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Design by Martha Brooks Stein

41 53 inches

Medium (worsted) weight yarn:

20 oz blue

15 oz white

14 oz black

Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

Each motif is 2 inches square.

Make 124 blue, 48 white, 20 black.

Rnd 1: Ch 3, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 3 (counts as dc), 2 dc in ring, [ch 2, 3 dc in ring] 3 times, ch 1, join with sc in top of ch-3. (Ch-1 and sc form joining ch sp12 dc, 4 ch sps)

Rnd 2: (Ch 3, 2 dc) in joining ch sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc, ch 1) in each of next 3 ch sps, 3 dc in joining ch sp, ch 2, join with sl st in top of ch-3. Fasten off. (1 ch, 3 dc, 1 ch, 3 dc and 1 ch on each side)

Make 96.

Rnd 1: With white, ch 3, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 4; for point, sl st in 2nd ch from hook; 2 dc in ring, ch 2, 3 dc in ring, ch 1, fasten off white, join black with sl st in last ch-1 made, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ring, ch 1, join with sl st in point. Fasten off. (Point and last ch-1 form joining ch sp12 dc, 4 ch sps made)

Rnd 2: Join white with sl st around point of joining ch sp, ch 4; for point, sl st in 2nd ch from hook; 2 dc in same joining ch sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch sp, ch 1, fasten off white, join black with sl st in last ch-1 made, ch 1, 3 dc in same ch sp as last dc made, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch sp, ch 1, 3 dc in joining ch sp, ch 1, join with sl st in point. Fasten off. (Point counts as ch-11 ch, 3 dc, 1 ch, 3 dc and 1 ch on each side)

Make 48.

Rnd 1: With blue, ch 3, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 4; for point, sl st in 2nd ch from hook; 2 dc in ring, ch 2, 3 dc in ring, ch 1, fasten off blue, join black with sl st in last ch-1 made, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in ring, ch 1, join with sl st in point. Fasten off. (12 dc, 4 ch sps made)

Rnd 2: Join blue with sl st around point of joining ch sp, ch 4; for point, sl st in 2nd ch from hook; 2 dc in same joining ch sp, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch sp, ch 1, 3 dc in next ch sp, ch 1, fasten off blue, join black with sl st in last ch-1 made, ch 1, 3 dc in same ch sp as last dc made, ch 1, (3 dc, ch 2, 3 dc) in next ch sp, ch 1, 3 dc in joining ch sp, ch 1, join with sl st in point. Fasten off. (1 ch, 3 dc, 1 ch, 3 dc and 1 ch on each side)

Positioning Motifs according to illustration, sew Motifs together through the back lps, beginning each Motif in 2nd ch of 1 corner ch sp and ending in first ch of next ch sp.

Rnd 1: Working in back lps around outer edge of assembled Motifs, join white with sc in 2nd ch of corner at beginning of 1 long edge; skipping each seam, [sc in each st and in each ch across to next corner ch sp, sc in next ch, ch 2, sc in next ch] 3 times, sc in each st and in each ch across to first corner ch sp, sc in last ch, ch 2, join with sl st in first sc. (189 sc made on each long edge, 144 sc made on each short edge)

Rnd 2: Ch 1; working in opposite direction across short edge, working from left to right, reverse sc (see Illustration), in last ch sp made, ch 2, *[reverse sc in next st, ch 2, skip next st] across to next corner ch sp, reverse sc in corner ch sp, ch 2, skip first st on long edge, [reverse sc in next st, ch 2, skip next st] across to next corner ch sp*, reverse sc in corner ch sp, ch 2; repeat between first and 2nd *, join. Fasten off.

Design by Elizabeth White

54 64 inches

Fine (baby) weight pompadour yarn:

50 oz white

Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to obtain gauge

4 dc = 1 inch; 2 dc rows = 1 inch

Center Panel: 25 34 inches

Motif: 8 inches square

Row 1: Ch 97, dc in 4th ch from hook, dc in each ch across, turn. (Ch-3 at beginning of row counts as first dc95 dc made)

Row 2: Ch 3, dc in each st across, turn.

Row 3: Ch 3, dc in next 4 sts, *ch 4, skip next 6 sts, (dc, ch 2) 3 times in next st, dc in same st, ch 4, skip next 6 sts, dc in next 5 sts; repeat from * across, turn. (6 dc groups, 25 ch sps)

Row 4: Ch 3, dc in next 4 sts, *ch 2, skip next ch-4 sp, 5 dc in next ch-2 sp, [sc in next dc, 5 dc in next ch-2 sp] 2 times, ch 2, skip next ch-4 sp, dc in next 5 dc; repeat from * across, turn. (105 dc)

Row 5: Ch 3, dc in next 4 sts, *ch 4, skip next ch-2 sp, (dc, ch 2) 3 times in center dc of next 5-dc group, dc in same dc, ch 4, skip next ch-2 sp, dc in next 5 dc; repeat from * across, turn. (6 dc groups, 25 ch sps)

Rows 656: Repeat rows 4 and 5 alternately, ending with row 4.

Row 57: Ch 3, dc in next 4 sts, *ch 6, skip next 5-dc group, sc in center dc of next 5-dc group, ch 6, skip next 5-dc group, dc in next 5 dc; repeat from * across, turn. (6 dc groups, 10 ch sps)

Row 58: Ch 3, dc in each dc and in each sc across with 6 dc in each ch sp, turn. (95 dc)

Row 59: Ch 3, dc in each st across. Fasten off.

Make 18.

Rnd 1: Ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring, ch 4 (counts as dc and ch-1), [dc in ring, ch 2] 5 times, join with sl st in 3rd ch of ch-4. (6 dc, 6 ch sps made)

Rnd 2: For petals, ch 1, (sc, ch 1, 5 dc, ch 1, sc) in each ch sp around, join with sl st in first sc. (6 petals)

Rnd 3: Working behind petals, [ch 3, sl st in back strands of last sc on this petal and first sc on next petalsee illustration] 6 times, join with sl st in first ch of first ch-3 (6 ch sps)

Rnd 4: For petals, ch 1, (sc, ch 1, 7 dc, ch 1, sc) in each ch sp around, join with sl st in first sc. (6 petals)

Rnd 5: Working behind petals, [ch 4, sl st in back strands of last sc on this petal and first sc on next petal] 6 times, join with sl st in first ch-4. (6 ch sps)

Rnd 6: (Ch 3, 7 dc) in first ch sp, 8 dc in each ch sp around, join with sl st in top of ch-3.