MATERIALS
BERNAT Dainty Fleurette (1 oz. pull skeins)—8
BERNAT Metallo (1000 yd spools)—1
1 bone crochet hook No. 3
1 hairpin hook 3 inch width
2 60 inch strings of pearls
Using 3 inch hook, make 7 strips of 400 loops each. FINISH STRIPS: On
each strip work as follows: * Using Dainty Fleurette, insert hook
through first 10 loops, join yarn and work 1 s c, * ch 9, 1 s c in next
group of 10 loops, repeat from * to end of strip (40 groups), ch 9, 1 s
c in s c in middle of short end, ch 9, repeat from * around other side
of strip and short end, ending with sl st in first s c. Fasten off.
JOIN STRIPS: String 40 pearls on Metallo. Using 1 strand each of Metallo
and Dainty Fleurette and holding 2 strips side by side, join yarn in s c
of first group of first strip, ch 5, 1 sl st in s c of first group of
2nd strip, working in 1 pearl, * ch 5, 1 sl st in 5th st of ch 9 of
first strip, ch 5, 1 sl st in 5th st of ch 9 of 2nd strip, ch 5, 1 sl st
in s c of next group of first strip, working in 1 pearl, ch 5, 1 sl st
in s c of next group of 2nd strip, ch 5, 1 sl st in 5th st of ch 9 of
first strip, ch 5, 1 sl st in 5th st of ch 9 of 2nd strip, ch 5, 1 sl st
in s c of next group of first strip, ch 5, 1 sl st in s c of next group
of 2nd strip, working in a pearl, repeat from * to end of strip. Join
remaining strips to each other in same manner.
EDGING: String 100 pearls on Metallo. Using 1 strand each of Metallo and
Dainty Fleurette, join yarn in s c of one group, * ch 9, ch 1 working in
a pearl, ch 9, join with sl st to s c of next group, repeat from * along
one long edge, ** ch 9, ch 1 working in a pearl, ch 9, 1 sl st in s c
row of hairpin strip, ch 9, ch 1 working in a pearl, ch 9, 1 sl st in
2nd st of ch 5 of joining, repeat from ** across short end of stole;
then repeat from * around 2 remaining sides of stole. Fasten off.