Holiday Table Runner
FINISHED SIZE
141/2 x 401/2 inches
MATERIALS
• DMC Baroque Crochet Cotton size 10 crochet cotton (400 yds per skein):
8 skeins #001 white • Size 6/1.80mm steel crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge
GAUGE
8 dc = 1 inch; 4 dc rows = 1 inch
PATTERN NOTES
Join with slip stitch as indicated unless otherwise stated. Chain-4 at beginning of row or round counts as first treble crochet unless otherwise stated. Chain-3 at beginning of row or round counts as first double crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Beginning 3 treble crochet cluster (beg 3-tr cl): Ch 4 (see Pattern Notes), holding back last lp of each st on hook, 2 tr in same ch sp, yo, pull through all lps on hook. 3 treble crochet cluster (3-tr cl): Holding back last lp of each st on hook, 3 tr as indicated, yo, pull through all lps on hook. Shell: (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) as indicated. Picot: Ch 3, sl st in last st.
TABLE RUNNER MOTIF
Make 12. Rnd 1: Ch 5, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 3, dc in ring, ch 2, [2 dc in ring, ch 2] 7 times, join (see Pattern Notes) in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. (8 ch sps, 16 dc) Rnd 2: Sl st across into first ch sp, beg 3-tr cl (see Special Stitches) in same ch sp, [ch 5, 3-tr cl (see
Special Stitches)] in each ch sp around, join in 4th ch of beg ch-4.
Rnd 3: Ch 4, (tr, ch 3, 2 tr) in beg 3-tr cl, ch 5, *(tr, {ch 1, tr} twice) in next 3-tr cl, ch 5**, (2 tr, ch 3, 2 tr) in next 3-tr cl, ch 5, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 4th ch of beg ch-4.
Rnd 4: Ch 4, *2 tr in next st, ch 5, 2 tr in next st, tr in next st, ch 6, tr in next st, [tr in next ch sp, tr in next st] twice, ch 6**, tr in next tr, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 4th ch of beg ch-4.
Rnd 5: Ch 4, tr in each of next 2 sts, *ch 3, (3 tr, ch 7, 3 tr) in center ch of next ch sp, ch 3, tr in each of next 3 tr, ch 7, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st, ch 7, sk next 2 tr of tr group**, tr in each of next 3 tr, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 4th ch of beg ch-4. Rnd 6: Ch 3 (see Pattern Notes), dc in each of next 2 sts, *3 dc in next ch sp, dc in each of next 3 sts, 9 dc in next ch sp (corner), dc in each of next 3 sts, 3 dc in next ch sp, dc in each of next 3 sts, 7 dc in next ch-7 sp, dc in next st, 7 dc in next ch-7 sp**, dc in each of next 3 sts, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join in 3rd ch of beg ch-3. Fasten off.
CENTER
Row 1: Ch 177, dc in 4th ch from hook (first 3 chs count as first dc) and in each ch across, turn. (175 dc) Row 2: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, dc in each of next 4 sts, sk next 2 dc, shell (see Spe
cial Stitches), sk next 2 sts, dc in next st, sk next 2 sts, shell in next st, [ch 3, sk next 3 sts, sc in next st, ch 3, sk next 3 sts, shell in next st, sk next 2 sts, dc in next st, sk next 2 sts, shell in next st] across, ending with sk next 2 sts, dc in each of last 5 sts, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, dc in each of next 4 sts, shell in ch sp of next shell, sk dc of shell, dc in next dc, shell in ch sp of next shell, *[ch 3, sc in next ch sp] twice, ch 3, shell in ch sp of next shell, sk dc of shell, dc in next dc, shell in ch sp of next shell, rep from * across, ending with sk next 2 sts, dc in each of last 5 sts, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3, dc in each of next 4 sts, shell in ch sp of next shell, sk dc of shell, dc in next dc, shell in ch sp of next shell, [ch 3, sk first ch-3 sp, sc in next ch sp, ch 3, shell in ch sp of next shell, sk dc of shell, dc in next dc, shell in ch sp of next shell] across, ending with sk next 2 sts, dc in each of last 5 sts, turn.
Rows 6–49: [Rep rows 4 and 5 alternately] 22 times.
Row 50: Ch 3, dc in each of next 6 sts, [sk next ch-1 sp, dc in each of next 5 sts, sk next ch-1 sp, dc in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in next st, 2 dc in next ch-3 sp, dc in each of next 2 sts] across, ending with dc in each of last 7 sts, sk ch-1 sps, turn.
Row 51: Ch 3, dc in each st across. Fasten off.