Crochet Stitches Visual Encyclopedia

Chapter 4 • Unique Lace Stitch Patterns 103

Fleur Brussels Motif

Brussels lace can wrap around any shape to border it. This motif
shows just one way you can use Brussels lace.

Picot: Ch 3, sl st in 1st ch.

Fleur Motif

Make an adjustable ring.

Rnd a: Ch 1, [sc, ch 3, tr] in ring, picot, ch 4, sl st in 1st ch, picot,
[tr, ch 3, 2 sc] in ring, ch 7, sc in ring; rep from 3 more times, sl
st to 1st sc, fasten off.

Brussels Edging

Row 1 (RS): Ch 9, dc in 6th ch from hk, dc in next 3 ch, turn.

Row 2: Ch 2, tr in ch-7 sp on fleur, ch 2, dc in next 4 dc, turn.

Row 3: Ch 5, dc in next 4 dc, turn.

Row 4: Ch 2, sc in next ch-4 sp on fleur, ch 2, dc in
next 4 dc, turn.

Rep row 3 on all odd rows.

Row 6: Ch 2, tr in next ch-7 sp on fleur, ch 2, dc in
next 4 dc, turn.

Row 8: Ch 2, dtr in same ch-7 sp on fleur, ch 2, dc in
next 4 dc, turn.

Row 10: Ch 2, sl st to prev dtr, ch 2, dc in next 4 dc,
turn.

Rep rows 2–11 around fleur, end with a row 10, fas-
ten off whipstitch foundation chain and last row
together.

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8 6 4

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Next Column

Row 1: Ch 2, sk last 25 rows, sl st to next ch-5 sp, ch 2, dc
in next 3 dc, turn.

Row 2: Ch 5, dc in next 2 dc, turn.

Rep row 2—17 times.

Rep Next Column to desired length.

Oval Void

Row a: Sl st to 1st inner ch-5 sp above column join, ch 7,

dtrtog in next 2 ch-sps, ch 1, (dtrtog in prev ch-sp and next

ch-sp) around to last 3 ch-sps, ch 1, dtrtog in prev and next

ch-sp, quadtr in next ch-sp, dc in

top of ch 7 sp to

close, fasten off.

Fill in all oval voids with a row a.