The center of this Venetian style lace motif is made of 5 rows of mesh, which is the same as a filet crochet 3-dc mesh. The rest of the motif is then worked around the mesh square, using single crochet, simple chains and picots. Click Next under the photo above to see the next help photo and directions.
Venetian Square - Chain 14.
Row 1: Dc in 6th ch from hook. (ch 1, skip 1 ch, dc in next ch) 4 times.
Rows 2 - 5: Turn. Ch 4 (counts as first dc and a chain-1), dc in next dc, (ch 1, dc in next dc) 3 times, ch 1, skip next ch, dc in next ch.
At end of row 5, you should have a square of 5 spaces each way, as shown in the photo above.
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