Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Grandma Smith's Crochet - "Christine" pillowcase lace

DMC cotton #30, steel crochet hook size 10



R1: ch 15, turn
R2: in 10th ch from hook (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc); sk 4 ch of base, 1 tr, ch 4, turn
R3: in ch-3 sp (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc; ch 1); in ch-9 lp, 9 dc; ch 4 turn
R4: 1 dc in each of 9 dc; ch 2; in ch-3 sp, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc); 1 tr in top of ch-4 at end of row; ch 4, turn
R5: in ch-3 sp (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc); ch 2; 2 dc in 1st dc of 9-dc cluster; ch 2; *skip 1 dc; 2 dc in next dc; ch 2; repeat from * 3 more times; turn
R6: *in ch-2 sp (1 sc, 4 hdc, 1 sc); repeat from * 3 more times; ch 5; in ch-3 sp (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc); 1 tr in top of ch-4 at end of row; ch 4, turn
R7: in ch-3 sp (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc); ch 1; in ch-5 sp, 9 dc; ch 4, turn

Repeat R4 through R7 to length desired. End with completion of R6.


Alternate, shown at left: DMC cotton #30, steel crochet hook size 10

R1: ch 16, turn
R2: 1 dc in 6th ch from hook (making a loop), ch 2; sk 1 ch, in next ch (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc), sk 1 ch, 1 dc in next ch, ch 3, turn.
R3: In first ch-2 sp (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc), ch 2, sk 2 ch, 1 dc in dc, 8 dc in lp of previous row, ch 3, turn
R4: 1 dc in ea of 9 dc, ch 2, in the ch-2 sp of the similar cluster in the prev row (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc), 1 dc in top of ch-3 used to turn previous row, ch 3, turn.
R5: In the ch-2 sp of the similar cluster in the previous row (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc), ch 2, 2 dc in 1st dc of fan, 1 dc in the next dc, ch 2, sk 1 dc of fan, 1 dc in ea of next 2 dc, ch 2, sk 1 dc, 1 dc in ea of next 2 dc, ch 2, sk 1 dc, 2 dc in top of ch-3, ch 1, turn
R6: * in next ch-2 sp (1 sc, 4 dc, 1 sc)*, repeat from * 2 more times, ch 5, 1 dc in last dc of fan (making a loop), ch 2, in ch-2 sp of similar cluster (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc), 1 dc in top of ch-3 used to turn previous row, ch 3, turn

Repeat R3 through R6 for the length desired. End with completion of a R5.

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