[Illustration: Towel edging]
This edging may be made with any of the AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY
products listed below:
Material Quantity Size of
Needle
“DE LUXE” CROCHET COTTON 1 ball each Peach and Lt. steel 7
Article 346 Green
or
“PURITAN” CROCHET COTTON 1 ball each Pink and Nile steel 7
Article 40 Green
or
“STAR” PEARL COTTON Article 2 balls Lt. Peach 1 ball Nile steel 7
90, size 5 Green
1 Turkish Towel
With Peach ch 12, 2 d c in 6th st from hook, ch 2, 2 d c in next st, ch
4, skip 4 sts of ch, sl st in last st, ch 3, turn.
2nd Row—9 d c in 1st loop, ch 1, 2 d c, ch 2, 2 d c (shell) in next
loop, ch 5, turn.
3rd Row—Shell in center of shell, ch 1, 1 d c in each d c and 1 d c in
3rd st of end ch, ch 4, turn.
4th Row—1 d c in each d c with ch 1 between each d c, ch 2, shell in
center of shell, ch 5, turn.
5th Row—Shell in shell, ch 2, 1 d c in each d c with ch 1 between each d
c, ch 1, d c in 3rd st of ch, ch 3, turn.
6th Row—* D c in next mesh, d c in next d c, repeat from * 8 times, ch
3, shell in shell, ch 5, turn.
7th Row—Shell in shell, ch 3, s c in 1st d c, * ch 4, skip 1 d c, s c in
next d c, repeat from * 8 times, ch 4, turn.
8th Row—S c in 1st loop, * ch 4, s c in next loop, repeat from * 7
times, ch 3, shell in shell, ch 5, turn.
9th Row—Shell in shell, ch 4, skip 1 loop, s c in next loop, ch 3, turn.
Repeat from 2nd row for length desired. Sew to lower edge of towel as
illustrated.
Attach Green in corner of towel to right of work, ch 1, 1 s c in each of
the next 2 d c of shell, 2 s c in next loop, ch 3, sl st in last s c for
picot, 1 s c in same loop, 1 s c in each of the next 2 d c, 2 s c, ch 3
picot, 1 s c in next loop, repeat from * 8 times, ** 3 s c, ch 3 picot,
2 s c in loop at point, working downward * 2 s c, ch 3 picot, 1 s c over
next d c, repeat from * 3 times, 1 s c over next d c, 1 s c over s c
between scallops, ch 3 picot, 1 s c in same loop with s c of previous
row, * 2 s c, ch 3 picot, 1 s c in next loop, repeat from * 6 times,
repeat from ** across row finishing opposite side to correspond.