next ch (1 long sp made), ch 3, sk 2 ch, sc in next ch, ch 3, sk 2 ch, dc in next ch (1 lacet st made), ch 5, sk 5 ch, dc in next ch, dc in next 9 ch, (ch 2, sk 2 ch, dc in next ch) 14 times (14 sps made). Mark the right side of this row as the right side of Panel.

ROW 2 - Ch 5, turn, dc in next dc, 12 sps, 2 dc in next sp, dc in next dc (1 blk made), 3 sps, 1 blk, 1 sp, ch 5, sk lacet st, dc in next dc (1 long sp made), 1 sp, 1 blk, 3 sps, 1 blk, 12 sps, ch 2, dc in 3d st of end sp.

ROW 3-Ch 5, turn, dc in next dc, 12 sps, 1 blk, 4 sps, 1 blk, ch 3, sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 3, dc in next dc, 1 blk, 4 sps, 1 blk, 13 sps.

ROW 4-Ch 5, turn, dc in next dc, 13 sps, 1 blk, 3 sps, 1 blk, ch 5, dc in next dc, 1 blk, 3 sps, 1 blk, 14 sps.

Continue, following Chart, thru Row 41. Then repeat Rows 2 thru 41 incl. 11 times (12 patterns long, - lengthwise of table), ending Panel at Row 38.

NEXT ROW - Ch 5, turn, dc in next dc, 11 sps, 3 blks, (ch 5, dc in next dc) 5 times, 3 blks and 12 sps. Fasten off.

Make 9 Panels, then sew them tog. being careful to exactly match rows.

Edge-Working across starting ends of Panels, join to corner of cloth, ch 3, (3 dc, ch 5, 4 dc) all in same corner sp, (ch 5, sk 1 sp, 4 dc in next sp) 6 times, * ch 5, sk 1 sp, dc in next 4 dc, ch 5, sk 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, ch 5, 4 dc in left half of next long sp, ch 5, sk 1 sp, 4 dc in next sp, ch 5, 4 dc in left half of next long sp, ch 5, sk 3 dc, dc in next 4 dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, 4 dc in next sp, (ch 5, sk 1 sp, 4 dc in next sp) 13 times. Repeat from * across to corner. Make (4 dc, ch 5, 4 dc) in corner sp, (Ch 5, sk 1 sp, 1 dc in next sp) repeated to next corner, (4 dc, ch 5, 4 dc) in corner sp, (ch 5, sk 1 sp, 4 dc in next sp) 5 times, ** ch 5, sk 1 sp, dc in next 4 dc, ch 5, sk 2 dc, dc in next 4 dc, (ch 5, 4 dc in left half of next long sp) 5 times, ch 5, sk 3 dc, dc in next 4 dc, ch 5, sk 3 dc, 4 dc in next sp, (ch 5, sk 1 sp, 4 dc in next sp) 11 times. Repeat from ** across to corner. Make corner and work across next side as on opposite side. Join with ch 2, dc in top of 1st ch-3.

ROW 2-(Ch 3, tr) 6 times in next (corner) sp, ch 3, sc in next sp, * ch 4, sc in next sp, (ch 3, tr) 4 times in next sp, ch 3, sc in next sp. Repeat from * around, with each corner shell like 1st one. Join.

ROW 3-3 sc in 1st sp on next (corner) shell, (2 sc in next sp, ch 4, sl st in last sc for a p, 2 sc in same sp) 5 times, 3 sc in next sp, * (2 sc, a p, 2 sc) in ch-4 between shells, 3 sc in next sp, (2 sc, a p, 2 sc in next sp) 3 times, 3 sc in next sp. Repeat from * around, with each corner like 1st one. Join and fasten off.

Stretch and pin tablecloth right-side-down on curtain or quilting frames. Lay a section at a time over an ironing board or padded table. Steam and press dry thru a cloth. Repeat until entire cloth is blocked.