Spinning Wheel Tablecloth Pattern #7148

MOTIF ... Starting at center, ch 10, join with sl st to form ring.

1st rnd: Ch 4, 2 tr in ring, holding back the last loop of each tr on hook; thread over and draw through all loops on hook, ch 1 to fasten (thus a 3-tr cluster is made—counting ch-4 as 1 tr);* ch 5, 3 tr in ring, holding back the last loop of each tr on hook, thread over and draw through all loops on hook, ch 1 to fasten (another 3-tr cluster). Repeat from * until 10 clusters in all are made. Ch 5, join with sl st to tip of 1st cluster.

2nd rnd: Sl st in 1st 3 ch of next loop, sc in same loop, *ch 7; in next ch-5 loop make 3 clusters, with ch-5 between each cluster; ch 7, sc in next loop. Repeat from * around. Join last ch-7 with sl st to 1st sc made.

3rd rnd: Sl st in 1st 4 ch of next loop, sc in same loop, *ch 7, sc in next loop. Repeat from * around. Join.

4th rnd: Sl st in each of next 4 ch, *ch 5, sc in 4th ch of next ch-7 loop. Repeat from * around. Join.

5th rnd: Sl st in each of 1st 3 ch, ch 3, dc in same ch, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch (1 shell made), * ch 2, in 3rd ch of next loop make 2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc (another shell), Repeat from * around, ending with ch 2, sl st in 3rd st of ch-3 first made.

6th rnd: Sl st in next dc, sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 dc in same sp, ch 3, 3 dc in same sp, *sc in next ch-2 (between shells), in ch-2 of next shell make 3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc. Repeat from * around, ending with sc in ch-2 sp (between shells). Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. Fasten and break off. This completes one motif.

Make 16 x 22 motifs, and sew together on wrong side with neat over-and-over stitches, joining 3 points of each motif to 3 points of adjacent motifs, leaving 2 points free on each motif, between joinings, to be filled in later.

FILL-IN LACE... Attach thread to a free point, ch 6 (to count as tr and ch-2), * tr in next free point, ch 2. Repeat from * around. Join last ch-2 with sl st to 4th st of ch-6 first made. Break off. This completes fill-in lace. Fill in all spaces between motifs in same way.

This free pattern originally published in Spool Cotton #123, New Ideas in Crochet: Table Topics