Number 7444 Doily
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Centerpiece: Diameter 16 inches.
Place Doilies: Diameter 13 ½ inches.
Bread and Butter: Diameter8 inches.
Glass Doilies: Diameter 6 inches.
Materials:
J. & P. Coats or Clark’s O.N.T. Best Six Cord Mercerized Crochet, Size 20.
Small Ball:
J. & P. Coats ---14 balls of White or Ecru,
Or
Clark’s O.N.T. ---20 balls of White of Ecru.
Big Ball:
J. & P. Coats --8 balls of White, Ecru or Cream.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 9 or 10.
The above materials are sufficient for a set consisting of centerpiece 16 inches in diameter from point to point; 4 place doilies 13 ½ inches in diameter from point to point; 4 bread and butter plate doilies 8 inches in diameter from point to point, and 4 glass doilies 6 inches in diameter from point to point.
Place Doily . . . Starting at center, wind thread 10 times around forefinger. Slip strands off finger.
1st rnd: 32 sc in ring. Sl st in 1st sc made.
2nd rnd: Ch 5, skip 1 sc, dc in next sc, * ch 2, skip 1 sc, dc in next sc. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 2, sl st in 3rd st of ch-5.
3rd rnd: Ch 10, sc in 2nd ch from hook, half dc in next ch, dc in next 7 ch, sc in next dc of 2nd rnd (a spoke made). Repeat from beginning of rnd, ending with sc at base of ch-10 first made (16 spokes in all).
4th rnd: Sl st to tip of 1st spoke, sc in tip of same spoke, * ch 7, sc in tip of next spoke. Repeat from * around, ending with sl st in 1st sc made.
5th rnd: Ch 5, dc in same place as sl st, * ch 3, sc in next sp, ch 3, in next sc make dc, ch 2 and dc (shell made). Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-5.
6th rnd: Sl st in sp, ch 5, dc in same sp, * ch 4, sc in next sc, ch 4, make a shell in sp f next shell. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 4, sl st in 3rd st of ch-5 first made.
Work in this manner, making shell over shell and sc over sc, having 1 additional st in chain between sc’s and shell on each successive rnd, until there are 20 ch between sc’s and shells. Break off.
Centerpiece . . . Work as for Place Doily, but omit increases in ch’s on 10th and 12th rnds. When there are 18 ch’s work 7 rnds more, making 2 extra ch’s between sc’s and shells on each successive rnd (32 ch’s). Break off.
Bread and Butter Plate Doily . . . Work as for Place Doily to 9th rnd incl. Break off. Starch lightly and press.