Sunshine Lace

DESIGN BY CAROL ALEXANDER

SKILL LEVEL
FINISHED SIZE
48 x 57 inches
MATERIALS
n Premier Yarns Ever Soft acrylic
yarn (3 oz/158 yds/85g per skein):
16 skeins #1 daisy
n Size H/8/5mm crochet hook or size needed to
obtain gauge
GAUGE
2 shells = approximately 21/4 inches across
PATTERN NOTE
Chain-3 at beginning of row counts as first double
crochet unless otherwise stated.
SPECIAL STITCHES
Shell: (2 dc, ch 1, 2 dc) in indicated place.
Beginning cluster (beg cl): Ch 4, *yo twice, insert hook
in same st or sp, yo, pull lp through, [yo, pull through
2 lps on hook] twice, rep from *, yo, pull through all
3 lps on hook.
Cluster (cl): Yo twice, insert hook in indicated place,
yo, pull lp through, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook]
twice, *yo twice, insert hook in same place, yo pull lp
through, [yo, pull through 2 lps on hook] twice, rep
from *, yo, pull through all 4 lps on hook.
Double crochet picot (dc picot): Ch 5, dc in 5th ch
from hook.
Single crochet picot (sc picot): Ch 3, sc in top of last
st made.
INSTRUCTIONS
AFGHAN
Row 1: Ch 154, shell (see Special Stitches) in 4th ch
from hook (first 3 chs count as first dc), sk next 3 chs,
shell in next ch, [ch 3, sk next 3 chs, tr in next ch, ch
3, sk next 3 chs, shell in next ch, sk next 3 chs, shell in
next ch] across to last 2 chs, sk next ch, dc in last ch,
turn. (26 shells)
Row 2 (RS): Ch 3 (see Pattern Note), shell in ch sp of
each of next 2 shells, [ch 2, sc in 3rd ch of next ch-3,
sc in next tr, sc in first ch of next ch-3, ch 2, shell in
ch sp of each of next 2 shells] across to last st, dc in
last st, turn.
Row 3: Ch 3, shell in each of next 2 shells, [ch 2, sc in
each of next 3 sts, ch 2, shell in each of next 2 shells]
across to last st, dc in last st, turn.
Row 4: Ch 3, shell in each of next 2 shells, [ch 3, sk
next st, tr in next st, ch 3, sk next st, shell in each of
next 2 shells] across to last st, dc in last st, turn.
Rows 591: [Rep rows 24 consecutively] 29 times.
BORDER
Rnd 1: Ch 1, 3 sc in first st, evenly sp 113 sc across to
last st, 3 sc in next st, evenly sp 176 sc across ends of
rows, working in starting ch on opposite side of row
1, 3 sc in first ch, evenly sp 113 sc across to last ch,
3 sc in last ch, evenly sp 176 sc across ends of rows,
join with sl st in beg sc. (590 sc)
Rnd 2: Ch 1, sc in first st, *ch 5, sk next sc, sc in next
st, [ch 3, sk next 2 sts, sc in next st] across to next
center corner st, rep from * around, join with sl st
in beg sc.
Rnd 3: (Sl st, beg clsee Special Stitches, {dc picot
see Special Stitches, clsee Special Stitches} 4 times)
in next ch-5 sp, *ch 1, sc in next ch-3 sp, sc picot (see
Special Stitches), sc in next ch-3 sp, [ch 1, (cl, {dc
picot, cl} 3 times) in next ch sp, ch 1, sc in next ch-3
sp, sc picot, sc in next ch-3 sp] across to next corner
ch sp, ch 1**, (cl, {dc picot, cl} 4 times) in next corner
ch sp, rep from * around, ending last rep at **, join
with sl st in top of beg cl. Fasten off. n
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