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MATERIALS … Clark's Big Ball Mercerized Crochet, size 20, 44 balls of White or Ecru.
Milward's steel crochet hook No. 11 or 12.

GAUGE: Each motif measures about 4½ inches in diameter. When completed, tablecloth measures about 72 x 90 inches.

MOTIF … Starting at center, ch 8, join with sl st to form a ring. 1st rnd: Ch 5, * d c in ring, ch 2. Repeat from * 6 more times. Join last ch-2 with sl st to 3rd st of ch-5 first made (8 sps). 2nd rnd: Sl st in ch-2 sp, ch 3, 2 d c in same sp, ch 2, * 3 d c in next sp, ch 2. Repeat from * around. Join last ch-2 with sl st to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 3rd rnd: Ch 3, d c in same place as sl st, * d c in next d c, 2 d c in next d c, ch 2, 2 d c in next d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 2. Join to 3rd st of ch-3 first made. 4th rnd: Ch 3, d c in same place as sl st, * d c in each of next 3 d c, 2 d c in next d c, ch 2, 2 d c in next d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 2. Join. 5th rnd: Ch 3, d c in same place as sl st, * d c in each of next 5 d c, 2 d c in next d c, ch 3, 2 d c in next d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3. Join. 6th rnd: Sl st in next d c, ch 3, * d c in each of next 6 d c, ch 3, s c in ch-3 sp, ch 3, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3. Join. 7th rnd: Sl st in next d c, ch 3, * d c in each of next 4 d c, ch 4, s c in ch-3 sp, s c in next s c, s c in next ch-3 sp, ch 4, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join. 8th rnd: Sl st in next d c, ch 3, * d c in each of next 2 d c, ch 5, s c in ch-4 sp, s c in each of next 3 s c, s c in next sp, ch 5, skip 1 d c, d c in next d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 5. Join. 9th rnd: Sl st in next d c, ch 3, 2 d c in same place as sl st, holding back the last loop of each d c on hook; thread over and draw through all loops on hook, ch 1 to fasten (thus a 3-d c cluster is made—counting ch-3 as 1 d c); * ch 6, s c in ch-5 loop, s c in each of next 5 s c, s c in next loop, ch 6, skip 1 d c, 3-d c cluster in next d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 6, sl st in tip of 1st cluster made. 10th rnd: S c in same place as sl st, ** ch 5, skip 3 s c, tr in next s c, * ch 2, tr in same s c. Repeat from * 2 more times, ch 5, s c in tip of next cluster. Repeat from ** around, ending with ch 5. Join. 11th rnd: Ch 6, d c in same place as sl st, * ch 3, 4 s c in ch-5 loop, s c in ch-2 sp, ch 3; in next ch-2 sp make d c, ch 3, d c; ch 3, s c in next ch-2 sp, 4 s c in next ch-5 loop, ch 3; in next s c make d c, ch 3, d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-6 first made. 12th rnd: Sl st in ch-3 sp, ch 6, d c in same sp, * ch 3, s c in next ch-3 sp, ch 2, skip 2 s c, s c in next s c, ch 2, s c in next sp, ch 3; in next ch-3 sp (between d c's) make d c, ch 3, d c. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 3, sl st in 3rd st of ch-6 first made. Fasten and break off. This completes one motif

Make 16 x 20 motifs, and sew together on wrong side with neat over-and-over stitches, joining 2 points of each motif to 2 points of adjacent motifs, leaving 2 points free on each motif, between joinings, to be filled in later.

FILL-IN LACE … Ch 8, join with sl st to form ring. 1st rnd: Ch 5, * d c in ring, ch 2. Repeat from * 6 more times. Join with sl st to 3rd st of ch-5 first made (8 sps). 2nd rnd: S c in same place as sl st, * ch 18, s c at joining of 2 motifs, ch 18, s c in same place as 1st s c was made, s c in next sp, ch 9, s c in next point on motif, ch 9, s c in same sp on ring where last s c was made, s c in next sp, ch 9, s c in next point, ch 9, s c in same sp on ring where last s c was made, s c in next d c. Repeat from * around. Join with sl st. Fasten and break off.