Spanish Tile Runner Pattern #7376-A

M ATERIALS: CLARK'S O.N.T. or J. & P. COATS PEARL COTTON, size 5, 4 balls of adark color and 3 balls of alight color. Milward's Steel Crochet Hook No. 6or 7. Completed runner measures 12 x 25 inches. GAUGE: Each motif measures 12 inches square.

FIRST MOTIF... Starting at center, with dark color, ch 6. Join with sl st to form aring. Ist rnd: Ch1, 12s cinring. Join withsc to Ists c made.

2nd rnd: Ch 5; * make 3 trinsame place as last s c was made, holding back the last loop of each tr on hook; thread over and draw through allloops onhook (acluster made), ch 5, sc at base of cluster just made, ch5, skip 2sc,scinnextsc,ch5. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 2, skip 2sc,dcinnextsc.

3rd rnd: * Ch5,sc under next ch-5. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 5, sl stindc of previous rnd. Fasten off.

SECOND MOTIF... With light color, work Ist 2 rnds as for Ist motif. 3rd rnd: Ch5,sc under next ch-5,ch2,scin center st of corresponding ch-5 loop on Ist motif, * ch 2, sc under next ch-5 on 2nd motif, ch 2,s cin center st of next ch-5 loop on Ist motif. Repeat from * 2 more times; ch2,scunder next ch-5 on 2nd motif. Complete rnd as for Ist motif (no more joinings). Continue to make dark and light motifs alternately, joining as 2nd motif was joined to Ist (see illustration), until 78 dark and 60 light motifs in all have been joined. Where 4 corners meet, join 3rd and 4th corners to joining of previous corners.

This free pattern originally published in Spool Cotton #163, Doilies