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Bed Spread Border, Corner and Two Strips in Filet (1915): vintage crochet pattern
A bedspread border worked in filet with fans on a chain of twenty, turned at the corner with a four-row figure and finished with a double-treble shell edge and a picot round. Two matching strips, five inches and six and a half inches wide, are given so either or both may be used on the same spread.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | the book gives 7 large hanks; hank length is not stated. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 2.1 mm |
| Gauge | No stitch gauge printed. Printed checks: a 44 ch strip is 5 in (13 cm) wide and a 56 ch strip 6½ in (16.5 cm) wide. |
| Finished size | Printed: one strip is 5 inches (13 cm) wide on a chain of 44, and the other 6½ inches (16.5 cm) wide on a chain of 56. The border is worked from a chain of 20. |
| Time | about 10 hours |
Materials
- Size 3 pearl cotton, 7 large hanks — approximate; the original was Richardson's R. M. C. Perle No. 3 (hank length not printed)
- 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 2.1 mm (US steel 3) and change size so a 44 ch strip comes out 5 in (13 cm) wide, as printed
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
- double crochet
- double treble crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- skip
- repeat
- row
- space
- shell
Notes before you start
- Source: "Instructions for Bed Spread Strip and Corner", 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. Perle. Seven Large Hanks of No. 3. 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: 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: the border's Row 7 sends the worker back to repeat Rows 1 to 4 and then connect with Row 6; the number of repeats along a side is not printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: the corner figure is described only as “Fasten thread at 2nd sp from corner, make 1 figure”, without saying which figure.
- Modernisation note: Check: the shell edge gives no count of scallops per side; work them to fit.
- Modernisation note: Check: the colour is not printed; the spread photographs as white or ecru.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.
Row progress: 0 of 8 done (0%)
Border
0 of 8 done- Make 20 ch sts.Mark row complete
- Row 1: 1 dc into the 8th ch st, 3 spaces, 3 dc, 2 ch sts, 3 dc to form a fan, 2 ch sts, 1 dc into the last ch st, 5 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 2: Fan over fan, 2 ch sts, 1 dc into the last st of the fan, 3 groups, 1 space, 5 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 3: 1 space, 1 group, 1 space, 1 group, 2 spaces, 1 fan, 1 space, 5 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 4: Fan over fan, 3 spaces, 3 groups, 1 space, 5 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 5: 8 spaces, 5 ch sts, 1 dc, 2 ch sts, 3 dc over the fan, 2 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 6: Fan over fan, 5 ch sts, turn, fan over fan, 1 ch st, 1 sc over the 2 ch sts, 1 dc into the last st of Row 4, turn, sl st back to Row 4, 5 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 7: Fan over fan, 2 spaces, 5 ch sts, turn, rep Row 1, continue until you have completed Row 4, then a space back and connect with Row 6, sl st back on 2 spaces, 3 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
Working on:
Make 20 ch sts.
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Still to come in the full pattern:
- Corner
- Shell Edge
- Five-Inch Strip
- Six-and-a-Half-Inch Strip
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Instructions for Bed Spread Strip and Corner pattern from?
It was published as "Instructions for Bed Spread Strip and Corner" 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 Instructions for Bed Spread Strip and Corner?
Size 3 pearl cotton. Not printed — the book gives 7 large hanks; hank length is not stated.
What hook should I use?
No hook size is printed for this design. Start with 2.1 mm (US steel 3) and change size so a 44 ch strip comes out 5 in (13 cm) wide, as printed Gauge: No stitch gauge printed. Printed checks: a 44 ch strip is 5 in (13 cm) wide and a 56 ch strip 6½ in (16.5 cm) wide.
