This is a vintage pattern from Coat's & Clark, 1955. I hope you enjoy making it.
Material Required: Tatting cotton, 1 - 11" hemstitched handkerchief. Steel crochet hook size 13 or 14.
Attach thread to any corner, 5 sc in same corner, sc closely around (17 sc to 1 inch), making 5 sc in each corner. Join with sl st. 2ND RND: Sl st in next sc, ch 3,
skip next sc, dc in next sc, * ch 7, skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc, (ch 5, skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc) 3 times; ch 7, skip next 2 sc, holding back on hook the last loop of each dc, make dc in next
sc, skip next 2 sc, dc in next sc, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (joint dc made). Repeat from * arcoss side, ending with 3 ch-5 loops preceding corner, ch 7, skip next 2 sc, make a
joint dc by making a dc in 2nd and 4th sc's of 5-sc group at corner, ch 7, skip next 2 sc, sc in next sc. Complete other sides and corners the same way. Join to top of ch-3. 3RD RND: Ch 3, 6 dc in
same place as sl st, *( ch 7, sc in next loop, (ch 5, sc in next loop) 4 times; ch 7, 7 dc in tip of next joint dc. Repeat from * around. Join to top of ch-3. 4TH RND: Sl st in next 2 dc, ch 3, * in
next dc make dc, ch 2 and dc; dc in next dc, ch 7, skip next dc, sc in next dc, ch 7, skip next loop, sc in next 2 loops, ch 5, sc in next 2 loops, ch 7, sc in next dc, ch 7, skip next dc, dc in next
dc. Repeat from * around. Join. 5TH RND: Sl st in next dc and in next sp, ch 4, in same sp make dc, ch 1 and dc; * ch 7, sc in next 2 loops, ch 5, dc in next loop, ch 5, sc in next 2 loops, ch 7, in
next ch-2 sp make (dc, ch 1) twice and dc. Repeat from * around. Join to 3rd ch of ch-4. 6TH RND: Sc in same place as sl st, ch 5, sl st in 5th ch from hook (picot made), ch 3, * skip next dc, sc in
next dc, (picot, ch 3, sc in next loop) 4 times; picot, ch 3, sc in next dc, picot, ch 3. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.
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