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Materials: Clark's O.N.T. or J. & P. Coats Mercerized Crochet, size 20, 1 ball, 1 shuttle and the ball of thread.

Center medallion: ** Make ring of 12 lp's separated by 3 d s. Fasten off securely. * R, 6 d s, join to 1st lp of ring just made, 6 d s, close. Turn work, leave ¼ inch of thread clear, r, 5 d s, 5 p's with 3 d s between, 5 d s, close. Turn work and repeat from * into each lp of 1st ring and joining rings of outer edge. ** Fasten off. Make edging around medallion. R, 6 d s, join to 1st free p of ring on outer edge, 6 d s, close. Turn work, leave ¼ inch of thread clear, r, 5 d s, 5 p's with 3 d s between, 5 d s, close, leave ¼ inch of thread clear and repeat from *, joining next r to 3rd free p on same outer ring of medallion. Continue around medallion, joining 2 inner rings of edging to 1st and 3rd free p's of each outer ring of medallion, and joining together the outer rings of edging. Make 6 medallions, following directions between **'s for center medallion. Each medallion is joined by center p's of 2 adjacent rings to 2 adjacent rings of center medallion edging. Skip 2 rings of edging between each medallion.

Finishing edge: Tie shuttle and ball thread ends together. ** With shuttle thread, r, 5 d s, p, 3 d s, p, 3 d s, join to center p of outer ring of center medallion edging, 3 d s, p, 3 d s, join to center p of adjacent ring, 3 d s, p, 3 d s, p, 5 d s, close. 6 d s ch on ball thread. * R, 6 d s, join to center p of 1st free ring of adjacent medallion, 6 d s, close. On ball thread, make ch of 5 p's with 3 d s between. Repeat from * around edge of medallion, joining to center p of each ring. Repeat from ** joining center of 2nd ch to center p of adjacent ch and continue around doily.