Star Doily

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(sample and photo by Pam)

materials:

size "0" (zero) steel hook
White Baby Soft (fingering weight) yarn

notes:

-beg ch-3 always counts as 1st dc
double treble crochet (dtr) - yo 3x, draw up a loop (yo, draw through 2 loops) 4x; st completed
decrease (dec) - draw up a loop in ea of next 2 sts, yo, draw through all 3 loops on hook

pattern:

ch 8, join w/ sl st to form ring
Rnd 1: ch 4 (1st dc and ch 1), (dc, ch 1 in ring) 14x, join w/ sl st to 1st dc; 15 dc, 15 ch-sps
Rnd 2: sl st in 1st ch-sp, ch 4 (1st dc and ch1), (dc, ch 1 in next ch-sp) 2x, ch 3 more, [(dc, ch 1 in next ch-sp) 2x, dc in next ch-sp, ch 4] 4x, join w/ sl st to 1st dc; 15 dc, 10 ch-1 sps, 5 ch-4 sps
Rnd 3: sl st in 1st ch-sp, ch 3, dc in same sp, 2 dc in next ch-1 sp, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-4 sp, [(2 dc in ch-1 sp) 2x, (3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in ch-4 sp] 4x, join w/ sl st to 1st dc; 50 dc. 5 ch-3 sps
Rnd 4: sl st in ea dc to ch-sp, sl st in ch-sp, ch 3, (2 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in same sp, ch 10, [(3 dc, ch 3, 3 dc) in next ch-sp, ch 10] 4x, join w/ sl st to 1st dc; 5 ch-10's, 5 corner ch-sps
Rnd 5: ch 3, dc in next 2 dc, [(3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc) in ch-sp, dc in next 3 dc, ch 10, dc in next 3 dc] 4x, (3 dc, ch 1, 3 dc in ch-sp, dc in next 3 dc. ch 10; join w/ sl st to 1st dc
Rnd 6: ch 4, * + (sk next dc, dc in next dc, ch 1) 2x, (dc, ch 1) 2x in ch-sp, sk next dc, dc in next dc, ch 10 + , dc in next dc, rep from * 4x, rep from + to + once, join w/ sl st to 1st dc
Rnd 7: ch 4, * + (dc, ch 1) in ea dc to corner sp, (dc, ch 2, dc) in ch-sp, (dc, ch 1) in dc 3x, dc in last dc, ch 5, sc loosely around ch-10's in prev 3 Rnds., ch 5 + , dc in next dc, rep from * 4x, rep + to + once, join w/ sl st to 1st dc
Rnd 8: * sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, sc in next sp, ch 1, hdc in next sp, ch 1, dc bet next 2 dc, ch 1, (tr, dtr, ch 1, dtr, tr) in corner-sp, ch 1, dc bet next 2 dc, ch 1, hdc in next sp, ch 1, sc in next sp, ch 1, 5 sc in ch-5 sp, 5 sc in next ch-5 sp, ch 1, rep from * 4x, join w/ sl st to 1st sc
Rnd 9: * (sc in next ch-sp, ch 1) 4x, hdc in tr, dc in dtr, 2 tr in ch-sp, dc in dtr, hdc in tr, (ch 1, sc in next ch-sp) 5x, 3 sc, dec 1, 3 sc, sc in next ch-sp, ch 1, rep from * 4x, join w/ sl st to 1st sc
finish off
weave in ends

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