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Pattern Directions -
Abbreviations:
ch = chain
dc = double crochet
ea = each
sc = single crochet
sk = skip
sl st = slip stitch
sp = space
sps = spaces
st = stitch
sts = stitches
tr = treble

How To Slip Stitch (sl st) = Insert hook in stitch, wrap thread or yarn over hook, pull thread or yarn through the stitch and through the loop on the hook, at the same time. A slip stitch does not add any height and is used to join a chain or stitch to another place in the crochet piece.

For a treble (tr), the yarn or thread is wrapped around the hook 2 times before beginning the stitch. How To Do A Treble

A shell in this pattern is made by working (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) all in a same stitch.

Materials: Use thread size of your choice or yarn weight of your choice. Some of the most commonly used sizes are:
Size 10 cotton thread with a size 8 steel hook
Sport weight yarn with a size F hook
Worsted weight yarn with a size G hook

Photo - Once Through The Pattern (Rows 1 - 8):

Larger Photo of Edging

Starting Chain: Chain 13.
Row 1: 2 dc in 9th ch from hook, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch (shell made), ch 3, skip 3 ch, tr in next ch, turn.
Row 2: Ch 1, sc in tr, ch 3, skip ch-3, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp (in the center of the shell), ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 chains, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 3: Skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 3 chains, tr in sc (at the end of the row), turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in tr, ch 3, skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 5: Skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 3 chains, tr in sc (at the end of the row), ch 10, then, working down the outside edge of the rows, sc in preceding tr (that's at the end of of row 3), ch 1, turn.
Row 6: 13 sc in ch-10 sp, sc in tr (that's at the end of of row 5), ch 2, (now, working across shell row) skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 7: Skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 2 chains, tr in sc, (now, working around the half-circle) * ch 4, skip 1 sc, make a cluny cluster of 3 tr (keep last stitch of each on hook, thread over and pull through all at once) in next st, repeat from * 5 more times (making 6 cluny clusters in all), ch 4, sl st in tr (edge of row 2), turn.
Row 8: Ch 5, dc in first ch-4 sp (before first cluster), * dc in next ch-4 sp (in between clusters), ch 5, dc in same ch-4 sp, repeat from * 4 more times, dc in next ch-4 sp, ch 5, sc in tr, ch 3, skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 9: (2 dc, ch 2, 2 dc) in ch-2 sp (in the center of the shell), ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 3 chains, tr in next sc, turn.
Row 10: Ch 1, sc in tr, ch 3, 2 dc in ch-2 sp (in the center of the shell), ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 11: Skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 3 chains, tr in sc (at the end of the row), turn.
Row 12: Ch 1, sc in tr, ch 3, skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 13: Skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 3 chains, tr in sc (at the end of the row), ch 10, then, working down the outside edge of the rows, sc in preceding tr (that's at the end of of row 11), ch 1, turn.
Row 14: 13 sc in ch-10 sp, sc in tr (that's at the end of of row 13), ch 2, skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
Row 15: Skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 3, skip 2 dc, skip 3 chains, tr in sc, * ch 4, skip 1 sc, make a cluny cluster of 3 tr (keep last stitch of each on hook, thread over and pull through all at once) in next st, repeat from * 5 more times (making 6 cluny clusters in all), ch 4, sl st in tr (edge of row 10), turn.
Row 16: * Ch 5, dc in first ch-4 sp (before first cluster), * dc in next ch-4 sp (in between clusters), ch 5, dc in same ch-4 sp, repeat from * 4 more times, dc in next ch-4 sp, ch 5, sc in tr, ch 3, skip 3 chains, skip 2 dc, 2 dc in ch-2 sp, ch 2, 2 dc in same ch-2 sp, ch 2, skip 2 dc, skip 2 ch, dc in next ch, ch 5, turn.
To Continue: Repeat rows 9 - 16 as many times as needed, to reach the desired length.
To finish: End off. Weave in ends.

Crochet History Note: In 1920, a crochet hook was called a needle, as you can see in the 1920 directions below.

For comparison, here's what the 1920 Directions said, exactly as written (including original punctuation) and in its entirety -

Materials: No materials given in 1920 pattern.
Ch. 15 sts.
1st Row: 2 d.c. in 9th st. from needle, ch. 2, 2 d.c. in same st., ch. 3, skip 3 sts, t. in next, turn.
2d Row : S.c. on t., ch. 3, 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 2, d.c. in 3rd st. of ch., ch. 5, turn.
3d Row: 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 3, t. on s.c., turn.
4th Row: s.c. on t., ch. 3, 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. in 3rd st. of ch., ch. 5, turn.
5th Row: 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 3, t. on s.c., ch. 10, s.c. in preceding t., ch. 1, turn.
6th Row: 13 s.c. on 10 ch., s.c. on t, ch. 2, 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 2, d.c. in 3rd st. of ch., ch. 5, turn.
7th Row: 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 3, t. on s.c., * ch. 4, skip 1 s.c., make a cluny cluster of 3 t. (keep last stitch of each on needle, thread over and pull through all at once) in next st., repeat from * 5 more times (making in all 6 cluny clusters), ch. 4, sl. st. in t., turn.
8th Row: * Ch. 5, d.c. in first 4 ch., d.c. on next 4 ch., repeat from * 5 more times, ch. 5, s.c. on t., ch. 3, 2 d.c. on 2 ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. on same ch., ch. 2, 2 d.c. in 3rd st. of ch., ch. 5, turn; repeat from beginning.
- - End of 1920 directions.

Based on an antique pattern from the year 1920 (the original pattern instructions are now old enough to be in the public domain). Originally published in the book Corticelli Lessons In Crochet, Book No. 9, published in the year 1920 by the Corticelli Silk Mills. Pattern instructions reworked and rewritten by Sandi Marshall. My rewritten instructions on this page are copyright 2003 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc. Free for your own personal use only. If others would like to have the pattern, please give them the URL of this page, so that they may come here for themselves. Thank you. Copyright Myths Explained, U.S. Government Copyright Office - http://www.loc.gov/copyright

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