Sweet William Doily Spool Cotton Co. 1950

MATERIALS: Choose any one of the J & P Coats or Clark's ONT boilfast threads listed:
Clarks three cord crochet cotton, Art. B. 34, size 20, steel crochet hook No. 9, motif diameter: 1 1\2 inches, doily 16 1\2 inches; Clarks three cord crochet cotton, Art. B.34, size 30; J & P Coats six cord crochet cotton, Art. A. 104, size 30, steel crochet hook No. 10, motif diameter: 1 1\4 inches, doily 13 inches.
Number of balls: 1 each of No. 15 shaded pinks, No. 18 shaded lavenders, No. 8 blue, No. 9 yellow, No. 46-A mid rose, No. 48 hunter's green, and white.

FIRST FLOWER... 1st rnd: Starting at center with Yellow, ch 6, dc in 6th ch from hook, (ch 2, dc in same ch) 4 times; ch 2, skip 2 ch, ch of ch-6, sl st in next ch.

2nd rnd: Sc in same place as sl st, * 3 sc in next sp, sc in next dc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.

3rd rnd: Attach Blue to same place as sl st, ch 3, dc in same place, * ch 7, ski next 3 sc,2dc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join.

4th rnd: Sc in same place as sl st, sc in next dc, * 9 sc in next loop, sc in next 2 dc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off. (Make first 2 rnds on all Flowers Yellow.)

SECOND FLOWER... Work as for First Flower until 3rd rnd is completed, using White on 3rd rnd in place of Blue.

4th rnd: Sc in same place as sl st, sc in next dc, 5 sc in next loop, sl st in center sc of any loop on First Flower, 4 sc in same loop on Second Flower, sc in next 2 dc, 5 sc in next loop, sl st in center sc of next loop on First Flower, 4 sc in same loop on Second Flower. Complete rnd as for First Flower.

THIRD FLOWER... Work as before using Rose for 3rd rnd.

4th rnd: Sc in same place as sl st, sc in next dc, 5 sc in next loop, sl st in center sc of loop following last joining on Second Flower, 4 sc in same loop on Third Flower, 5 sc in next loop, sl st in joining of First and Second Flowers, 4 sc in same loop on Third Flower. Complete rnd, joining next loop as before.

Make 34 more Flowers in assorted colors (excluding Hunters Green), joining as before; having 4 Flowers n first row and 1 more Flower on each row until there are 7 Flowers on row; then 1 Flower less on each row until there are 4.

RUFFLE... 1st rnd: Attach Hunters Green to any sc on edge of doily, ch 4, tr in back loop of each sc around. Join.

2nd rnd: Ch 7, * skip next 2 tr, tr in next tr, ch 3. Repeat from * around. Join to 4th ch of ch-7.

3rd rnd: Sl st in next 2 ch, ch 8, * tr in next sp, ch 4. Repeat from * around. Join.

4th, 5th and 6th rnds: Work as for 3rd rnd, having 1 more ch between tr's and ch-9 at beginning of 4th rnd, ch-10 on 5th rnd and ch-11 on 6th rnd.

7th rnd: Ch 7, tr in same place as sl st, * ch 8, in next tr make tr, ch 3 and tr. Repeat from * around. Join to 4th ch of ch-7.

8th rnd: * In next sp make 2 sc, ch 4 and 2 sc; in next sp make 5 sc, ch 4 and 5 sc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off. Starch lightly and press.