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ROYAL SOCIETY "EVERSHEEN", 400-yard ball:
Single size — 68 x 110 inches — 30 balls.
Double size — 85 x 110 inches — 37 balls.
Knitting Pins, 1 pair No. 0 (2 mm. size).

GAUGE: Block measures 8½ inches square.

QUARTER SECTION of BLOCK … Starting at tip, cast on 3 sts, k across. 1st row: (K 1, O) twice; k 1. 2nd row: K 2, p 1, k 2. 3rd row: K 2, O, k 1, O, k 2. 4th and all even rows: K 2, p across to last 2 sts, k 2. 5th row: K 2, O, k 3, O, k 2. 7th row: K 2, O, k 5, O, k 2. Continue in this manner, making an O every k row 2 sts from each edge and having 2 sts more between O's than on previous k row until there are 27 sts between O's (33 sts on 30th row). 31st row: K 2, O, k 14, (k 1, p 1) in next st, k 14, O, k 2. 32nd row: O, k 36. 33rd row: O, p 37. 34th row: O, k 38. 35th row: O, p 39. 36th row: O, k 40. 37th row: O, k 41. 38th row: O, p 42. 39th row: O, k 1, (O, k 1, O, k 2, k 3 tog, k 2) 5 times; (O, k 1) twice. 40th row: P 46. 41st row: K 2, (O, k 3, O, k 1, k 3 tog, k 1) 5 times; O, k 3, O, k 1. 42nd row: P 48. 43rd row: K 2, (O, k 5, O, k 3 tog) 5 times: O, k 5, O, k 1. 44th row: P 50. 45th row: K 2, (O, k 2, k 3 tog, k 2, O, k 1) 6 times. 46th row: O, p 50. 47th row: O, k 3, (O, k 1, k 3 tog, k 1, O, k 3) 6 times. 48th row: O, p 52. 49th row: O, k 5, (O, k 3 tog, O, k 5) 6 times. 50th row: O, p 54. 51st row: (O, k 2, k 3 tog, k 2, O, k 1) 6 times; O, k 2, k 2 tog, k 2, O, k 1. 52nd row: O, p 56. 53rd row: O, k 1, (O, k 1, k 3 tog, k 1, O, k 3) 7 times. 54th row: O, p 58. 55th row: O, k 3, (O, k 3 tog, O, k 5) 7 times. 6th row: O, p 60. 57th row: O, k 61. 58th row: O, k 62. 59th row: O, p 63. Bind off.
   Make 3 more similar sections and sew them together to form a block.
   Single Size—Make 104 blocks and join 8 x 13 blocks. Double Size—Make 130 blocks and join 10 x 13 blocks.

FRINGE … Cut 4 strands each 6 inches long. Double the ends to form a loop. With a crochet hook, draw loop through any st on lower edge of spread, draw ends through loop and pull up tightly. Make a similar fringe in each st across lower edge and both long sides.