Crochet doily - free pattern

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Materials:

Sport weight/category 2 yarn approximately 100 meters

3 mm crochet hook

Yarn needle

Size:

Approximately 12 inches in diameter

Abbreviations/Stitches Used:

** - Repeat instructions between asterisks as many times as directed

[ ] - Repeat instructions within parenthesis as a set as many times as directed

ch - chain

st/sts - stitch/stitches

sl st - slip stitch

sc - single crochet

dc - double crochet

dc2tog/dc3tog - double crochet worked together in 2/3 consecutive stitches 

2-dc cluster - double crochet 2 sts worked together in the same st/space

Instruction:
Ch 7, join with a sl st to the 1^st ch to form a ring.
Round 1: Ch 1, 8 sc into ring. Join with a sl st to 1^st sc.
Round 2: Ch 2, dc in same st (counts as 2-dc cluster), ch 2, **2-dc cluster in next st, ch 2** Repeat from ** to ** 6 more times. Join with a sl st to 1^st cluster.
Round 3: ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), 2 dc in same st, ch 2, **3 dc in next cluster, ch 2** Repeat ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.
Round 4: ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), 2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc, **ch 5, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc** Repeat from ** to ** around, instead of last ch 5, work 2 ch and dc in the 1^st st.

Round 5: ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), 5 dc in same space, ch 5, **5 dc in next ch-5 space, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.

Round 6: ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), dc in same st, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next 2 dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc, **sc in next ch-5 space, 2 dc in next dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next 2 dc, dc in next dc, 2 dc in next dc** Repeat from ** to ** around, sc in last ch-5 space. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.
Round 7: ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), dc in same st, dc in next 8 sts, 2 dc in next st, ch 1, **2 dc in next dc, dc in next 8 dc, 2 dc in next dc, ch 1** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.

Round 8: ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), dc in next 4 sts, dc2tog, dc in next 5 sts, ch 5, **dc in 5 sts, dc2tog, dc in next 5 sts, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.
Round 9: ch 2, dc in next st (together counts as dc2tog), dc in next 7 sts, dc2tog, ch 5, sc in ch-5 space, ch 5, **dc2tog, dc in next 7 sts, dc2tog, ch 5, sc in ch-5 space, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.

Round 10: ch 2, dc in next st (together counts as dc2tog), dc in next 5 sts, dc2tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 2 times, ch 5, **dc2tog, dc in next 5 sts, dc2tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 2 times, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.
Round 11: ch 2, dc in next st (together counts as dc2tog), dc in next 3 sts, dc2tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 3 times, ch 5, **dc2tog, dc in next 3 sts, dc2tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 3 times, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.
Round 12: ch 2, dc in next st (together counts as dc2tog), dc in next st, dc2tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 4 times, ch 5, **dc2tog, dc in next st, dc2tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 4 times, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.
Round 13: ch 2, dc2tog, (together counts as dc3tog), [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 5 times, ch 5, **dc3tog, [ch 5, sc in ch-5 space] 4 times, ch 5** Repeat from ** to ** around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st.

Round 14: Sl st in next 2 ch, ch 3 (counts as 1^st st), dc in same space, [ch 3, sl st in dc – forms a picot] dc in same space, **ch 1, [2 dc, picot, dc] in next ch-5 space** Repeat from ** to ** in each ch-5 space up to dc3tog, ch 3. Repeat {[2 dc, picot dc] in each ch-5 space up to dc3tog, ch 3} around. Join with a sl st to the 1^st st and fasten off.

 
Finishing
Weave in all the loose ends.
Wet block the doily.