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MATERIALS:
CLARK'S O.N.T. or J. & P. COATS BEST SIX CORD MERCERIZED CROCHET, size 30, 1 ball.
Steel crochet hook No. 10 or 11.
A piece of linen 5 x 6¼ inches.

Completed tray doily measures 5½ x 13½ inches.

   Make a narrow hem all around linen. Make eight ch-15 loops along each long side of linen. Lay this aside. Now crochet 2 semicircular pieces as follows: Ch 10. Join with sl st. 1st row: Ch 3, 13 dc in ring. Ch 7, turn. 2nd row: Make d tr in each dc, having 2 ch between each d tr, ch 2, d tr in top st of turning ch. Ch 3, turn. 3rd row: 2 dc in each sp and dc in each d tr across, ending with dc in 5th st of turning ch. Ch 5, turn. 4th row: (Skip 1 dc, dc in next dc, ch 2) 3 times; (skip 1 dc, tr in next dc, ch 2) twice; (skip 1 dc, d tr in next dc, ch 2) 8 times; (skip 1 dc, tr in next dc, ch 2) twice; (skip 1 dc, dc in next dc, ch 2) 3 times; dc in top st of turning ch (19 sps in all). Ch 3, turn. 5th row: (2 dc in next sp, dc in next st) 4 times; (2 tr in next sp, tr in next st) twice; (3 tr in next sp, tr in next st) 7 times; (2 tr in next sp, tr in next st) twice; (2 dc in next sp, dc in next st) 4 times. Ch 5, turn. 6th row: Skip 1 st, * sc in next st, ch 5, skip 2 sts. Repeat from * across, ending with ch 2, dc in top st of turning ch. Ch 10, turn. 7th row: Holding back on hook the last loop of each d tr, make 3 d tr in each of next 2 loops, thread over and draw through all loops on hook (cluster made); ch 7, dc in next loop, ch 7. Repeat from beginning of row, ending with ch 10, sl st in last loop. Fasten off.

SHAMROCKS (Make 5) … Starting at center, ch 7. Join with sl st. 1st rnd: 10 sc in ring. Sl st in 1st sc made. 2nd rnd: (Ch 15, skip 2 sc, sc in next sc) 3 times; ch 5, sl st in tip of 1st cluster, sc in each of 5 ch (this is stem of Shamrock), now working over cord (Or 8 strands of same thread) make 25 sc in each of 3 loops. Join and fasten off. Join stem of 2nd Shamrock to tip of 3rd cluster. Make 2 more Shamrocks like this, joining stem of one to tip of 5th cluster, and stem of the other to tip of 7th cluster. Now work a 5th Shamrock as before and join stem to tip of center cluster. Fasten off. Tack center of straight edge of this piece to center of a short end of linen piece. Sew straight edge of crocheted piece to linen edge as far as ch-5 loops.
   Crochet another piece same as the one just completed and sew to opposite end of linen as before. Attach thread to 1st ch-15 loop on one long side of linen, and in each loop work as follows: 5 sc in loop, ch 5, sc in 5th ch from hook (p made), (2 sc in same loop, p) 4 times; 5 sc in same loop. Now work along outer edge of crocheted piece as follows: Skip 15 sc on 1st petal of Shamrock, sc in next sc, p, (sc in next 2 sc, p) twice; sc in next 5 sc of same petal, skip 1 sc on next petal, sc in next 5 sc, (p, sc in next 2 sc) 6 times; p, sc in next 5 sc, sc in 1st 5 sc of next petal, (p, sc in next 2 sc) 3 times; ch 3, dc in tip of next cluster, ch 3, sc in 13th sc of next petal, sc in next 2 sc, ch 2, sl st in last p of previous petal, ch 2 and complete p as before, (sc in next 2 sc, p) twice; sc in next 5 sc and work over next 2 petals as before, ch 5, tr in tip of next cluster, ch 5, work over the 3 petals of next Shamrock as before, joining corresponding p's, ch 5, tr in tip of center cluster, ch 5, and work over remaining 2 Shamrocks to correspond with first 2, joining corresponding p's as before. Now work over loops along linen edge and along petals of other crocheted piece as before. Join and fasten off.