Irish crochet lace edging

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1 Irish crochet lace edging From: Harriet Bazley Materials 1.25mm crochet hook, crochet cotton (I used 3 strands of black embroidery cotton) Page 1 of 7

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3 Instructions Step 1: Start base of pattern Make 5 chain. Make loop by working 1 treble back into 1st ch. 5 more ch. Turn. Step 2: Complete base row * (Make another loop by working 1 tr. back through the loop of 5 chain you just made. 5 more ch. Turn.) Repeat from * three times until you have 4 loops. This forms the base row of the pattern. Page 3 of 7

4 Step 3: First row of scallop For the scallop: skip the last loop of 5 chain that you just made, work 1 tr. through the second 5ch-loop from hook. 7 ch., 1 tr. through same 5ch-loop as before, forming the large central ring of the scallop. Create a second smaller ring by working 5 ch. and then 1 double crochet into next 5ch-loop. Make 1 ch. (1 loop of base row not used yet.) Step 4: Join to previous scallop (step A) If this is your first scallop, then simply turn the work and skip ahead to Step 6: you have nothing to join onto yet! If you are on your second or subsequent repeat of these instructions, then you will need to join this row to the previous scallop in the pattern. Work 2 d.c. into the remaining unused 5ch-loop of base row. Make 1 ch. Take out hook, and insert it through the last little 4ch-loop of previous scallop. Page 4 of 7

5 Step 5: Join to previous scallop (step B) Draw through this 4ch-loop the stitch you just dropped, and turn the work. Make 3 ch, and prepare to continue the final row of your half-finished scallop. Step 6: Final row of scallop Into the loop of 5 ch. work 2 d.c., 4 ch., 2 d.c., 4 ch., 2 d.c. This makes two 4ch-loops. Into the loop of 7 ch. work 2 d.c., 4 ch., 2 d.c., 4 ch., 2 d.c., 4 ch., 2 d.c., making three 4ch-loops. Into the other 5ch-loop work same as into first 5ch-loop. You now have a large central ring with three small 'picots' projecting from it, flanked by two smaller rings with two picots each. Page 5 of 7

6 Step 7: Start base chain for next scallop To begin next scallop, work 1 d.c. into _top of_ treble forming the end 5ch-loop in base row. (This should be visible as a little triangular shape at the base of the ring you have just created in the row above; the idea is to anchor this ring firmly. Do _not_ work through the actual 5chloop itself at this stage, but through this stitch at its edge..) Make 5 ch. and now work 1 tr. back through the 5ch-loop. This forms the first of the four base loops of the next scallop in the pattern. Make 5 more ch. Step 8: Complete base of next scallop, and repeat from start Repeat from Step 2 and continue in this way, joining back to previous scallops as in Steps 4 and 5, until you have made as many scallops as needed to supply the length required. (I get slightly more than one scallop to the inch, using hook and cotton as specified.) Page 6 of 7

7 Step 9: Ready to add the heading You may find the lace has a tendency to spiral at this stage (I think it depends on which direction you turn in when making the base loops). This doesn't matter. The next stage will tend to stabilise it as you add the 'heading' row. To do this you will turn the lace upside-down and work around the end and back towards the beginning of the strip. The heading row forms a sturdy border which can be sewn onto the hem of the article for which the edging is intended. Step 10: The heading row To create the heading row on top of the scallops, turn the lace over as described, work 1 d.c. back into the last 5ch-loop of base row, work 2 ch., then 1 tr. back into same 5ch-loop. *(Work 2 ch., 2 tr. into next 5ch-loop) and repeat from * all the way back to the beginning of the lace, working one pair of trebles through each loop of the base row. This forms a row of neat square blocks along the edge of the pattern. Page 7 of 7