Gold Coast Hairpin Lace Scarf (1951): vintage crochet pattern

Materials

• Super fine to fine (CYC #1–#2) baby yarn: about 5 oz (140 g); yardage was not printed, so check your yarn label
• Hairpin lace loom (fork) set to 4 in (10 cm)
• Crochet hook (original: plastic hook No. 2)
• Cardboard for tassels
• Hook: Start with 3.25 mm (US D-3) and change size so the hairpin spine is firm (the same booklet pairs plastic hook No. 4 with F, so No. 2 is about a D)

Abbreviations (US terms)

ch

chain

sc

single crochet

sl st

slip stitch

yo

yarn over

lp

loop

rep

repeat

Notes before you start

• Source: "Gold Coast", Stoles and Shawls: Hairpin Lace, Knitted, Crocheted (Star Book No. 86), American Thread Company, 1951. Public domain in the USA.
• As printed — materials: AMERICAN THREAD COMPANY; "DAWN" POMPADOUR; or; "DAWN" BABY YARN; or; "DAWN" INFANTS WOOL; 5 ozs. Pink or color desired.; 1—4 inch Hairpin Staple.; Plastic crochet hook No. 2.. Gauge: Not given.
• Modernisation note: Original is written in US crochet terms; kept as US terms (sc = single crochet, dc = double crochet).
• Modernisation note: Spaced period abbreviations (s c, d c, sl st) written as modern sc, dc, sl st; words spelled out where the original was ambiguous.
• Modernisation note: "Cut yarn" / "cut thread" / "break off" written as "fasten off"; "attach" written as "join".
• Modernisation note: Long printed paragraphs split into one row, round or step per line; stitch order unchanged.
• Modernisation note: "Slip st in 3rd st from hook" written as "sl st in 3rd ch from hook".
• Modernisation note: "(18 total)" added to the tassel count as our arithmetic (1 + 17).
• Modernisation note: The original calls this design both a stole (in the edge instructions) and a scarf (in the tassel instructions); the title uses "scarf".
• Modernisation note: No gauge or finished size was printed. Plastic hook No. 2 → 3.25 mm (US D-3) is our estimate from the booklet's other hook pairings.
• Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.

Hairpin lace (method)

1. Make a loop at the end of the yarn and place 1 prong of the staple in the loop just made, insert hook in loop, wind yarn around right prong of staple, yo and draw through loop, keeping the work at the center.
2. *Drop loop from hook, turn staple ½ turn to the left, pick up the dropped loop at center, yo and pull through loop, insert hook through top part of loop on left-hand prong, yo and pull through (2 loops on hook), yo and pull through both loops to complete the sc; rep from * for length desired.