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Festive Altar Lace Pattern #9047
Festive altar lace about 9/2 inches deep with repeating charted pattern motifs about 21 inches wide. Originally published in Spool Cotton #131, Church Laces.
Materials
- Milward's steel crochet hook · No. 12
Pattern instructions
Lace
Starting at lower edge, make a chain (21 chain sts to 1 inch) to measure ¥% longer than desired length.
Dc in 8th ch from hook, * ch 2, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch. Repeat from * for desired length (number of spaces should be divisible by 146). Cut off remaining chain. Ch 5, turn.
Skip 1st 3 dc, dc in next dc, dc in each of next 2 ch, dc in next dc (1 bl); make 3 more bls, ch 2, dc in next dc (Sp over sp); make 2 more sps, * 4 bls, 3 sps. Repeat from * across, ending row with 2 sps. Ch 5, turn.
1 sp, 2 bls, * 2 sps, 2 bls, 1 sp, 2 bls. Repeat from * 9 more times, 1 sp, ** 2 bls, 1 sp, 2 bls, 2 sps. Repeat from ** 9 more times; 2 more bls (this completes 1 pattern). Now repeat pattern the necessary number of times. Ch 3, turn.
Hereafter, starting with 4th row, follow chart to top, always repeating pattern the necessary number of times.
