Guest Towel Edging #8116

Illustrated on [page 13]

This edging may be made with any of the AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY products listed below:

Material Quantity Size of Needle
“GEM” CROCHET COTTON Article 35, size 30 1 ball Shaded Light Yellows or any color desired steel 11 or 12
or
“STAR” CROCHET COTTON Article 30, size 30 1 ball Shaded Light Yellows or any color desired steel 11 or 12
1 Guest Towel

Ch 11, d c in 4th st from hook, ch 2, skip 2 sts of ch, d c in next st of ch, ch 3, skip 3 sts of ch, 5 d c in next st, ch 3, turn.

2nd Row—Sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, * ch 3, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, repeat from * once, 5 d c in 1st d c, ch 3, skip 3 d c of same group, s c in next d c, ch 3, d c in next d c, ch 2, 1 d c in next d c, d c in 3rd st of ch, ch 3, turn.

3rd Row—D c in next d c, ch 2, d c in next d c, ch 3, 5 d c in next d c, ch 3, turn.

Repeat the 2nd and 3rd rows for length desired.

Sew to end of towel.

TATTING ABBREVIATIONS
R Ring
L R Large Ring
S R Small Ring
D or D S Double or Double Stitch
P Picot
S P Short Picot
L P Long Picot
Ch Chain
Sp Space
Sep Separate
Cl Close

Fuchsia & White Hairpin Lace Edging #8113

Illustrated on [center pages]

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “STAR” TATTING CROCHET, Article 25 2 balls each White and Fuchsia or any contrasting color 1 Handkerchief 11 inches x 11 inches Hairpin staple ½ inch wide Steel crochet hook No. 13

See directions for hairpin lace on [page 2].

With White work a strip of hairpin lace to fit around handkerchief (about 480 loops on each side of staple).

Attach Fuchsia through 1st 3 loops of hairpin lace keeping the twist in the loops, * ch 4, s c through next 3 loops, repeat from * across lace, cut thread.

Sew this side to handkerchief easing in a little fullness at each corner.

With White work another length of hairpin lace same as 1st length allowing 6 loops more for each corner.

Join 2nd length to 1st length as follows: attach Fuchsia through 1st 3 loops of 1st length, ch 2, s d c in same space (s d c: thread over hook, insert in st, pull through, thread over and pull through all loops at one time), ch 2, thread over hook, insert in 1st 3 loops of 2nd length, thread over and pull loop up about ⅛ inch, thread over, insert through same 3 loops, thread over and pull loop up the same length, thread over and pull through all 5 loops at one time, * ch 2, thread over hook, insert through next 3 loops of 1st length, thread over and pull loop up about ⅛ inch, thread over hook, insert through same 3 loops, pull loop up the same length, thread over and pull through all 5 loops at one time (small puff st) ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 2nd length, repeat from * to the 3 loops before corner 3 loops of 1st length, ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 1st length, ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 2nd length, ch 2, small puff st through same 3 loops of 1st length, * ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 2nd length, ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 1st length, ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 2nd length, ch 2, small puff st through same 3 loops of 1st length, repeat from * once, * ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 2nd length, ch 2, small puff st through next 3 loops of 1st length, repeat from * across each side, working all corners same as 1st corner, join, cut thread.

Next Row—Attach Fuchsia in 1st of the 3 corner loops, ** ch 5, s c in next loop, ch 5, s c in next loop, * ch 4, s c through next 3 loops, repeat from * to 1st loop at next corner, repeat from ** all around ending row to correspond, ch 4, join.

Next Row—sl st into loop, ch 3, 2 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time, ch 5, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 2, cluster st in same space (cluster st: 3 d c in same space keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time), ch 5, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 2 (picot loop), 2 cluster sts with picot loop between in next loop, * picot loop, cluster st in next loop, repeat from * all around working all corners same as 1st corner ending row to correspond, join, cut thread.

CROCHET ABBREVIATIONS
ch Chain
st Stitch
sts Stitches
sl-st Slip st.
s c Single Crochet
s d c Short Double Crochet
d c Double Crochet
tr c Treble Crochet
d tr c Double Treble Crochet
tr tr c Triple Treble Crochet

* Asterisk—This sign indicates that the instructions immediately following are to be repeated the given number of times plus the original.

** Are used in the same way.

Shaded Green Edging #8117
Instructions on [Page 10]
Gray Towel Edging #8115
Instructions on [Page 13]