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Lace for Pillow Cases in Filet and Loops (1915): vintage crochet pattern
A deep pillow-case lace worked back and forth over eight rows, combining filet groups and spaces with a field of chain-5 loops, so that solid blocks and open loops change places to form the pattern. The eight rows complete one pattern, then the first row is repeated.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | the book gives 2 spools; spool length is not stated. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 1.65 mm |
| Gauge | No gauge or measurement printed. |
| Finished size | Not printed. The lace is worked on a foundation of 40 ch and repeated in 8-row patterns to the length wanted. |
| Time | about 3 hours |
Materials
- Size 30 mercerized cotton crochet thread — approximate; the original was 2 spools of R. M. C. Cordonnet No. 30 (spool length not printed)
- Steel crochet hook (no hook size is printed for this design)
- Tapestry needle
- Hook: No hook size is printed for this design. Start with 1.65 mm (US steel 7) 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
- single crochet
- double crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- skip
- repeat
- row
- space
- loop
Notes before you start
- Source: "Lace for Pillow Cases", 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: Two Spools of Richardson's R. M. C. Cordonnet No. 30. 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: The book's “gr” is written group (a solid filet block) and “sp” space; its “loop” is the chain-5 loop of the open field.
- Modernisation note: No hook size is printed for this design, so the suggested hook is ours and is approximate.
- Modernisation note: Check: “gr” is not defined on this page. Elsewhere in the same book a group is 6 dc (7 dc where it adjoins a space or lacet), while ordinary filet uses 4 dc per block; compare a worked sample with the photograph.
- Modernisation note: Check: how the lace is attached is not printed; the finishing line is ours.
- Modernisation note: Check: the colour is not printed; the lace photographs as white.
- Modernisation note: Metric conversions added.
Row progress: 0 of 10 done (0%)
Lace
0 of 10 done- Make 40 ch sts.Mark row complete
- Row 1: 1 sc into the 11th ch st, 5 ch sts, sk 2 sts, 1 sc to form a loop, 5 ch sts, sk 2 sts, 1 sc, 5 ch sts, sk 2 sts, 10 dc, 1 space, 1 group, 1 space, 1 group, 6 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 2: 1 dc into the 4th dc of the preceding row, 1 group, 1 space, 2 groups, 5 ch sts, sk 2 sts, 2 groups, 2 loops, 5 ch sts, 4 dc, 3 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 3: 6 dc, 1 loop, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 loop, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 space, 1 group, 6 ch sts, 1 group over the 6 ch sts of the preceding row, 3 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 4: 1 group, 6 ch sts, 1 group over the 6 ch sts, 1 space, 2 groups, 2 loops, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 space, 2 groups, 6 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 5: 3 groups, 3 loops, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 space, 1 group, 6 ch sts, 1 group, 3 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 6: 1 group, 3 ch sts, 1 group, 3 ch sts, 1 group, all over the 6 ch sts, 1 space, 1 group, 1 space, 2 groups, 2 loops, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 space, 2 groups, 3 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 7: 1 group, 1 loop, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 loop, 5 ch sts, 2 groups, 1 space, 1 group, 1 space, 1 group, 3 ch sts, turn.Mark row complete
- Row 8: 1 dc into the 4th dc, 1 group, 1 space, 1 group, 1 space, 2 groups, 1 space, 2 groups, 2 loops, 5 ch sts, 3 dc, turn — this completes the pattern.Mark row complete
- Rep from Row 1 for the length wanted.Mark row complete
Working on:
Make 40 ch sts.
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Lace for Pillow Cases pattern from?
It was published as "Lace for Pillow Cases" 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 Lace for Pillow Cases?
Size 30 crochet cotton. Not printed — the book gives 2 spools; spool length is not stated.
What hook should I use?
No hook size is printed for this design. Start with 1.65 mm (US steel 7) and change size so the filet squares are square Gauge: No gauge or measurement printed.
