7. Precious / Best #10

Pattern specifies: Bedspread weight cotton thread (size 10): 305 yards. Steel crochet hook, size 6 (1.80 mm) or size needed for gauge. Gauge: Doily pattern through round 2 = 1" / 2.5 cm. Stitches: Split Front Post Treble Crochet, Front Post Single Crochet, Front Post Double Crochet, Split Double Treble Crochet, 2-DC Cluster, 3-DC Cluster, Picot. The doily is worked in 29 rounds; the fourteen points on the doily are added in 7 rows each. Then 4 rounds of edging are worked. The pattern begins on page 24. The instructions are verbal; there is no stitch diagram/symbol chart for the pattern. This has been reported to be doily #10 in *The Best of Patricia Kristoffersen.*