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Vintage Crochet Collar Inset

Before I continue with my second blog - I would like to make a special
tribute to these volunteers that I read about in a crochet article.
You are the best, it would be nice to think that there are a lot
more people living on this earth, that have some spare time or nothing
else to do, would take on this project (preemie baby hats) and help
all the innocent new born babies in this world no matter what part of
the world they are born in.
Here is a little peice taken from the item:

Pender women warm up preemie babies!
More than 2,000 knitted and crocheted preemie baby hats have been made
by the women of Pender Adult Services both at Topsail Senior Center in
Hampstead and Heritage Place in Burgaw, along with other volunteers
from the Pender and New Hanover County areas.
For the past two years, numerous women have worked on knitting and
crocheting brightly colored preemie hats.
The project started out as part of a national endeavor to help save
the millions of babies who die every year in underprivileged countries.
This project is a national endeavor that aimed to send 1 million baby hats
to Third World countries to needy babies in Malawi.- Under the coordination
of Hope Cusick, they continued to make hundreds of hats that were then sent
to other Third World countries.

VINTAGE CROCHET COLLAR INSET EDGING!
Here is a vintage crochet pattern, that I have had for many years and I am
sure that today with all those trendy young at hearts designing their own
fashion clothes these days,would like to add this to their lastest creation.

COLLAR INSET EDGING
1 ball selected colour No 60, Steel crochet hook No 5

Abbreviations: Ch. chain;  dc. double crochet; dbl tr. double treble;
ss, slip stitch.

FIRST MOTIF.
Commence with 10 ch, join with ss to form a ring * 4ch,
2 dbl tr into the ring, 4 ch, 1 ss into the ring; repeat from
* 5 times more (6 petals). Fasten off.

SECOND MOTIF.
Commence as first motif. 4 ch, join with ss into the top of
corresponding 4 ch on first motif, 2 dbl tr into ring on 2nd motif,
join with ss into top of corresponding 4 ch on same petal of first motif,
4 ch and complete motif as before.

Make 4 more motifs joining petals of one motif to corresponding petals
of next motif and forming a triangle.
Make another triangle of 6 motifs.

EDGING.
With right side of collar facing work a row of dc round outer edges having
a multiple of 8 plus 5 along fronts and back of collar, working 3 dc into
same place at corners.
Before working 2nd row of edging sew crochet triangles in position as shown
in the photo below.

2nd row; 5 ch turn, * miss 3 dc, 1 dc into next dc, 5 ch; repeat from * all
round working 1 dc into first dbl tr of each free petal of motifs, 1 ch, turn.

3rd row; 5 dc into first loop, * 3 dc into the next loop, 4 ch, 1 dc into top
of last dc (picot made), 3 dc into same loop, 5 dc into next loop; repeat from
*all round. Fasten off. Damp and press.

Compiled By Elsie Hagley, Urenui, New Zealand