Gray and Yellow Hairpin Lace Edging #818

Illustrated on center pages

Materials Required:

AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “STAR” TATTING CROCHET, Article 25

1 ball Gray

2 balls Yellow or any color desired

1 Handkerchief 11 inches x 11 inches

Hairpin Staple ¾ inch wide

Steel crochet hook No. 13

See directions for hairpin lace given on page 2.

With Gray and leaving a small end work a length of hairpin lace to fit around handkerchief (560 loops on each side of staple), cut thread leaving an end, tie ends together being careful not to twist lace. Attach Yellow in 1st loop of hairpin lace and keeping the twist in each loop, ch 2, s d c in same space (s d c: thread over hook, insert in st, pull through, thread over and pull through all loops at one time), * ch 3, small puff st in next loop (small puff st: thread over hook, insert in loop, thread over and pull loop up about ⅛ inch, thread over hook, insert in same space, thread over and pull loop up the same length, thread over and pull through all 5 loops at one time), repeat from * 5 times, ** ch 3, small puff st through next 7 loops inserting hook through all 7 loops at one time, * ch 3, small puff st in next loop, repeat from * 6 times, repeat from ** across lace ending row with ch 3, small puff st through next 7 loops, ch 3, join in 1st puff st.

Sl st to center of 2nd loop, ch 7, d c in next loop, ch 4, ** tr c in next loop keeping the last loop of tr c on hook, skip 6 loops, tr c in next loop keeping the last loop of tr c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time (corner), ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, * ch 4, thread over hook twice, insert in next loop, pull loop through and work off 2 loops twice, thread over hook twice, skip 2 loops, insert hook in next loop, pull loop through, thread over and work off all loops 2 at a time, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, repeat from * 7 times, ch 4, tr c in next loop keeping last loop of tr c on hook, thread over hook twice, skip 2 loops, insert hook in next loop, pull loop through, thread over and work off all loops 2 at a time, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, d c in next loop, ch 4, repeat from ** all around ending row to correspond and joining last ch 4 in 3rd st of ch 7, cut thread.

With Yellow crochet a row of s c around handkerchief working 3 s c in each corner. Sew hairpin lace around handkerchief sewing corners of lace to match corners of handkerchief.

OUTSIDE EDGE: Keeping the twist in the loops, attach Yellow through the 7 loops to right of 7 corner loops and work a small puff st through same 7 loops, ch 3, small puff st in next loop, ch 5 and work 1 small puff st in each of the next 6 loops with ch 5 between each puff st, * ch 3, small puff st through next 7 loops, ch 3, small puff st in each of the next 7 loops with ch 3 between each puff st, repeat from * all around working all corners same as 1st corner, ending row with ch 1, s d c in same st as beginning.

Next Row—Ch 3, d c in next loop, * ch 6, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 3, small puff st in next loop, repeat from * 5 times, ch 6, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 3, ** 1 d c in each of the next 2 loops keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time, * ch 5, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 2, small puff st in next loop, repeat from * 5 times, ch 5, sl st in 3rd st from hook for picot, ch 2, repeat from ** 8 times, 1 d c in each of the next 2 loops keeping last loop of each d c on hook, thread over and pull through all loops at one time, repeat from 1st * all around ending row to correspond, join, cut thread.