Heirloom Treasures

Vintage Vines

FINISHED SIZE

151⁄4x301⁄2inches

MATERIALS

• Crochet cotton size 10:

800 yds white • Size 7/1.65mm steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge • Starch GAUGE [Dc, ch 2] 4 times = 1 inch Check gauge to save time.

PATTERN NOTE

Weave in loose ends as work progresses.

PATTERN STITCHES

Block (bl): Dc in each of next 3 sts. Space (sp): Dc in dc, ch 2, sk next 2 sts.

TABLE RUNNER RUNNER FIRST HALF

Row 1: Ch 183, dc in 8th ch from hook, [ch 2, sk next 2 chs, dc in next ch] 58 times, turn. (59 sps) Row 2: Ch 5 (counts as first dc, ch-2

throughout), sk next ch-2 sp, [dc in next dc, 2 dc over ch-2 sp] 57 times, dc in next dc, ch 2, sk 2 chs, dc in next ch, turn. (1 sp; 57 bls; 1 sp) Row 3: Ch 5, sk next ch-2 sp, dc in each of next 3 dc, [dc in next dc, ch 2, sk next 2 dc] 55 times, dc in each of next 4 dc, ch 2, sk next ch-2 sp, dc in next ch, turn. (1 sp; 1 bl; 55 sps; 1 bl; 1 sp) Rows 4–62: Ch 5, follow graph, working bls and sps as indicated, turn.

RUNNER SECOND HALF

Rows 63–123: Working in reverse, rep Rows 61–1 of graph, at the end of Row 123, do not fasten off.

Border

Rnd 1: Working down long edge, ch 1, [sc, ch 3, sc] in same ch sp as last dc, [sc, ch 3, sc] in each sp around outer edge, working [{sc, ch 3} twice, sc] in each corner sp, and ending with [sc, ch 3] in same sp as beg, join with a sl st in beg sc, fasten off. Starch lightly and press. CW