Snowflake Doily Motif

What we checked

• Round 1: 12 dc and 12 spaces.
• Round 2: 36 sc and 6 picots, the 36 sc the pattern prints.
• Round 3: 6 dc and 6 loops, the 6 loops the pattern prints.
• Round 4: 66 sc, as printed.
• Round 5: 6 tr and 12 sc with 18 loops.
• Round 6: 120 sc and 12 picots, the 120 sc the pattern prints.
• Round 7: 18 tr and 18 loops.
• Round 8: 156 sc and 12 picots, with six matching sides.
• Every round closes evenly.

How we read the old wording

• The start differs from the original. The magazine works round 1 into one chain ("ch 5. In 5th ch from hook make (dc, ch 1) 11 times"). Krowshea starts it in a magic ring with ch 3 for the first dc. The 12 dc and 12 spaces are the same.
• The ch 1 at the start of rounds 2, 4, 6 and 8 is the magazine's own ("Ch 1, sc in same place as sl st"). No chains are added.
• The long opening chains are split into a starting stitch and its chain: round 3's ch 9 is written as ch 3 (the first dc) and ch 6, round 5's ch 8 as ch 4 (the first tr) and ch 4, and round 7's ch 11 as ch 4 and ch 7. The magazine's joins ("to third ch of ch 9", "to 4th ch") fall in the same place.
• Round 2: "ending with 2 sc in last sp" stops the sixth repeat after its picot and 2 sc, because the sc on the first dc was made at the start of the round.
• Rounds 3, 5 and 7 skip stitches across a picot. The picot is passed with them; it is not one of the "5 sc" or "9 sc".
• Round 8: the two tr of each (tr, ch 3, tr) are passed without a stitch. The pattern says only "in next lp" three times and "sc in next tr" once, and the stitch counts leave no stitch for them.
• Round 8's "in next lp make 2 sc, p and 3 sc" puts the picot off center (2 and 3). It is kept as printed.
• The magazine goes on to join a second motif by its picots in round 8, then 37 motifs in all. This page covers the single motif.
• The magazine's joining diagram draws 22 hexagons, but the text says 37 motifs. The text fits the stated size: 37 motifs make a large hexagon seven motifs across, and seven motifs of about 2 1/2 inches come to about 18 inches.

No errors in the motif's directions. Its four printed counts (36 sc, 6 loops, 66 sc, 120 sc) all check out. The one slip is in the joining diagram, which shows 22 motifs where the text says 37.