Chapter 3 • Lace Stitch Patterns 71
Row 3: Ch 1, sc in tr, ch 2, sc in next sc,
ch 5, sk 2 tr-cl, 3 tr-cl in next 3 tr-cl, ch 5,
sc in next sc, ch 2, sc in next ch-5 sp; rep
from across, turn.
Row 4: Ch 1, sc in 1st sc, 5 dc in next ch-5
sp, ch 2, sc in 3 tr-cl, ch 2, 5 dc in next
ch-5 sp, sk next sc, sc in next sc; rep from
across, turn.
Row 5: Ch 3, tr in 1st sc, ch 4, 2 tr-cl in
tr just made, sc in ch-2 sp, ch 5, sc in
next ch-2 sp, ch 4, 2 tr-cl in sc just made,
3 tr-cl in next sc, ch 4, 2 tr-cl in 3 tr-cl just
made; rep from across to last 2 ch-2 sps,
sc in next ch-2 sp, ch 5, sc in next ch-2 sp,
ch 4, 2 tr-cl in sc just made, 2 tr-cl in last
sc, turn.
Row 6: Ch 3, tr in 2 tr-cl, ch 5, sc in next
sc, ch 2, sc in ch-5 sp, ch 2, sc in next sc,
ch 5, 3 tr-cl in next 3 tr-cl, ch 5; rep from
across to last ch-5 sp, sc in next sc, ch 2, sc
in next ch-5 sp, ch 2, sc in next sc, ch 5,
2 tr-cl in last tr, turn.
Row 7: Ch 1, sc in 2 tr-cl, ch 2, 5 dc in ch-5 sp, sk next
sc, sc in next sc, 5 dc in next ch-5 sp, ch 2, sc in 3 tr-cl;
rep from across to last tr, sc in last tr, turn.
Rep rows 2–7 to desired length.
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Cluster Stitches vs. Decreases
Have you ever gotten confused between clusters and decreases? It’s easy to do since their definitions are
nearly identical. There is one quick trick you can use to figure out whether you will be going through one or
multiple stitches to make either a cluster or a decrease: look at the shape. If the stitch looks like an oval or a
circle, then it is a cluster. If it looks like a triangle or an inverted V, then it is a decrease. Decreases go in
multiple stitches and end as one, thus forming those triangles. And clusters start and end as one stitch, so all
those extra yarn overs naturally pop out to become a circle. Check out the stitch patterns here and you will
see this immediately.