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Ave Maria Altar Lace Pattern #9048
Altar lace with center design worked from chart; lace measures 32% inches deep with center design 382 inches wide. Originally published in Spool Cotton #131, Church Laces.
Materials
- Milward's steel crochet hook · No. 11
Pattern instructions
Lace
Starting at bottom, make a chain (18 chain sts to linch) to measure ¥%3 longer than desired length.
Dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each ch across for desired length (number of dc should be divisible by 120, plus 1). Cut off remaining chain.
Ch 3, turn. Dc in each dc across. Ch 5, turn.
Skip 1st 3 dc, * dc in next dc, ch 2, skip 2 dc. Repeat from * across (number of spaces should be divisible by 40). Ch 3, turn.
* Dc in each of next 2 ch, dc in next dc. Repeat from * across. Ch 3, turn.
Dc in each of 21 dc (7 bls), ch 2, skip 2 dc, dc in next dc (1 sp); make 4 more sps, dc in each of next 45 dc (15 bls), * 5 sps, 15 bls. Repeat from * across, ending with 8 bls. Ch 3, turn.
Hereafter, starting at 6th row, follow chart until 26 rows are completed, always repeating the design the necessary number of times.
Now find the center 117 sps of lace and mark with pins (for 1st row of center design). Starting at 27th row, follow chart to top. Fasten off.
