“_Daisy Stars_”
[Illustration: Doily tablecloth]
=MATERIALS=—Lily SKYTONE Mercerized Crochet Cotton:—2-balls Cream;
Lily Six Strand Floss:—2-sks. Orange. Crochet hook size 10. CRAZY
DAISY WINDER. Size—18½ x 19½″.
=BLOCK=—(Size—3¾“)—=Daisy=—Following instructions on page 2,
Illustration C, wind Cream 6 times around each spoke of Winder, cut
1” long and weave center as in Ill. E, using Orange Floss,—making a
12-petal flower with 6 lps in each petal. =Edge=—In Cream, sc thru
all 6 lps of one petal, (ch 9, sc in next petal) 11 times, ch 9, sl
st in 1st sc, ch 1, sc in next lp. =ROW 2=—*(Ch 5, sc) 3 times in
same lp, ch 2, sc in next lp. Repeat from * around. End with ch 2, sl
st in 1st sc. =ROW 3=—Ch 1, sc in next 5-ch lp, * ch 2, dc in next
lp, (ch 3, dc) 3 times in same lp, ch 2, sc in next lp, ch 1, sk 2-ch
in angle, sc in next 5-ch lp. Repeat from * around. End with ch 1, sl
st in 1st sc. Cut 6” long, thread to a needle and fasten off on back.
=2d BLOCK=—Repeat to * in Row 3. **Ch 2, (dc, ch 3, dc) in next lp,
ch 1, sl st in a point on 1st Block, ch 1, (dc, ch 3, dc) back in
same lp on 2d Block, ch 2, sc in next lp, ch 1, sk 2-ch in angle, sc
in next 5-ch lp. Repeat from ** to join next point to next point on
1st Block. Complete 2d Block as for 1st Block.
=3d BLOCK=—Join by 2 points to the next 2 points on 1st Block and by
the next 2 points to 2 points on 2d Block. Continue to make and join
Blocks. Join 6 in a circle around 1st (center) Block. Then make a 2d
row around of 12 Blocks.
=EDGE=—Each corner Block has 6 free points around outside. With
wrong-side-up, join Cream to 6th point, ch 15, sc in 1st free point
on next Block. Ch 1, turn, 18 sc and 1 sl st in lp, ch 8, tr in next
point on corner Block. * Ch 4, turn, tr in 3d sc on added lp between
Blocks, (ch 4, tr in next 3d sc) 5 times, ch 4, sc in next point on
next Block, * ch 12, sc in next point. Ch 1, turn, (7 sc, ch 4, sl st
in last sc for a p, and 7 sc) all in 12-ch lp, (3 sc, a p and 2 sc)
in each of eight 4-ch sps. Fasten off. Turn and join to 4th point on
Block to right of same corner Block, ch 15, sc in 1st point on corner
Block. Ch 1, turn, 18 sc and 1 sl st in lp, ch 8, tr in next point.
Repeat from * to *. (Ch 12, sc in next point) 3 times. Ch 1, turn, (7
sc, p, 7 sc) in each 12-ch lp, (3 sc, a p and 2 sc) in each 4-ch sp.
Fasten off. Repeat from beginning of EDGE 6 times around Doily.
Stretch and pin right-side-down in a true circle. Steam and press dry
thru a cloth.