Materials required:
SUSAN BATES®
or
MARCIA LYNN®
3-inch Hairpin Lace loom
Crochet Hook F or 5
4-ply Knitting Worsted 16-ounces
GAUGE: 5 sc = 1 inch at center of strip.
Make 5 strips each of hairpin lace with 300 lps on each side of strips.
FINISH STRIPS: When 300 lps are made and before taking loops from loom,
ch 10. Now slide all loops from loom and work as follows. Insert hook
through first 5 lps and work 1 sc, * ch 6, 1 sc in next group of 5 lps,
repeat from * to end of strip, ch 10, 1 sc in center of hairpin lace
strip, ch 10, and work up other side of strip the same as the first
side, ch 10, and sl st in center of strip. Fasten off. Repeat for
remaining 4 strips.
TO JOIN STRIPS: Row 1: join yarn in first group of first strip, ch 6, 1
sc in first ch-6 space, * ch 6, 1 sc in next ch-6 space, repeat from *
across, ending ch 6, 1 sc in sc of last group, ch 6, turn.
ROW 2: 1 sc in first ch-6 space, * ch 6, 1 sc in next ch-6 space, repeat
from * across row ending with ch 6, turn.
ROW 3: 1 sc in first group of 2nd strip, ch 3, 1 sc in first ch-6 space
of first strip, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch-6 space of 2nd strip, * ch 3, 1 sc
in next ch-6 space of first strip, ch 3, 1 sc in next ch-6 space of 2nd
strip, repeat from * across row, ending ch 3, sl st in last group.
Fasten off. Join remaining strips in the same way.