​Red Rectangular Doily

You’ll need:

85g of red 100% mercerized cotton yarn;

Crochet hook 1.

Size: 50 x 38 cm.

Instructions

Make 110 chain sts (107 chain sts + 3 chain sts increase) with red yarn.

1^st row: 5 double crochets in the 5^th chain st from the crochet hook, * 1 chain st, 9 double crochets in the 8^th chain st from the crochet hook*; repeat from * to * x 11 times, 1 chain st, 6 double crochets in the 8^th chain st from the crochet hook, 1 double crochet in the next chain st base chain. Totally, 13 pattern repeats.

Continue work with straight and reversed rows due to the scheme of the main pattern to the 14^th row. Cut the yarn. Join new yarn from wrong side of base chain and work with straight and reversed rows due to the scheme of the main pattern from the 1^st to 14^th rows. Don’t cut the yarn.

Fastening

Work due to the scheme of fastening from the 1^st to 4^th rows. Finish every row with slip st.