Runner No. 7717

Runner No. 7717

The Complete Book of Crochet

The Spool Cotton Company

1946

Materials: BEST Six CORD MERCERIZED CROCHET, Size 20: Small Ball: 6 balls

Steel Crochet Hook No. 8 or 9.

Runner measures about 14 x 38 1/2 inches. Each motif measures about 3 1/2 inches in diameter.

FIRST MOTIF . . . Ch 6. Join with sl st.

1st rnd: Ch 1, 12 sc in ring. Join with sl st in 1st sc.

2nd rnd: Ch 5 (to count as 1 dc and ch 2), * dc in next sc, ch 2. Repeat from * around, joining last ch-2 with sl st in top of starting ch-5 (12 sps).

3rd rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in same place as sl st, * ch 3, sc in next dc, ch 3, 3 dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join.

4th rnd: Ch 3, dc in same place as sl st, * dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 4, sc in next sc, ch 4, 2 dc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join.

5th rnd: Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st, * ch 7, skip 3 dc, sc in next dc, ch 7, sc in next dc. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3, tr in 1st sc.

6th rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in top of tr just made, * ch 10, 3 dc in center st of next ch-7. Repeat from * around. Join.

7th rnd: Sl st in next 2 dc, * in next loop make (4 sc, ch 4) 3 times and 4 sc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.

SECOND MOTIF . . . Work same as for First Motif until 6th rnd is completed.

7th rnd: Sl st in next 2 dc, * in next loop make 4 sc, ch 4 and 4 sc; ch 2, sl st in corresponding ch-4 loop on First Motif, ch 2, in same loop on Second Motif make 4 sc, ch 4 and 4 sc. Repeat from * once more. Complete rnd with no more joinings.

Make 4 x 11 motifs, joining adjacent sides as First Motif was joined to Second Motif and leaving one large loop free between joinings.

FILL-IN-MOTIF . . . Attach thread in center ch-4 loop of any large loop between joinings.

1st rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc where thread was attached, * ch 5, 3 dc in center ch-4 loop of next large loop. Repeat from * 2 more times; ch 5, sl st in top of starting ch-3.

2nd rnd: In next loop make 4 sc, ch 5 and 4 sc, * 4 sc in next loop, ch 2, sl st in last ch-5 loop, ch 2, 4 sc in same loop as last 4 sc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off. Fill in all sps between motifs in this way.