Elegant Vintage Lace Doily

You will need: 3 balls of Mercerized Crochet Cotton in white or color of your choice
US Size 10 steel crochet hook.

Doily measures about 13 inches in diameter.
Crochet Pattern Collection! 317 One-of-a-kind Vintage Crochet Patterns That Are Over 100 Years Old!

Pattern: Starting at center, ch 4, sl st in first ch st to form ring.
Rnd 1: Ch 3, 15 dc in ring, sl st in top of ch 3.
Rnd 2: Sc in same st with sl st, * ch 3, sc in next dc, repeat from * around, ending with ch 1, hdc in first Sc.
Rnd 3: Ch 5, dtr in lp just formed, * ch 3, 2 dtr in next lp, repeat from * around, end with ch 3, sl st in top of ch 5.
Rnd 4: Sc between sl st and next dtr, * 5 dc in center ch st of next lp for a shell, sc between next 2 dtr. Repeat from * around, end with a shell in last sp, sl st in first sc.
Rnd 5: Sl st to center of shell, sc in same st with last sl st, * shell in next sc, sc in center of next shell, ch 7, sc in center of next shell, repeat from * around, end with a ch 7, sl st in first sc.
Rnd 6: Sc in same st with sl st, * ch 5, sc in center of next shell, ch 5, sc in next sc, ch 5, sc in next lp, ch 5, sc in next sc, repeat from * around, end with ch 2, dc in first Sc.
Rnds 7 through 10: Sc in last lp formed in last rnd, * ch 5, sc in next lp, repeat from * around, end with ch 2, dc in first sc.
Rnd 11: Repeat rnd 3 except inc the ch lps to ch 5.
Rnd 12: Repeat rnd 4 except inc the shells to 7 dc.
Rnd 13: Sl st to center of shell, sc in same st with last sl st, * a 7 dc shell in next sc, sc in center of next shell, ch 7, sc in center of next shell, repeat from * around, end with a ch 3, tr in first sc.
Rnd 14: Ch 5, dtr in lp just formed, * ch 7, 2 dtr in center of next shell, ch 7, 2 dtr in center of next lp, repeat from * around, end with ch 7, sl st in top of ch 5.
Rnd 15: Repeat rnd 4 except inc the shells to 9 dc.
Rnd 16: Repeat rnd 5 except inc the shells to 9 dc.
Rnd 17: Sl st to center of next shell, ch 5, dtr in same st with sl st, * ch 9, 2 dtr in next lp, ch 9, 2 dtr in center st of next shell, repeat from * around, end with ch 9, sl st in top of ch 5.
Rnd 18: Repeat rnd 4 except inc shells to 9 tr.
Rnd 19: Repeat rnd 5 except inc shells to 9 tr and chs to ch 9 lps.
Rnd 20: Sc in same st with sl st, * ch 5, sk next 2 tr, sc in next tr, ch 5, sk next 3 tr, sc in next tr, ch 5, sc in next sc, (ch 5, sc in lp) twice, ch 5, sc in next sc, repeat from * around, end with ch 2, dc in first sc.
Rnds 21 through 31: Repeat rnd 7.
Rnd 32: Repeat rnd 3 except inc the ch lps to ch 5. Finish off.

By Victor Pilsner, Marshfield, Wisconsin