Lace Napkin Edging
Add your own special touch to your napkins with these this Lace Napkin Edging pattern! This easy crochet pattern is a great way to spice up your boring-looking linens. Use Bernat crochet thread to complete this pattern.
Crochet Hook4 or 2 mm hook (steel)
Yarn Weight(0) Lace (33-40 stitches to 4 inches). Includes crochet thread.
MATERIALS:
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Bernat Handicrafter Crochet Thread (3 oz/85 g; 371 yds/339 m)
1 ball of 31201 (Still Water) or (31426 (Rosy Rose) or 31222 (Ripe Avocado) - Size 1.75 mm (U.S. 4) steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
- Cloth napkins
- Vanishing fabric marking pen
MEASUREMENTS: Approx 3/4 ins [2 cm] wide.
Note: 1 ball makes approx 300 ins [760 cm] of Edging. Napkins must measure in full inch increments for
edging to fit correctly, eg. 12 x 12 ins, 13 x 13 ins, etc.
GAUGE: 30 sc and 32 rows = 4 ins [10 cm].
ABBREVIATIONS: www.bernat.com/abbreviations
INSTRUCTIONS:
Prepare Napkin: Beg at any napkin corner, mark edges of napkin with dots using vanishing fabric marking pen at 1/8 inch [3 mm] intervals (8 marks per inch) to ensure even placement of fi rst rnd of sts.
Edging: Join thread with sl st at 8th st mark to the right of any corner.
1st rnd: Ch 1. 1 sc in same sp as last sl st. 1 sc in each of next 6 st marks. *3 sc in each of next 2 st marks. 1 sc in each st mark until last st mark at next corner. Rep from * twice more. 3 sc in each of next 2 st marks. 1 sc in each st mark to end of rnd. Join with sl st to fi rst sc.
2nd rnd: Ch 6. Miss next 3 sc. **1 sc in next sc. Ch 3. Miss next 3 sc. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 2. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 3. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 2. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 3. Miss next 3 sc. *1 sc in next sc. Ch 3. Miss next 3 sc. (1 dc. Ch 3. 1 dc) in next sc. Ch 3. Miss next 3 sc.* Rep from * to * across until 5th sc from corner. Rep from ** twice more. 1 sc in next sc. Ch 3. Miss next 3 sc. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 2. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 3. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 2. 1 dc in next sc. Ch 3. Miss next 3 sc. Rep from * to * across until beg ch 6. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of ch 6.
3rd rnd: **Ch 7. 1 sc in next dc. Ch 5. 1 sc in next dc. (Ch 5. 1 sc. Ch 6. 1 sc. Ch 5. 1 sc) in next ch-3 sp. Ch 5. 1 sc in next dc. *Ch 7. Miss next: ch-3 sp, 1 sc and ch-3 sp. 1 sc in next dc. (Ch 5. 1 sc. Ch 6. 1 sc. Ch 5. 1 sc) in next ch-3 sp. Rep from * across to 2nd last dc from corner. Rep from ** 3 times more. Join with sl st to 3rd ch of beg ch 7. Fasten off .
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