Runner No. 7710

Runner No. 7710

The Complete Book of Crochet

The Spool Cotton Company

1946

Materials: KNIT-CRO-SHEEN, 3 balls

Steel Crochet Hook No. 7.

Runner measures about 18 x 39 inches; each motif measures about 3 inches in diameter.

FIRST MOTIF . . . Ch 2.

1st rnd: 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join with sl st in 1st sc.

2nd rnd: Ch 5, * dc in next sc, ch 2. Repeat from * around, joining last ch-2 with sl st in top of starting chain (8 sps).

3rd rnd: Sl st in 1st sp, ch 5, holding back on hook the last loop of each d tr make 4 d .tr in same sp, thread over hook and draw through all loops on hook (cluster made), * ch 10, holding back on hook the last loop of each d tr make 5 d tr in next sp, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (cluster made). Repeat from * around, joining last ch-10 with sl st in top of 1st cluster. Break off.

SECOND MOTIF . . . Work 1st and 2nd rnds same as First Motif.

3rd rnd: Sl st in 1st sp, ch 5 and complete a cluster in same sp, ch 5, sc in a ch-10 loop on previous motif, ch 5, cluster in next sp on this motif, ch 5, sc in next ch-10 loop on previous motif, ch 5. cluster in next sp on this motif. Complete rnd with no more joinings. Break off.

Make 6 x 13 motifs, joining adjacent sides as Second Motif was joined to First.

FILL-IN-LACE . . . Ch 2.

1st rnd: 8 sc in 2nd ch from hook. Join with sl st in 1st sc.

2nd rnd: Ch 5, sc in any free loop between motifs, * ch 5, sl st in next sc on Fill-in-lace, ch 5, sc in next free loop between motifs. Repeat from * around. Break off. Fill in all sps between motifs in this way.

EDGING . . . Attach thread in any ch-10 loop on outer edge of runner. In each ch-10 loop make 3 sc, ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook (p made), 3 sc, (ch 3, sl st in 3rd ch from hook) 3 times (triple p made); 3 sc, p and 3 sc. In each ch-5 loop make 3 sc, p and 3 sc. Join and break off.