Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Grandma Smith's Crochet - "Barbara" pillowcase lace

DMC cotton #30, steel crochet hook size 10



R1: ch 22, turn
R2: 1 dc in 8th ch from hook, (ch 2, sk 2 ch, (1 dc , ch 2, 1 dc) in next ch) 4 times, ch 3, turn
R3: (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in 1st ch-2 sp, (sk ch-2 sp, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp) 3 times, ch 2, 1 dc, sk ch-2 sp, 1 dc in dc, ch 2, sk 2 ch, 1 dc next ch (note: this is the typical method for converting a ch-5 at the end of a row into a square in the lattice, mimicking the other squares that were made by alternating ch-2's and dc's; in this way, the 1st 2 ch's you have skipped are like the ch-2's and then you work into the next ch which, together with the next 2 ch's, behave like a dc), ch 5, turn
R4: 1 dc in dc, ch 2, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in next dc, (ch 2, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc in next ch-2 sp) 4 times, ch 3, turn
R5: (2 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in 1st ch-2 sp, (sk ch-2 sp, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch-2 sp) 4 times, sk 1 dc, sk ch-2 sp, 1 dc in dc, ch 2, sk 2 ch, 1 dc in next ch, ch 5, turn
R6: 1 dc in dc, (ch 2, (1 dc, ch 2, 1 dc) in next ch-2 sp) 4 times, ch 3, turn

Repeat R3 through R6 for the length desired.

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