Virginia Reel Tablecloth

VIRGINIA REEL 1958
I use size 10 thread,but you can use size 30 and Steel Crochet Hook No. 10.
Tablecloth 60 x 80 inches.Each motif measures 2 inches square.
FIRST MOTIF . . . Starting at center, ch 10. Join with sl st to form a ring.
1st rnd: Ch 1, 24 sc in ring. Join with sl st.
2nd rnd: Sc in same place as sl st, (ch 9, skip 5 sc, sc in next sc) 3 times; ch 9,
sl st in first sc.
3rd rnd: In each ch-9 loop around make s c, half dc, 12 dc, half dc and sc.Join.
4th rnd: Sl st in next half dc, sc in same place, * (ch 5, skip 2 dc, sc in next dc)
4 times; ch 5, sc in first half dc of next loop. Repeat from * around, ending with ch
2, dc in first sc.
5th rnd: * Ch 5, sc in next loop. Repeat from * around, ending with ch 2, dc in dc.
6th rnd: * Ch 9, sc in next loop, (ch 5, sc in next loop) 4 times. Repeat from *
around, ending with ch 2, dc in dc.
7th rnd: Sc in loop just formed, * in next ch-9 loop make sc, half dc, 6 dc, ch 5, sl
st in last dc made (picot), in same loop make 6 dc, half dc and sc; sc in next loop,
(ch 5, sc in next loop) 3 times. Repeat from * around. Join and break off.

SECOND MOTIF ... 1st to 6th rnds incl work as for First Motif.
7th rnd: Sc in loop just formed, in next ch-9 loop make sc, half dc and 6 dc; then ch
2, sl st in corner picot of First Motif, ch 2, sl st in last dc made on Second Motif;
in same loop on Second Motif make 6 dc, half dc and sc; sc in next loop, (ch 2, sc in
next loop of First Motif, ch 2, sc in next loop of Second Motif) 3 times; in next
ch-9 loop make sc, half dc and 6 dc, join picot as before and complete as for First
Motif (no more joinings).
Make 30 rows of 40 motifs, joining adjacent sides as Second Motif was joined to First
Motif. Block to measurements.