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Rose Ruffle Doily (1950): vintage crochet pattern
A layered crochet rose in two pinks with five green leaves at its centre, five worked petals sewn round it, and a deep white chain-loop ruffle closed with a dark pink picot cluster edge. Originally published as "Rose Ruffle Doily" in Doily Bouquet (Star Book No. 71) by American Thread Company in 1950, it is now in the public domain.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | 1 or 2 balls of each colour as printed; ball yardage is not printed. |
| Hook | 1 mm |
| Gauge | Not given in the original — work to the finished size printed for your thread. |
| Finished size | 7–9 inches (18–23 cm) across: 9 in (23 cm) in "Gem" or "Star" Crochet Cotton size 30; 7 in (18 cm) in "Star" Tatting Cotton. |
| Time | about 10 hours |
Materials
- Size 30 cotton crochet thread in White, Light Pink, Dark Pink and Nile Green (size 20 is the nearest widely stocked weight)
- Ball counts as printed above for the thread you choose
- Tapestry needle for sewing the petals and leaves; rustproof pins and starch for blocking
- Hook: The book prints a steel hook number beside each thread: No. 12 (about 1.0 mm), No. 13 (about 0.85 mm). Start with the modern US steel hook of the number printed for the thread you buy and change size until the piece reaches the size printed for that thread.
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
- half double crochet
- double crochet
- treble crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- space
- skip
- loop
- round
- row
- increase
- decrease
- back loop only
Notes before you start
- Source: "Rose Ruffle Doily", Doily Bouquet (Star Book No. 71), American Thread Company, 1950. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: "GEM" Crochet Cotton Article 35, Size 30 — 1 Ball White, 1 Ball Light Pink, 1 Ball Dark Pink, 1 Ball Nile Green — approx. 9 inches — Steel 12; "STAR" Tatting Cotton Article 25 — 2 Balls White, 2 Balls Light Pink, 1 Ball Dark Pink, 1 Ball Nile Green — approx. 7 inches — Steel 13; "STAR" Crochet Cotton Article 20, Size 30 — 1 Ball White, 1 Ball Light Pink, 1 Ball Dark Pink, 1 Ball Nile Green — approx. 9 inches — Steel 12; "STAR" Crochet Cotton Article 30, Size 30 — 2 Balls White, 2 Balls Light Pink, 1 Ball Dark Pink, 1 Ball Nile Green — approx. 9 inches — Steel 12. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: The book prints no abbreviation list. It defines each stitch inline instead, in brackets where it is first used, and by those definitions its terms are already modern US terms: s c = sc, d c = dc, s d c = half double crochet (hdc), tr c = tr, d tr c (3 times over needle) = dtr, tr tr c (4 times over needle) = a triple treble worked with 4 yarn-overs. No stitch has been converted; only the spacing of the letters changes, and "thread over" is written "yo".
- Modernisation note: The original calls every round a "Row" ("2nd Row—"). Pieces worked round and round are labelled "Rnd" here and pieces worked back and forth keep "Row". Run-on paragraphs were split so there is one round, row or step per line. No stitch was added, removed or reordered.
- Modernisation note: The rose, the petals and the ruffle are numbered in one continuous sequence in the original (the first petal row is its "9th Row"); that numbering is kept so the cross-references inside the directions — "same as 11th row" and so on — still line up.
- Modernisation note: The petal directions run "17th Row … Repeat the last 2 rows once, then work 2 rows even" before jumping to a numbered 22nd row; those five rows are grouped on one line here exactly as printed.
- Modernisation note: Rows 9 onward are printed on a later page under a "continued" line; they are placed in sequence here.
- Modernisation note: Several joinings are given as "as illustrated" — the original relies on its photograph for the exact placement rather than counting it out. Those phrases are kept as printed; work from the photograph included with this pattern.
- Modernisation note: No gauge is printed anywhere in the book. The printed finished size for the thread you choose is the only check on tension.
- Modernisation note: Thread is printed in balls only — no yardage is given for any article number, so none has been supplied. Buy the printed number of balls of a comparable modern thread and check your ball band.
- Modernisation note: "Gem" (Article 35), "Puritan" (Article 40), "De Luxe" (Article 346), "Star" (Articles 20 and 30), "Star" Tatting Cotton (Article 25), "Star" Pearl Cotton (Article 90) and "Sillateen Sansil" (Article 102) are all discontinued. Where a thread size is printed it is repeated above; where it is not, match the printed finished size instead of guessing a size.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions and the modern thread and hook suggestions were added; they are not in the original.
Row progress: 0 of 8 done (0%)
Rose
0 of 8 done- Rnd 1: ROSE—With Dark Pink ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 6, dc in ring, * ch 3, dc in ring, repeat from * twice, ch 3, join in 3rd st of ch.Mark row complete
- Rnd 2: 1 sc, 5 dc, 1 sc over each ch 3 loop, join.Mark row complete
- Rnd 3: * Ch 5, sc between next 2 petals in back of work, repeat from * 4 times.Mark row complete
- Rnd 4: Ch 1 and over each loop work 1 sc, 7 dc, 1 sc, join.Mark row complete
- Rnd 5: * Ch 6, sc in back of work between next 2 petals, repeat from * 4 times.Mark row complete
- Rnd 6: Ch 1 and over each loop work 1 sc, 9 dc, 1 sc, join, break thread.Mark row complete
- Rnd 7: Attach Green in same space, * ch 7, sc in 2nd st from hook, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts of ch (hdc: yo, insert in st, pull through, yo and pull through all loops at one time), 1 dc in each of the next 3 sts of ch, sc in same space between petals, ch 6, sc in back of work between next 2 petals, repeat from * all around (5 leaves) ch 6, join.Mark row complete
- Rnd 8: Work 5 sc up side of next leaf, 3 sc in point of leaf, 5 sc down other side of same leaf, 8 sc over next ch 6 loop, repeat from beginning 4 times, break thread.Mark row complete
Working on:
Rnd 1: ROSE—With Dark Pink ch 5, join to form a ring, ch 6, dc in ring, * ch 3, dc in ring, repeat from * twice, ch 3, join in 3rd st of ch.
Continue this pattern
The rest of the Rose Ruffle Doily (1950) pattern is in the Heirloom Doilies & Tablecloths
Still to come in the full pattern:
- Petals (make 5)
- Leaves (make 5)
- Ruffle
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Rose Ruffle Doily pattern from?
It was published as "Rose Ruffle Doily" in Doily Bouquet (Star Book No. 71) by American Thread Company in 1950. 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 Ruffle Doily?
Size 30 cotton crochet thread (size 20 is the nearest common substitute). 1 or 2 balls of each colour as printed; ball yardage is not printed.
What hook should I use?
The book prints a steel hook number beside each thread: No. 12 (about 1.0 mm), No. 13 (about 0.85 mm). Start with the modern US steel hook of the number printed for the thread you buy and change size until the piece reaches the size printed for that thread. Gauge: Not given in the original — work to the finished size printed for your thread.
