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Invitation Tablecloth Pattern #7192
Pointed motif tablecloth in Big Ball Best Six Cord Mercerized Crochet size 30. Each motif 3½ inches across center. For a tablecloth about 60 x 80 inches make 19 x 25 motifs. Originally published in Spool Cotton #152, Table Treasures.
Materials
- Milward's Steel Crochet Hook · No. 10 or 11
Pattern instructions
First Motif
FIRST MOTIF... Starting at center, ch 9, join with sl st. Ist rnd: (Scinring, ch 18) 12 times. Join to Ist s c. Fasten off.
2nd rnd: Attach thread to Istloop, make 2scinsame loop, *ch4, 2scinnext loop. Repeat from * around, ending with ch-4; join.
3rd rnd: Ch1,scinsame place as slst,scinnextsc,6scinch-4loop,scinnext sc. * Ch 14, scin 3rd ch from hook and innext ch, half dc innext 2 ch, dcinnext 6ch, half dcinnextch,scinlastch,scinnexts c of previous rnd—a point made. (6scinch-4loop,scin next 2sc)twice; 6scinnext ch-4loop,scinnextsc. Repeat from * around, ending with 6s cinlast loop, sl stin Ist sc made.
Athrnd: Slstinnext2sc,scinnext3sc,*chl, skip 2sts of next point, dcinnext st, ch 2, skip 1st, dcinnext st.(Ch 2, skip 1 st, trin next st) 3 times. (Ch 2, trin tip of point) 5 times. Now work along other side of point as follows: (Ch 2, skip next st, trin next st) 3 times. (Ch 2, skip next st, dc in next st) twice. Ch 1, skip 3s c of previous rnd, scinnext 3sc.Ch16,dcin/thch from hook, (ch 1, skip 1 ch, trin next ch) twice. (Ch 1, skip 1 ch, d trin next ch) twice. Ch], skip 12s c of previous rnd, sc innext 3s c. Repeat from * around. Join last ch-1to Ist sc of rnd.
5th rnd: Slstinnextsc,*scinIst sp of next point, scin nextdc,2scinnextsp,scinnextdc, 2half dcinnext sp, half dcintr. (2 dcinnext sp, dcinnexttr) 5 times; 4dcin same place as last dc; (2 dcinnext sp, dcinnext tr) 4 times; 2d cinnext sp. Half dcintr, 2 half dcinnextsp,sc innextdc,2scinnextsp,scinnextdc,scinnext sp. Skip 1s c of 3-sc group, sl st in next s c— thus completing adc-loop.(Scinnext sp,sc at base of next d tr) twice; s cinsp, then make ap—to makeap, chJ3, slstinlastsc made. Sc at base of next tr,scinsp,sc at base of next tr, SCiINsp,p,Scindc,scinsp,p,4scinsamesp,p,scin samesp.Scindc,scinsp,p,scintr,scinsp,scintr,sc insp,p,scindtr,scinsp,scindtr,scinsp, skio lscof next 3-s c group, sl stinnext s c— thus completing a p- loop. Repeat from * around. Join and fasten off. This completes one motif.
Second Motif
SECOND MOTIF ... Work exactly as for first motif. Place these 2 motifs side by side, wrong side up, having corresponding points meet. With needle and thread, sew together the p-loops at tip with neat over-and-over stitches. Then sew together 5 stitches of adjacent dc- loops, starting at centerdc at tip of dc-loops and working toward the p-loop already joined.
Assembly
Make the necessary number of motifs and joinin same way. Block cloth to measurements given.
Source
This free pattern originally published in Spool Cotton #152, Table Treasures
