Harlequin

General & Misc.

Harlequin

Materials Required: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “AUNT LYDIA’S” HEAVY RUG YARN, Article 235 10 skeins Cerise or Forest Green 4 skeins Lilac or Turquoise and “AUNT LYDIA’S” STAR SPUN, Article 235 8 skeins Gold. Aluminum crochet hook size H Large tapestry needle for sewing Each diamond measures 614 inches in length x 3-1/2 inches at widest point, 33 diamonds and 16 half diamonds are required for rug measuring 19 inches x 34 inches without border.

Diamond: With Lilac chain (ch) 2, 3 single crochet (sc) in 2nd stitch (st) from hook, ch 1, turn.

2nd Row. 1 double loop st in each sc (double loop st: wind yarn over index finger twice, insert hook in st, draw yarn through pulling yarn from under index finger, drop loops from finger letting loops fall to right side of work and complete sc), ch 1, turn.

3rd Row. 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in last st, ch 1, turn.

4th Row. 1 double loop st in each sc, ch 1, turn.

5th Row. 2 sc in next double loop st, 1 sc in each st working 2 sc in last st, ch 1, turn.

Repeat last 2 rows twice.

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Soft Ball

Stuffed Toys

BallAlternate green and red yarn to give this a festive look.

Materials Required-AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “GEM” COTTON YARN 2 80-yd. Skeins Red and 2 80-yd. Skeins Green. Bone Crochet Hook No. 6 or 7.

With Red ch 45, sl st in 2nd st from hook, 1 sl st in each of the next 5 sts, 1 sc in each of the next 32 sts, 1 sl st in each of the next 6 sts. Ch 1 , turn.

Next Row-Sl st in each of the next 6 sts, 1 sc taking up the back loop of st only, in each of the next 32 sc, 1 sl st in each of the next 6 sl sts. Drop Red. With White, ch 1 , turn and repeat last 2 rows.

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Humpty Dumpty Pattern

Stuffed Toys

Humpty Dumpty

Materials Required-AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY “STAR” PEARL COTTON SIZE 5 2 60-yd. Balls White. 2 60-yd. Balls Pink. 1 Yd. each of “Star” 6 strand Mercerized Embroidery Cotton Red and Black. Steel Crochet Hook No. 6.

With Pink, ch 3, 6 sc in 1st st of ch, join.

2nd Row-2 sc in each sc, do not join this or following rows.

3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th Rows-1 sc in each sc.

4th Row-Repeat 2nd row.

6th, 8th, 9th Rows-Increase in every 3rd st.

13th Row-Increase in every 5th st.

14th to 17th Rows-Repeat 3rd row.

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Beach Bag Crochet Pattern

General & Misc.

Crochet Pattern

COATS and CLARK’S O.N.T. “Speed-Cro-Sheen” MERCERIZED COTTON, Art. C.44: 3 balls of No. 126 Spanish Red and 1 ball of No. 10-A Canary Yellow. Milward’s Steel Crochet Hook No. 2/0.
Red plastic plate 9? inches in diameter . . . Corks.

BOTTOM . . . Starting at center with Spanish Red, ch 2. 1st rnd: 7 sc in 2nd ch from hook.

2nd rnd: 2 sc in each sc around.

3rd rnd: * Sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc (1 sc increased). Repeat from * around.

4th rnd: Sc in each sc around, increasing 7 sc evenly around. Repeat 4th rnd until piece measures 9? inches in diameter. Place a marker.

Next rnd: Working in back loop only, sc in each sc around. Following rnd: Sc in each sc around, decreasing 7 sc evenly around—to dec 1 sc, work off 2 sc as 1 sc.

Repeat last rnd 3 more times. Now make beading as follows: Sc in next sc, * ch 1, skip next sc, sc in next sc. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.
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Calla Lily Buffet Set Doily

Doilies

Crochet Pattern

MATERIALS REQUIRED: Lily SKYTONE MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Art. 123: 1 1/3-balls Emerald Green and 1/2 ball White; and

DAISY MERCERIZED CROCHET COTTON, Art. 65, size 20: 1 1/3-skeins Emerald Green, 1-skein White, 1/3-skein Yellow.
Steel crochet hooks Nos. 7 and 12.

LARGE DOILY–(Size - 18 inches)–Calla Lily–Starting at center with White SKYTONE and No. 7 hook, ch 2, 7 sc in 2d ch from hook, join with sl st in back lp of 1st sc.

2d rnd: Ch 3, 2 dc in same place as sl st, (3 dc in back lp of next sc) 6 times, join with sl st to top of ch-3.

3d rnd: Ch 3, dc in same place as sl st. Working in both lps of sts, (2 dc in next dc) 5 times, (ch 1, dc in next dc) 9 times, ch 1, (2 dc in next dc) 6 times. Join.

4th rnd: Ch 3, dc in same place as sl st, (dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) 5 times, (ch 2, dc in next ch-1 sp) 10 times, ch 2, sk 1 dc, (dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc) 5 times, dc in next dc. Join.
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