Snow Doily

by Priscilla Hewitt 1999 Materials: Size 10 crochet thread Crochet hook size 7 Finished size: 7 Ch 6, join with a sl st to form ring Round 1: Ch 4 to count as first trc, work 19 more trc in ring; join with a sl st to the top of the ch 4. (20 trc) Round 2: Ch 1, sc in the same st as joining, (ch 3, sc in the next sc) 19 times, ch 3, join with a sl st to the first sc. (20 ch 3 spaces) Round 3: Sl st into the first ch 3 sp, ch 2, dc in the next ch 3 space, *ch 3, yo insert hook in the same ch 3 sp, yo pull up a loop, yo pull through 2 loops on hook, yo insert hook in the next ch 3 sp, yo pull up a loop, yo pull through 2 loops on hook, yo pull through 3 remaining loops on hook* Repeat from * to * 18 times; join with a sl st to the first dc (20 ch 3 spaces) Round 4: Sl st into the first ch 3 space, ch 6 to count as the first dc and the first ch 3, dc in the same ch 3 sp; (dc, ch 3, dc) in each remaining ch 3 sp around; join with a sl st to the 3rd ch of beginning ch 6. (20 ch 3 spaces)

Round 5: Sl st into first ch 3 sp, ch 4 to count as first trc, work 8 more trc in the same ch 3 sp; (sc in the next ch 3 sp, 9 trc in the next ch 3 sp) around, sc in the last ch 3 sp; join with a sl st to the top of the beginning ch 4. (10 shells) Round 6: *Sc in the next trc, ch 1, skip next trc, sc in the next trc, ch 3, skip next trc, sc in the next trc, ch 1, skip next trc, sc in the next trc, ch 3, skip next (trc, sc, and trc)* Repeat from * to * 9 times; join with a sl st to the first sc. (20 ch 3 spaces and 20 ch 1 spaces) Round 7: Sl st in the first ch 1 sp, sl st in the next sc, sl st into the next ch 3, ch 1, (sc, ch 3) twice in each ch 3 space around; join with a sl st to the first sc. (40 ch 3 spaces) Round 8: Repeat round 3, repeating from * to * 38 times. (40 ch 3 spaces) Round 9: Repeat round 4. (40 ch 3 spaces) Round 10: Repeat round 5. (20 shells) Round 11: Repeat round 6, repeating from * to * 19 times. (40 ch 3 spaces and 40 ch 1 spaces) Round 12: Repeat round 7 (80 ch 3 spaces) Round 13: Repeat round 3, repeating from * to * 78 times (80 ch 3 spaces) Round 14: Sl st into the first ch 3 sp, ch 1, sc in the same sp, (ch 2, sc in the next ch 3 sp) around, ch 2; join with a sl st to the first sc. Round 15: Sl st into the first ch 2 sp, ch 1, sc in the same sp, (ch 3, sc around the post of the sc, sc in the next ch 2 sp) around; join with a sl st to the first sc. (80 picots) Fasten off. Weave in ends.