Robina

I think Robina is one of the prettiest Niebling designs. It's a complicated tablecloth 80 cm in diameter, with many pieces to join together. You could just as well make a doily with one central medallion and 8 of the smaller medallions that surround the center. Same beautiful design, less work.

Material: approx. 70 g Anchor crochet thread size 100 in white; size 1.25 mm knitting needles and one crochet hook size 1.0 mm. You won't need 70 g of crochet thread if you are making the doily, of course.

Central Motif: Cast on 8 stitches for the central medallion and join into a round. Repeat Chart A eight times per round. Knit the rounds not shown on the chart. After 48 rounds, begin chart C. Repeat Chart C 8 times per round, as well. After round 56 of Chart C, put all stitches onto a circular needle or scrap yarn. Note: round 56 is correct.

Border medallions: Cast on 5 sts for each medallion and join into a round. Repeat Chart B 5 times per round. After round 20, begin chart C. Repeat Chart C 5 times per round, as well. After round 56, place all stitches on scrap thread or a circular needle.

Connect all 8 motifs into a wreath, grafting the small motifs together along the orange lines shown in the schematic. Insert the central medallion and graft it into place. Knit round 57 and 58 around the outside of the doily according to chart C 16 repeats per round. After the 58th round, crochet off all stitches according to the chart C round 59 and insert 10 chain stitches in between.

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