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1st row-- Begin by making a strip of plain ring edging long enough to reach around your centerpiece or where you want to use it, ending with an even number of rings. *R, 4 ds, p, 3 ds, p* 4 times, 4 ds, close. Leave a thread about 3/8 inch long. *R, 4 ds, p, 3 ds, p* 4 times, 4 ds, close; tie and cut thread. Wind shuttle full and do not break from the ball.
2nd row-- Make simple ring and chain tatting thus: *R, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, join to the center of the 3 p of first row, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, close. With thread of ball around fingers ch 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, p, 3 ds, then *r as before joining the center to the center p of the next r of first row.
For the wider part of the lace:
1st row-- Rewind shuttle; do not break thread. Draw thread through the second of the 3 p of the first ch of second row. Insert shuttle through loop thus made and draw up. Begin by chaining 5 ds, p, 5 ds, then *r, 5 ds, p, 5 ds, close. Ch 5 ds, p, 5 ds, repeat *r and ch until you have 3 ch and 3 r. Ch 5 ds, p, 5 ds, p 5 ds, p, 5 ds, p, 5 ds, *r , 5 ds, join to p of ring last made, 5 ds, close. Ch 5 ds, p, 5 ds, repeat from *; end with ch, draw thread through middle p of next ch in second row, tie and cut thread.
2nd row-- Begin as in first row * ch 5 ds and join to p of first row. Ch 5 ds, and r as before. Repeat *, make second row like first, having one more ch and r on each side.
3rd row-- Same as second row with 1 more ch and r. First row has 3 ch and 3 r on a side; second row has 4 ch and 4 r; Third row hass 5 ch and 5 r.
4th row-- Like second row with 4 ch and 4 r on a side.
5th row-- Like first row with 3 ch and 3 r on a side.
6th row- Like second and fourth rows.
7th row-- Like third row.
This completes one and a half scallops. The edging may be widened by adding more ch and r to each row; always add an equal number to each.
Mrs. R.R. Richardson
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