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Crochet Patterns - Scallop Edging

Materials: To make handkerchief edging you will need a ball of white tatting cotton and a number 11 steel crochet hook. sc (single crochet) lp (loop) dtr (double treble) sep (separated) rnd (round) sk (skip).

Pattern:

Rnd 1: Join thread in edge of hankie, * ch 5, leave about 1/8-inch on edge, join in edge of handkerchief. Repeat from * around, sl st at base of first ch 5. Fasten off.

Rnd 2: Join thread in center of first ch, * (ch 5, sc in center of next ch) twice, ch 5, make 5 clusters sep by ch 5 over next ch, (to make one cluster: holding last lp of each dtr on hook make 3 dtr over ch, thread over and pull through all lps on hook), ch 5, sc over next ch. Repeat from * around, sl st at base of first ch and into the center of first ch.

Rnd 3: Ch 2, sc in center of next lp * sk 1 lp, (ch 5, sc in center of next lp) 3 times, turn, make 6 sc over ch just made, turn, work 3 sc, ch 5, 3 sc in 6 sc just made, ch 5, sc in next lp, ch 5, sk 1 lp, sc in next lp, ch 2, sc in next lp. Repeat from * around, sl st at base of first ch 2. Fasten off.

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