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Choose from any of the following crochet threads:

Coats "Big Ball" 40, crochet hook size 14 [0.90mm], motif 2¾"
Coats "Big Ball" 30, crochet hook size 12 [1.0mm], motif 3¼"
Coats "Big Ball" 20, crochet hook size 10 [1.15mm], motif 4"
Aunt Lydia's® "Special ValueCrochet", crochet hook 7 [1.5mm], motif 5"
J.&P.Coats® "Knit-Cro-Sheen®", crochet hook size 7 [1.5mm], motif 5¼"
J.&P.Coats® Metallic "Knit-Cro-Sheen®", crochet hook size 7 [1.5mm], motif 5¼"
J.&P.Coats® Pearl "Knit-Cro-Sheen®", crochet hook size 7 [1.5mm], motif 5¼"
South Maid®, crochet hook size 7 [1.5mm], motif 5¼"
J.&P.Coats® "Old Fashioned Crochet", crochet hook size 6 [1.6mm], motif 5¼"
J.&P.Coats® LusterSheen® crochet hook size E-4 [3.5mm], motif 7"
J.&P.Coats® Pearl LusterSheen®, crochet hook size E-4 [3.5mm], motif 7¼"
J.&P.Coats® "Speed-Cro-Sheen®", crochet hook size E-4 [3.5mm], motif 7¾"
South Maid® Cotton "8", crochet hook size F-5 [3.75mm], motif 9"
Aunt Lydia's® "Denim", crochet hook size H-8 [5mm], motif 10¾"


abbreviations

 
beg : beginning
ch : chain
cl  : cluster
dc : double crochet
lp : loop
rep  : repeat
sc  : single crochet
sl st : slip stitch
sp : space
yo : yarn over
* or ** : repeat whatever follows the * or ** as indicated
[] : work directions in brackets the number of times specified

sizes

 
See the supplies section for information regarding sizes created by each crochet thread and hook size.

gauges
 
See above.

instructions
 

DOILY: Ch 7; join with a sl st to form a ring.

Rnd 1: Ch 2, holding back last lp on hook, 2 dc in ring, yo and through all 3 lps on hook – beg cl made; ch 4; [holding back last lp on hook,3 dc in ring, yo and through all 4 lps on hook – cl made; ch 4] 5 times; join with a sl st to top of beg cl.

Rnd 2: Sl st in first 2 ch of ch-4, sl st into ch-sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 4, [3 dc in next ch-4 sp, ch 4] 5 times; join to top of ch-3.

Rnd 3: Ch 3, dc in same ch as joining, * dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 2, sc in ch-4 sp, ch 2 **, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * around, end at **; join.

Rnd 4: Ch 3, dc in same ch as joining, * dc in next 3 dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 4 **, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * around, end at **; join.

Rnd 5: Ch 3, dc in same ch as joining, * dc in next 5 dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 2, sc in ch-4 sp, ch 2 **, 2 dc in next dc; rep from * around, end at **; join.

Rnd 6: Ch 3, dc in next 3 dc, * (dc, ch 4, dc) all in next dc, dc in next 4 dc, ch 4 **; dc in next 4 dc; rep from * around, end at **; join.

Rnd 7: Ch 3, dc in next 4 dc, * ch 4, sc in next ch-4 sp, ch 4, dc in next 5 dc, ch 2, sc in next ch-4 sp, ch 2 **, dc in next 5 dc; rep from * around, end at **; join.

Rnd 8: Ch 2, holding back last lp on hook, dc in next 4 dc, yo and through all 5 lps on hook – beg 5-dc-cl made; * [ch 5, sc in next ch-4 lp] twice, ch 5; holding back last lp on hook, dc in next 5 dc, yo and through all 6 lps on hook – 5-dc-cl made; ch 7 **; 5-dc-cl over next 5 dc; rep from * around, end at **; join to top of first cl.

Rnd 9: Ch 1, 3 sc in first ch-5 lp; ch 3, sl st in top and side lps of sc – picot made; 3 sc in same lp; * [(3 sc, picot, 3 sc) all in next lp] twice, (4 sc, picot, 4 sc) all in next ch-7 lp **, (3 sc, picot, 3 sc) all in next ch-5 lp; rep from * around, end at **; join to first sc. Fasten off. Weave in ends.


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