Victorian Ruffle Doily American Thread Co. 1948

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY "DE LUXE" MERCERIZED CROCHET AND KNITTING COTTON, ARTICLE 346
9-250 yd. Balls White.
Steel Crochet Hook No. 7.
Doily measures about 25 1\2 x 31 inches without ruffle.

Ch 39, d c in 7th st from hook, * ch 1, skip 1 st of ch, d c in next st, repeat from * 15 times.

2nd Row. S c into last mesh over the d c just made, * ch 25, s c in same mesh, repeat from * 6 times, ch 20, 2 s c in each of the next 7 meshes, ch 20, s c in next mesh, * ch 25, s c in same mesh, repeat from * 3 times, ch 20, 2 s c in each of the next 7 meshes, ch 20, s c in corner mesh, * ch 25, s c in same mesh, repeat from * 7 times, ch 20 and working on other side of meshes, work 2 s c in each of the next 7 meshes, ch 20, s c in next mesh, * ch 25, s c in same mesh, repeat from * 3 times, ch 20, 2 s c in each of the next 7 meshes, ch 20, s c in next mesh (corner) ch 25, s c in same mesh, break thread.

3rd Row. Attach thread in 1st loop of center group on side, s c in same space, * ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * 4 times, s c in 1st loop of end group, * ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * 8 times, s c in 1st loop of next group at side, * ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * 4 times, s c in 1st loop of end group, * ch 7, s c in next loop, repeat from * 8 times, join to 1st s c.

4th Row. Sl St to center of loop, * ch 10, s c in nex repeat from * all around, then without joining row 3 more rows of 10 ch loops.

Next Row. * Ch 30, s c in same loop, repeat from * 5 times, 10 s c in next loop, s c in next loop and work 6-30 ch loops in same loop, repeat from * all around, join and thread. Attach thread in 1st long loop and work 10 ch loops over long loops and 3 ch loops between groups of long loops. Sl st to center of loop and work a 10 ch loop in each 10 ch loop. Without joining rows work 8 rows of 10 ch loops.

Next Row. Ch 3, work 5 d c in same loop, * ch 5, 5 d c in next loop, repeat from * all around.

SCALLOP: Sl st into loop, * ch 10, s c in same loop, 1 s c in same loop, ch 10, s c in same loop, ch 10, s c in loop, repeat from * all around and continue work without joining rows.

Next Row. * Ch 10, s c in next loop, repeat from * around and repeat the last row 12 times, break thread.