_Illustrated on front cover_
Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
“STAR” TATTING CROCHET, Article 25
1 ball Tinted Lavender and Yellow or any color desired.
1 Handkerchief
Steel crochet hook No. 13
Hairpin Staple ¼ inch wide
HAIRPIN LACE: Make a loop at end of thread, insert hook in loop and wind
thread around right prong of hairpin staple, thread over hook and draw
through loop keeping loop at center, * drop loop from hook, turn staple
½ turn to the left, pick up the dropped loop at center, thread over hook
and pull through loop, insert hook through top part of loop on left hand
prong, thread over and pull through (2 loops on hook), thread over and
pull through both loops completing the single crochet, repeat from *
until lace is long enough to reach around entire handkerchief. When
staple is filled, slip loops off staple always keeping 4 or 5 loops on
so lace will not get twisted.
Sew around handkerchief as illustrated allowing a little fullness at
each corner.
EDGE: Attach thread in any loop of hairpin lace, * ch 3, s d c in 3rd st
from hook (s d c: thread over hook, insert in st, pull through, thread
over and pull through all loops at one time), sl st in next loop, repeat
from * all around, join, cut thread.