Star and Snow Tablecloth Pattern #7303

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Star and Snow Tablecloth Pattern #7303

MATERIALS:
CLARK'S O.N.T. or J. & P. COATS BIG BALL BEST SIX CORD MERCERIZED CROCHET, size 20, 33 balls of White or Ecru for oblong tablecloth; 35 balls for hexagon-shaped tablecloth.
MILWARD'S Steel Crochet Hook No. 8.

GAUGE … Motif measures 4¼ inches from side to side, and 5 inches from point to opposite point. Completed oblong tablecloth, about 63 x 80 inches, requires 314 motifs. Hexagonal tablecloth, about 80 inches across center (from side to side), requires 331 motifs.

FIRST MOTIF … Starting at center, ch 7, join with sl st. 1st rnd: Ch 3, 2 d c in ring; (ch 2, 3 d c in ring) 5 times; ch 2, sl st in 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 2nd rnd: Ch 3, d c in next 2 d c, * ch 3, d c in next sp, ch 3, d c in next 3 d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 3rd rnd: Ch 3, d c in next 2 d c, * (ch 3, d c in next sp) twice; ch 3, d c in next 3 d c. Repeat from * around; join. 4th rnd: Ch 3, d c in next 2 d c, * (ch 3, d c in next sp) 3 times; ch 3, d c in next 3 d c. Repeat from * around; join. 5th rnd: Ch 3, d c in next 2 d c, * 3 d c in next sp; (ch 3, d c in next sp) twice, ch 3, 3 d c in next sp, d c in next 3 d c. Repeat from * around; join. 6th rnd: Ch 3, d c in next 5 d c, * 2 d c in next sp, ch 3, d c in next sp, ch 3, 2 d c in next sp, d c in next 9 d c. Repeat from * around; join. 7th rnd: Ch 3, d c in next 7 d c, * 2 d c in next sp, ch 5, 2 d c in next sp, d c in next 13 d c. Repeat from * around; join.
   8th rnd: Ch 3; make d c in each d c around, having 3 d c, ch 3 and 3 d c in each ch-5 sp. Join. 9th rnd: Ch 5 (to count as d c and ch-2), then (skip 2 d c, d c in next d c, ch 2) 4 times. * In corner sp make 3 d c with ch-2 between; ch 2, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c, ch 2, skip 2 d c, d c in next d c (a ch-2 sp). Make 6 more ch-2 sps, ch 2. Repeat from * around, joining last ch-2 to 3rd st of ch-5. 10th rnd: Sl st in sp, s c in same sp, * ch 6, skip next 2 d c; in next d c make d c, ch 3 and d c. Ch 5, skip 1 d c, s c in next d c, ch 4. In next d c make d c, ch 3 and d c; ch 4, s c in next d c, ch 5, skip 1 d c. In next d c make d c, ch 3 and d c; ch 6, skip 2 d c, s c in next sp. Repeat from * around. Fasten off. This completes one motif.

SECOND MOTIF … Work 1st 9 rnds as for first motif. 10th rnd: Sl st in sp, s c in same sp, ch 6, skip next 2 d c; in next d c make d c, ch 3 and d c. Ch 5, skip 1 d c, s c in next d c, ch 4, d c in next d c, ch 1, s c in corresponding ch-3 sp at a point of first motif. Ch 1, d c in same place on second motif as last d c was made; ch 4, s c in next d c, ch 5, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c, ch 1, s c in corresponding sp on first motif, ch 1, d c in same place as last d c was made on second motif. Ch 6, skip 2 d c, s c in next sp, ch 6, skip 2 d c, d c in next d c, ch 1, sl st in corresponding sp on first motif. Ch 1, d c back in same place on second motif as last d c was made, ch 5, skip 1 d c, s c in next d c, ch 4, d c in next d c, ch 1, s c in corresponding ch-3 sp at next point of first motif, ch 1, d c in same place on second motif as last d c was made; complete rnd as for first motif (no more joinings).
   Make necessary number of motifs (see diagrams), joining adjacent sides as second motif was joined to first (whenever 3 motifs meet, join corner of third motif with an s c to corner joining of adjacent 2 motifs).


Star and Snow Tablecloth Pattern #7303
Star and Snow Tablecloth Pattern #7303