A free pttern, broad lace to decorate different items

                         

Half-finished broad lace

  A Broad lace, suitable for surface attachment. You can try this free broad lace crochet pattern using any type of yarn. But if you are going to attach it to blouses or tops use thin cotton or silk yarn. If it is for a table cloth, tea-poy cover or a bedspread use somewhat thick yarn. 

Broad laces are more suitable for surface attachment you have to use your creativity in choosing the way of attaching the lace on the selected item. If it is for a top you can attach it from the middle of the shoulder to the hem lengthwise or otherwise crosswise over the hem. 

You can attach this to the middle part of a sleeve. You can do it after removing the middle part of the sleeve length wise or crosswise. Then as for removed part you can attach the lace. Then the sleeve will be look very beautiful with its lacy nature.  So, you can attach this lengthwise or crosswise not only on your sleeves but on tops, skirts, or tablecloths.

When you want to decorate a hem with this type of broad lace you can attach it over the hem instead of attaching it along the edge of the hem. 

Further, you have to select the colour of the crocheting yarn to goes with the colour of the item you think to decorate.You can use a light colour for the table cloth and dark clour for the lace. For example, beige and brown, light blue and dark blue, light green and dark green etc. 

If the item is a table cloth you can attach the lace to get an attractive design. 

Material: cotton or silk yarn. Do not use wool yarn. hooks select according to the thickness of the yarn. For fine threads use 1 mm hook size. When the thickness of yarn gradually increases, you can increase the hook size also as 1.5 mm , 2 mm , 2.5 mm etc.

Crochet abbreviations: 

ch- chain

sc- single crochet

dc- double crochet

Shell- *3dc, 1ch, 3dc* (a shell).

V stitch- *1dc, 1ch, 1dc* (a V stitch)

Instructions for the Pattern

Make 16 chains, then to the 4^th chain from the hook make *3dc, 1ch, 3dc* (a shell).

Then make 3 chains, skip 5 chains and to the 6^th ch make a shell as given above. 3 ch, skip 5 ch and to the last chain make a shell. Make 3 ch, Turn.

Row 2: Make a shell in the shell below.ch 3, and make 8 dcs in the shell below. ch 3, shell in the shell below. Ch3, turn.

Beginning of row 3

Row 3: Shell in the shell below. ch 1, make 1 dc in between 2 dcs below. *ch 1, 1 dc* Repeat. (There should be 7 dcs and 6 ch1 spaces), Shell in the shell below. Make 3ch, Turn.

Beginning of row 4

 Row 4: Make a Shell in the shell below. Make 2 dcs in each of the ch 1 spaces below. (Altogether 12 dcs or 6 pairs of dcs) Shell in the shell below. Ch3, turn.

Beginning of row 5

Row 5: Make a shell in the shell below. Make 5 ch and skip 3 pairs of d cs and at the middle make 1 dc, 1 ch, 1 dc.(V stitch) 5 ch, shell in the shell below. Ch 3, turn.

Beginning of row 6

  Row 6: Repeat row 2

Beginning of row 7

                                  

Row 7 Repeat row 3

Row 8: repeat row 4

Row 9: repeat row 5

Row 10: Repeat row 2

Row 11: Repeat row 3

Row 12: repeat row 4

Row 13: repeat row 5

You can decide the length of the lace as your wish.