Cut linen 10 inches x 16 inches or ½ inch larger all around to fit inside of edging. Turn under ½ inch hem all around and hemstitch if preferred. Sew inner edge of edging to outside edge of place mat as illustrated.
Napkins: Ch 785, d c in 8th st from hook (corner), * ch 2, skip 2 sts of ch, d c in next st of ch, repeat from * 64 times, ch 5, d c in same space (2nd corner), repeat from 1st * all around working next 2 corners same as last corner and having 65 meshes on each side, not counting corner loops, joining last ch 2 in 3rd st of ch, do not cut thread. Cut linen 12 inches x 12 inches or ½ inch larger all around than inside of meshes just worked. Turn under ½ inch hem all around and sew or hemstitch if preferred. Sew edging around napkin matching corners.
2nd Row—sl st in corner 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 (a 2 d c cluster st), ch 3, sl st in top of cluster st for picot, ch 3, sl st in same space with cluster st, * ch 3, sl st in next mesh, repeat from * once, repeat from ** all around, join, cut thread.
Gray and Yellow Hairpin Lace Edging #818
Illustrated on [center pages]
Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “STAR” TATTING CROCHET, Article 25 1 ball Gray 2 balls Yellow or any color desired 1 Handkerchief 11 inches x 11 inches Hairpin Staple ¾ inch wide Steel crochet hook No. 13
See directions for hairpin lace given on [page 2].
With Gray and leaving a small end work a length of hairpin lace to fit around handkerchief (560 loops on each side of staple), cut thread leaving an end, tie ends together being careful not to twist lace. Attach Yellow in 1st loop of hairpin lace and keeping the twist in each loop, 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 3, small puff st in next loop (small puff st: thread over hook, insert in loop, thread over and pull loop up about ⅛ inch, thread over hook, insert in same space, thread over and pull loop up the same length, thread over and pull through all 5 loops at one time), repeat from * 5 times, ** ch 3, small puff st through next 7 loops inserting hook through all 7 loops at one time, * ch 3, small puff st in next loop, repeat from * 6 times, repeat from ** across lace ending row with ch 3, small puff st through next 7 loops, ch 3, join in 1st puff st.
Sl st to center of 2nd loop, ch 7, d c in next loop, ch 4, ** tr c in next loop keeping the last loop of tr c on hook, skip 6 loops, tr c in next loop keeping the last loop of tr c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time (corner), ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, * ch 4, thread over hook twice, insert in next loop, pull loop through and work off 2 loops twice, thread over hook twice, skip 2 loops, insert hook in next loop, pull loop through, thread over and work off all loops 2 at a time, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, repeat from * 7 times, ch 4, tr c in next loop keeping last loop of tr c on hook, thread over hook twice, skip 2 loops, insert hook in next loop, pull loop through, thread over and work off all loops 2 at a time, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, repeat from ** all around ending row to correspond and joining last ch 4 in 3rd st of ch 7, cut thread.
With Yellow crochet a row of s c around handkerchief working 3 s c in each corner. Sew hairpin lace around handkerchief sewing corners of lace to match corners of handkerchief.