As I cleaned my crafting supplies shelves recently, I found a few handkerchiefs. I bought a whole bunch of them a while back. I added crochet lace to some, and I posted about it before.
And now I'm going to add some lace to the remaining ones and give them away as gifts.
I was going to add an edging from a vintage book that I have, but vintage patterns are not always easy to follow. So I just came up with my own lace edging.
I used very thin thread, DMC size 8, and a very small, 0.75 mm steel hook.
Round 1: sc evenly around; join with sl st.
Round 2: ch 1, sc in same space as joining, ch 3, *skip next
2 sc, sc in next sc, ch 3* around; join with sl st.
Round 3; sl st in next ch-3 space, ch 1, sc in same
ch-space, *ch 5, sc in next ch-3 space, 5 dc in next ch-3 space, sc in next
ch-3 space* around; join.
Round 4: sl st in next ch-5 space, ch 1, sc in same ch-5
space, {ch 1, dc in next dc} five times, ch 1, *sc in next ch-5 space, {ch 1,
dc in next dc} five times, ch 1* around; join.
Round 5: sl st in next ch-1 space, ch 1, sc in same ch-1
space, *ch 3, sc in next ch-1 space* around; join.
Fasten off.
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