Hanky Edging Pattern #8500
Materials:
We suggest thread in sizes 50 to 100.
Suggest variegated color. Make a chain long enough to go all around edges of handkerchief, allowing extra length for corners and shrinkage. 1st row: 5 d c in 7th ch from hook, * ch 4, skip 3 ch, s c in next ch, ch 4, skip 3 ch, 5 d c in next ch. Repeat from * across, ending with ch 4, skip 3 ch after last 5 d c, s c in next ch. Ch 3, turn. 2nd row: * 2 d c in next d c, d c in next d c; in next d c make d c, ch 2 and d c; d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, ch 3, s c in s c, ch 3. Repeat from * across, turn. 3rd row: S c in next d c, * ch 5, 3 tr in ch-2 sp, holding back the last loop of each tr on hook; thread over and draw through all loops on hook (a cluster); ch 5, skip 3 d c, s c in next d c, ch 3, s c in next d c. Repeat from * across, ending with s c in last d c. Ch 1, turn. 4th row: 6 s c in each ch-5 loop and 3 s c in each ch-3 loop across. Fasten off. Sew edging all along edges of handkerchief, on wrong side, with neat over-and-over stitches.