Tränende Herzen
This is a large project, a doily or placemat called "Bleeding Hearts" in English. It was published in Elsa 3044. According to the original instructions it results in an oval about 45 cm by 65 cm or about 17 by 26 inches. It calls for 15 g of size 50 crochet thread. You can see a photo here in the Ravelry databse.
I have to confess I don't really understand the directions. I use Google to translate from German, and usually I can figure out what the instructions mean. However for this one I am confused. I'll share the instructions with you, in English as far as I can and I'll quote a bit of the German instructions in case any of you read German and can work it out.
Begin by casting on 8 stitches, and then follow Chart A, repeating the pattern 4 times per round. The next section I don't understand, although it seems to involve knitting back and forth the stitches between the solid lines in rounds 15 to 28: "Von 15 runde an stricke den mustersatz einmal von * re nach lie und einmal rückläufig von der 2 starken linie beginnend von li nach re bis zur 1 starken linie und wiederhole noch einmal von *."
The next instruction is: "Arbeite von 29 runde an den gegebenen mustersatz 2 mal. Wiederhole ab 51 runde den mustersatz 8 mal in der runde. Kette in 90 runde die mit starker linie umrandeten 15 maschen jedes mustersatzes ab und stricke in folgender runde aus den hinteren m-gliedern der abgekettenen masche wieder 12 maschen verschränkt heraus. Stricke die 96-102 rund rechts, nimm dabei in 96 runde an 2 stellen verteilt je 1 masche zussamenstrickt. Arbeite die randsptize über 450 maschen, wiederhole dabei den mustersatz 90 mal in der runde." Your guess is as good as mine.
After the charts are all finished, bind off with a crochet hook. Decrease 3 stitches to one, and then chain 12 between the decreases.
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