Materials required:
SUSAN BATES®
or
MARCIA LYNN®
2-inch Hairpin Lace loom
Crochet Hook B or 1
Baby Yarn or lightweight Fingering yarn
5 oz. White or color desired
2 oz. Blue or any contrasting color
With white, work 9 strips of hairpin lace each having 397 loops on each
side of staple. Working on first strip with blue or contrasting color sc
through first 5 lps inserting hook through all 5 lps at one time and
keeping loops straight. Do not twist, ** ch 5, * sc through next loop
but twist loop twice. Repeat from * twice, ch 5, sc through next 5 lps,
keeping lps straight. Repeat from ** across strip. Ch 6, sl st in center
of strip, ch 6 and work down other side of strip in same way. At end of
strip ch 6, sl st in center of strip, ch 6 and fasten off in corner
loop.
2nd Strip: Join blue in corner loop, ch 6, sl st in center of strip, ch
6 then work down 1 side. At end of row ch 6, sl st in center of strip,
ch 6.
You are now ready to join to first strip.
TO JOIN: Sc through first 5 loops of free edge of 2nd strip, ch 2, join
to center st of 1st lp of 1st strip (to join: drop lp from hk, insert in
st, pull lp through), * ch 2, 1 sc in each of the next 3 lps of 2nd
strip (twist each lp twice), ch 2, join to center st of next lp of 1st
strip, ch 2, sc through next 5 lps of 2nd strip, keeping lps straight,
ch 2, join to center st of next lp of 1st strip, repeat from * across
strip.
Work and join all strips as above.
Your Notes:
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