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Figure 21 Three-Picot Edging (1913): vintage crochet pattern
A chain-loop edging in which a fourth row draws up two stitches through the first space, works three picots through them, and then fans out groups of eight, seven and six double crochet; finished with a chain-3 heading. Originally published as "Figure 21. Edging" in The Priscilla Crochet Book: Edgings and Insertions by The Priscilla Publishing Company, Boston.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | the book gives no thread quantity for any design. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 0.75 mm |
| Gauge | No gauge printed. Work a sample repeat and match the hook to the thread. |
| Finished size | Not printed — the piece is worked to the length required. |
| Time | about 3 hours |
Materials
- Size 100 crochet thread — approximate modern equivalent of No. 100 Cordonnet crochet cotton
- 0.75 mm steel hook (US 14) — approximate for the book's No. 13 hook
- Fine tapestry or sewing needle for the ends
- Hook: Start with 0.75 mm (US steel 14) — approximate for the book's No. 13 hook; change size until the thread runs easily without splitting and the lace lies flat.
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:
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Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- slip stitch
- single crochet
- double crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- skip
- space
- yarn over
- loop
- repeat
- row
Notes before you start
- Source: "Figure 21. Edging", The Priscilla Crochet Book: Edgings and Insertions, The Priscilla Publishing Company, Boston, 1913. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: No. 100 Cordonnet crochet cotton — from the book's general Materials paragraph: all of the edgings shown were made of No. 100 Cordonnet crochet cotton except those in which the number of cotton is specified in the directions; No. 13 hook — the book directs a No. 13 hook for No. 100 cotton and a No. 12 hook for No. 70 cotton, and for coarser cottons a hook that will carry the thread easily without splitting it. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: Stitches converted by the book's own “Explanation of Stitches” (printed page 3), not by name. This book uses the older British-style naming, so its stitch names do NOT match modern US names: chain (ch) = ch; slip stitch (sl st) = sl st; “double” (d), “put hook through work, thread over hook and draw through, making two loops on needle; thread over again and draw through both loops” = modern US single crochet (sc); “half treble” (h t), thread over, draw through, then “draw through the three sts at once” = modern US half double crochet (hdc); “treble” (t), thread over, draw through, “draw through two, over again and draw through remaining two” = modern US double crochet (dc); “double treble” (d t), thread over twice and work off by twos three times = modern US treble crochet (tr); “long treble” (l t), thread over three times and “work all off by twos” = modern US double treble (dtr). Every stitch in these instructions has been rewritten in the modern US name and abbreviation on that basis.
- Modernisation note: The book's picot (p) is defined on the same page: “A p is formed on a ch by joining the last four sts (or any given number) in a ring by working a d in the fourth st, counting from hook. In making p on d around the edge of motifs, the d is worked in the top of the last d.” Picots are written out as “picot” with the chain count the design gives, since the site's abbreviation list has no picot entry.
- Modernisation note: The book's abbreviations are written in modern US form: d = sc, h t = hdc, t = dc, d t = tr, l t = dtr, st(s) = st(s), sp = sp, l = lp, bl = block, “miss” = sk, “thread over (the hook/needle)” = yo, “repeat” = rep, “needle” (for the crochet hook) = hook. Ordinal row names (“1st row”, “2d row”) are written Row 1, Row 2, and “1st round”/“2d round” as Rnd 1, Rnd 2. Section headings (Heading, Edge, Foundation) are the book's own where it prints them.
- Modernisation note: The book prints each design as one or two solid paragraphs; these have been split into one row, round or step per line. Stitch order and counts are unchanged. Where the book's own repeat markers (*, **, ***) span several rows they are kept as printed.
- Modernisation note: Thread sizes are the 1913 Cordonnet numbering. “No. N Cordonnet crochet cotton” is given as modern size N crochet thread, which is an approximation: modern size numbering runs the same way (higher number = finer thread) but the exact diameters are not identical. No yardage is printed anywhere in the book, so none is given here.
- Modernisation note: Hook sizes are the book's own steel numbering (“For No. 100 cotton use a No. 13 hook, for No. 70 cotton a No. 12 hook; for coarser cottons use a hook that will carry the thread easily without splitting it”). The 1913 steel numbering is not identical to the modern one, so every metric size below is approximate and should be adjusted to the thread.
- Modernisation note: No gauge and no finished measurements are printed for this design; work a sample repeat and adjust the hook until the lace lies flat at the width you want.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.
Row progress: 0 of 7 done (0%)
Edging
0 of 7 done- Ch 21.Mark row complete
- Row 1: 1 sc in the 12th st from hook, ch 7, sk 3 sts on the ch, 1 sc in the 4th st, ch 7, sk 3 sts, 1 sc in the last st of the ch; turn.Mark row complete
- Row 2: Ch 9, 1 sc under the first sp, (ch 7, 1 sc in the next sp) twice; turn.Mark row complete
- Row 3: Ch 9, 1 sc under the first sp, (ch 7, 1 sc under the next sp) twice; turn.Mark row complete
- Row 4: Ch 2, insert the hook under the first sp, yo, draw a lp through, sl st in this lp, yo and draw through both sts on the hook. Through these 2 sts the 3 picots are made: ch 6, 1 sc through the 2 sts, twice; ch 5, 1 sc in the same place; 8 dc, 1 sc under the sp; 1 sc, 7 dc, 1 sc under the next sp; 1 sc, 6 dc under the next sp; turn.Mark row complete
- Row 5: Ch 9, 1 sc in the 4th dc of the first group, ch 7, 1 sc in the 4th dc of the second group, ch 7, 1 sc in the 4th dc of the last group.Mark row complete
- Rep from Row 2 for the length.Mark row complete
Working on:
Ch 21.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Figure 21. Edging pattern from?
It was published as "Figure 21. Edging" in The Priscilla Crochet Book: Edgings and Insertions by The Priscilla Publishing Company, Boston in 1913. 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 Figure 21. Edging?
Size 100 crochet thread. Not printed — the book gives no thread quantity for any design.
What hook should I use?
Start with 0.75 mm (US steel 14) — approximate for the book's No. 13 hook; change size until the thread runs easily without splitting and the lace lies flat. Gauge: No gauge printed. Work a sample repeat and match the hook to the thread.
