Small Doily

Comments: a nice hexagon-shaped flowered small doily. The greatest difficulty in the pattern is the fine thread used.

Size :8" (20 cm.) on the diagonal

Material :Pearl cotton # 12, hook 1.0 mm (Boye steel #12), color white; you can substitute with Cebelia #30 or equivalent cordonnet thread (but the gauge can slightly vary)

Stitches :ch, sl st, sc, dc,tr, dcl =2-dc cluster= dc not closed in first given ch or st, dc closed with previous in second given ch or st, 4dcl=4-dc cluster= dc not closed in first st, dc not closed in 2nd st,, dc not closed in 3rd st, dc closed with previous in 4th st, 3tcl= 3-tr cluster= 3 tr closed together worked in same sp, picot = 4 ch, sl st in first ch

Difficulty:medium

Directions

Start with 9 ch, join with sl st to first ch

1. 24 dc in lp, join with sl st to first st.

2.*(dc on next dc) 2 times, 2 ch*; Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

3.sl st in first sp, *3 dc in next sp, 3 ch*; Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

4.sl st in first sp, *3 dc in next sp, 3 ch*; Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

5. *(dc on next dc) 3 times, 4 ch, (sc on next dc) 3 times, 4 ch*; Repeat * to * 12 times, join with sl st to first st.

6. *(dc on next dc) 3 times, 5 ch, sk a sc, sc in next sc, sk a sc, 5 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

7.*(dc on next dc) 3 times, 7 ch, dcl in 4th ch of next sp and 2nd ch of followinf sp, 7 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

8.*(2 dc on next dc, 1 ch) 3 times, 5 ch, dcl in 6th ch of next sp and 2nd ch of following sp, 5 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

9.*2 dc on next dc, dc on next dc, 2 ch, (dc on next dc) 2 times, 2 ch, dc on next dc, 2 dc on next dc,, 4 ch, dcl in 4th ch of next sp and 2nd ch of following sp, 4 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

10.*2 dc on next dc, dc on next dc, [(dc on next dc) 2 times, 4 ch] 2 times, ( dc on next dc) 2 times, 2 dc on next dc,, 4 ch, dcl in 3th ch of next sp and 2nd ch of following sp, 4 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

11.*2 dc on next dc, dc on next dc, dcl on next 2 dc, 6 ch, ( dc on next dc) 2 times, 6 ch, dcl on next two dc, dc on next dc, 2 dc on next dc, 4 ch, dcl in 3th ch of next sp and 2nd ch of following sp, 4 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

12.*4dcl on 4 next dcs, 8 ch, tr on next dc, 2 ch, tr on next dc, 8 ch, 4dcl on 4 next dcs, 5 ch, dcl in 3th ch of next sp and 2nd ch of following sp, 5 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

13.*sc on 4dcl, 9 ch, 6 dc in 2-ch sp, 9 ch, sc in 4dcl, 7 ch, dcl in 4th ch of next sp and 3rd ch of following sp, 7 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st. Cut thread.

14.Join in first one of 6-dc grp, *(dtr on next dc, 2 ch) 5 times, dtr on last dc, (5 ch, dc in next sp) 2 times, 5 ch, dcl in 4th ch of next sp and 3rd ch of following sp, (5 ch, dc in next sp) twice, 5 ch*; Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st.

15. *(3tcl in next sp, 3 ch, picot, 3 ch), 4 times, 3tcl in next sp, (4 ch, dc in next sp) 6 times, 4 ch*Repeat * to * 6 times, join with sl st to first st. Cut thread., weave in ends.

N.B.

    * Substitute ever (also if not explicitly said) first st in a row as follows:
          o first sc with 1 ch, sc;
          o first hdc with 2 ch;
          o first dc with 3 ch;
          o first tr with 4 ch...and so on;
    * When you read "sl st to <location>", where the location is not immediately contiguous to last st, this means of course "an appropriate number of sl sts for reaching <location>".
    * Also if I do not specify it, if you lasted prev row on a st (say st1), while you must start next row in another st (say st2), make an appropriate number of sl sts to reach st2.