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Rose Lunch Set (1915): vintage crochet pattern
A lunch set in novelty braid and crochet: a linen centerpiece with a wavy insertion and a scalloped edging, each set with small crochet roses tied into loops of braid, plus three smaller all-lace doilies in graduated sizes. Originally published as "Rose Lunch Set (Plate No. 12)" in Center Pieces and Lunch Sets in Crochet Work by Anne.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | Balls and bolts as printed for each piece; yardages not printed. |
| Hook | 1.1 mm |
| Gauge | Not given in the original — no finished sizes are printed; make one rose and one braid loop and compare with the photograph. |
| Finished size | Not printed. The photograph shows a large round centerpiece and three smaller doilies. |
| Time | about 16 hours |
Materials
- Centerpiece: 5 balls size 30 mercerised cotton crochet thread and 2 bolts novelty braid, as printed
- Second size piece: 2 balls size 30 thread and 1 bolt novelty braid ("1 size smaller braid"), as printed
- Third size piece: 2 balls size 30 thread and 1 bolt novelty braid, as printed; the fourth size piece has no materials printed
- Ball and bolt yardages are not printed — check your labels. Novelty braid is a narrow cotton braid of linked blocks with picot loops.
- Linen for the centerpiece (not listed in the original; size not printed — see the photograph); tapestry needle; sewing thread
- Hook: Start with 1.1 mm (US steel 11), the modern hook of the printed number, and change size to reach the printed finished size.
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 350 yards of weight #0 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Caron Simply Soft · 100% Acrylic
315 yds per skein · High-yield yardage, silky no-scratch texture
2 skeins required
approx. $$10.98 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- slip stitch
- single crochet
- treble crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- space
- loop
- round
Notes before you start
- Source: "Rose Lunch Set (Plate No. 12)", Center Pieces and Lunch Sets in Crochet Work, Anne Orr, 1915. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: 5 balls Silkine Crochet Cotton No. 30, 2 bolts of Novelty Braid, 1 Steel Crochet Needle No. 11.; Second Size Piece of Lunch Set: MATERIALS—2 balls of Silkine Crochet Cotton No. 30, 1 bolt Novelty Braid, 1 Steel Crochet Needle No. 11.; Third Size Piece of Lunch Set: MATERIALS—2 balls Silkine Crochet Cotton No. 30, 1 bolt Novelty Braid, 1 Steel Crochet Needle No. 11.. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: The rose is 5 ch joined, then 8 petals ("repeat 7 times") built in 4 rounds; the second piece's centre rose has "3 rows of petals" and the third piece's roses "one row of petals", as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: "repeat 8 times" and "skip 2, ch 4, go into 3d ch 4" in rnd 2 above the braid shape the wave of the insertion; the counts are kept as printed and may need adjusting to the braid you use.
- Modernisation note: Check: the book does not describe the linen for the centerpiece or how the insertion and edging are sewn to it; the photograph shows the insertion set into the linen and the edging around it.
- Modernisation note: Check: in the fourth size piece the braid ring is only 8 blocks long and the rose "fill in sp" is taken from the second piece; the photograph shows the smallest doily with a single centre rose.
- Modernisation note: Check: no finished sizes are printed for any piece of this set, and the book does not say how many of each smaller piece to make.
- Modernisation note: "Fix braid" means tie and cross the braid into loops as described for the insertion.
- Modernisation note: "Silkine Crochet Cotton No. 30" was a lustrous mercerised cotton; the nearest modern equivalent is size 30 mercerised cotton crochet thread.
- Modernisation note: Stitch names mapped by the book's own definitions: its single crochet = modern US sc, double crochet = modern US dc, treble crochet = modern US tr, slip stitch = sl st, picot = ch 4, sc in 4th ch from hook. These match modern US usage, so no stitch was converted; only the abbreviation "tc" (treble crochet) is written "tr".
- Modernisation note: The book calls every round a "Row" ("First Row—"). Pieces worked in joined rounds are labelled "Rnd 1:" etc.; pieces worked back and forth keep "Row". Run-on paragraphs were split into one round or step per line; no stitches were added, removed or reordered.
- Modernisation note: Anne Orr's phrasing "1 sc, join into …" / "join to top of sc" means work the stitch into the place named; it is kept as printed. "St of ch" (e.g. "middle st of ch 5") is kept.
- Modernisation note: Steel crochet needle (hook) numbers of 1915 were not standardised to millimetres; the starting hook is the modern US steel hook of the same number. Change size so the piece reaches the printed size.
- Modernisation note: Thread is printed in balls only; ball yardage is not printed, so no yardage has been invented. Buy the printed number of balls of a comparable modern thread and check your ball band.
- Modernisation note: No gauge is printed in the book.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions and modern thread and hook suggestions were added; they are not in the original.
Row progress: 0 of 5 done (0%)
Center piece insertion: rose
0 of 5 done- Make rose in center, 5 ch st and join.Mark row complete
- Rnd 1: 6 ch, 1 sc, join in ch 5, 2 ch, 1 sc, join into ch 5, repeat 7 times, join.Mark row complete
- Rnd 2: 6 sc, join into ch 2, 1 sl st to lower sc 1, repeat 7 times.Mark row complete
- Rnd 3: 4 ch, sl st into lower sl st, repeat 7 times.Mark row complete
- Rnd 4: 9 sc, join into ch 4, sl st to lower sl st, repeat 7 times. Make 13 roses.Mark row complete
Working on:
Make rose in center, 5 ch st and join.
Continue this pattern
The rest of the Rose Lunch Set (1915) pattern is in the Heirloom Doilies & Tablecloths
Still to come in the full pattern:
- Center piece insertion: braid
- Center piece insertion: above braid
- Center piece insertion: below braid
- Center piece edging
- Second size piece of lunch set
- Third size piece of lunch set
- Fourth size piece of lunch set
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Rose Lunch Set (Plate No. 12) pattern from?
It was published as "Rose Lunch Set (Plate No. 12)" in Center Pieces and Lunch Sets in Crochet Work by Anne Orr in 1915. The publication is in the public domain in the United States; this version is transcribed and modernised by crochetpatterns.io.
What yarn or thread do I need for the Rose Lunch Set (Plate No. 12)?
Size 30 mercerised cotton crochet thread. Balls and bolts as printed for each piece; yardages not printed.
What hook should I use?
Start with 1.1 mm (US steel 11), the modern hook of the printed number, and change size to reach the printed finished size. Gauge: Not given in the original — no finished sizes are printed; make one rose and one braid loop and compare with the photograph.
