Compliment your guests with ensembles of fine bed linen, lavish with these intricate new crocheted designs, in snowy white, or in the soft, muted pastels that are so enchanting!
Use
Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, sizes 30 to 50.
J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton.
To begin, make a chain slightly longer than desired length, turn. 1st row: D c in 7th ch from hook, * ch 2, skip 2 ch, d c in next ch. Repeat from * across. Ch 3, turn. 2nd row: D c in 1st sp, * ch 2, d c in next sp. Repeat from * across, d c in 3rd ch of turning ch-5. Ch 5, turn. 3rd row: D c in 1st sp, * ch 2, d c in next sp. Repeat from * across, d c in turning ch-3. Work 2 s c in first 2 sps along short end, and 7 s c in 3rd sp. Do not break off but work scallops along foundation chain as follows:
Scallops. 1st row: 3 s c in each of 4 sps, s c in next sp, turn. 2nd row: Ch 6, s c in 5th s c, * ch 6, skip 4 s c, s c in next s c. Repeat from * once more (3 loops). Ch 1, turn. 3rd row: 9 s c in each of next 2 sps, 4 s c in next sp (an incompleted loop), turn. 4th row: Ch 6, sl st in 5th s c of center loop, ch 6, s c in 5th s c in 3rd loop. Ch 1, turn. 5th row: In 1st loop, make 4 s c, ch 3, 4 s c; 4 s c in next loop, turn. 6th row: Ch 6, sl st in 5th s c of next loop (thus forming top loop of scallop). Ch 1, turn. 7th row: In top loop, make 4 s c, ch 3, 4 s c. Working along incompleted loops of previous row, * make 1 s c in next loop, ch 3, 4 s c in same loop. Repeat from * to complete remaining loop. Then make 3 s c in each of next 6 filet sps, and 1 s c in following sp, and continue scallops across, having 2 s c between scallops.