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Bed Spread Strip and Border in Filet and Lacet (1915): vintage crochet pattern
A bedspread strip worked in filet with lacets: a large figure builds over thirty-one odd-numbered rows to the half-way point and is then reversed back to the first row, with the plain rows repeated three times between figures. A matching border is worked separately from a chain of sixty.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | Not printed. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 1.9 mm |
| Gauge | No gauge or measurement printed. |
| Finished size | Not printed. The strip is worked on a chain of 110 and the border on a chain of 60; the strip figure takes 32 rows and the border pattern 18 rows. |
| Time | about 12 hours |
Materials
- Size 5 mercerized cotton crochet thread in white or ecru, or a heavy cotton crochet thread about size 3–5 — approximate; the originals were R. M. C. Cordonnet No. 5 and Richardson's Bed Spread Thread on cones
- Steel or fine aluminium crochet hook (no hook size is printed for this design)
- Tapestry needle
- Hook: No hook size is printed for this design. Start with 1.9 mm (US steel 5) and change size so the filet squares are square
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
- double crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- skip
- repeat
- row
- space
Notes before you start
- Source: "Bed Spread Strip and Border", Richardson's Crochet Book No. 2 (Complete Crochet Book No. 2), Richardson Silk Company, Chicago and New York, 1915. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: Richardson's R. M. C. Cordonnet No. 5, White or Ecru; or Richardson's Bed Spread Thread on Cones. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: From Richardson's Crochet Book No. 2. That book prints only an abbreviation list (ch = chain stitch, s c = single crochet, d c = double crochet, t c = treble crochet, t t c = triple treble crochet, p = picot, la = lacet, gr = group, sp = space, cl = clover leaf) with no worked descriptions, so the stitches are read by the same key its companion Book No. 1 prints in full: s c = sc, d c = dc, t c = tr, t t c = trtr (triple treble). Book No. 2's heights therefore match modern US usage as well.
- Modernisation note: The book's abbreviations are written in modern US form: ch sts = ch, s c = sc, d c = dc, t c = tr, d t c = dtr, sl st = sl st, p = picot, sp(s) = space(s), gr = group (block), la = lacet, cl = clover leaf; “skip” = sk; “repeat *” = rep from *. Ordinal row names are written Row 1, Row 2, and so on.
- Modernisation note: The book's own terms for this spread (group and space over a lacet) are printed at the head of the directions and are given here as the first section. Its lacet is defined on the Luncheon Cloth page: 1 dc, 3 ch sts, sk 2 sts, 1 sc, 3 ch sts, sk 2 sts.
- Modernisation note: Long printed paragraphs are split into one row, round or step per line; stitch order and counts unchanged. Section headings added for navigation.
- Modernisation note: Hooks are printed only as Richardson steel hook numbers, with no diameters, so no exact metric size can be read from the books. The metric sizes given are approximate starting points read across to the modern US steel-hook scale (in which a higher number is finer); work a swatch and change size to match any printed measurement.
- Modernisation note: No stitch gauge is printed for this design; work a swatch and match any printed measurement (given in the modern gauge line) before starting.
- Modernisation note: The threads are 1915 Richardson trade names with no exact modern equivalent, and the books print no yardage except where quoted in the materials. The modern equivalents given are approximations only: R. M. C. Cordonnet and Cordonnet Special (the book says it “matches the D. M. C. thread”, sizes 3 to 150) as mercerized cotton crochet thread of the same size number; R. M. C. Perle Cotton (Art. 15 and 15-B in hanks, Art. 35 in balls, sizes 3, 5, 8 and 12) as modern pearl cotton of the same size; Richardson's Crochet and Knitting Silk (“Perfect”, ½ oz on the ball; “Our Art”, ¼ oz) as a fine silk or silk-blend crochet thread about the weight of size 10–20 cotton; Richardson's Tatting Silk (100 yd on the ball) as a fine hard-twisted silk thread about the weight of size 20–30 cotton; Bed Spread Thread on cones as a heavy cotton crochet thread about size 3–5. Grecian floss (a silk embroidery floss) is used only for embroidery where it is named.
- Modernisation note: Check: the publication year. The book is catalogued as 1915 and is recorded here as 1915, but its own title page carries a 1916 copyright line and the deposit stamp on book page 2 reads April 1916.
- Modernisation note: No hook size is printed for this design, so the suggested hook is ours and is approximate.
- Modernisation note: Check: only the odd-numbered rows are printed after Row 4. The book says the even rows repeat the preceding row except for a space over a lacet, so the even rows must be worked out from that rule.
- Modernisation note: Check: the border's Rows 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 are not printed for the same reason.
- Modernisation note: Check: how the strips and border are joined into a spread, and how many of each are needed, is not printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: the colour is white or ecru, as named in the materials.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.
Row progress: 0 of 2 done (0%)
Terms for This Spread (the book's own)
0 of 2 done- Group (gr): 6 dc form 1 group; when it is followed by a space or a lacet, 7 dc lay together.Mark row complete
- Space over a lacet: 5 ch sts, 1 dc.Mark row complete
Working on:
Group (gr): 6 dc form 1 group; when it is followed by a space or a lacet, 7 dc lay together.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Bed Spread Strip and Border pattern from?
It was published as "Bed Spread Strip and Border" in Richardson's Crochet Book No. 2 (Complete Crochet Book No. 2) by Richardson Silk Company, Chicago and New York 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 Bed Spread Strip and Border?
Size 5 crochet cotton (or a bedspread-weight cotton). Not printed.
What hook should I use?
No hook size is printed for this design. Start with 1.9 mm (US steel 5) and change size so the filet squares are square Gauge: No gauge or measurement printed.
