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Greek Key Border

A running Greek key meander between solid top and bottom rails, with two repeats shown across the 26-mesh unit. Repeat it lengthwise for a towel band or curtain edge, or use it as a frame border around a larger panel. The rails and the key are all filled mesh, so it takes noticeably more thread than an open-ground strip of the same size.

Filet crochet chart: Greek key meander border running between solid top and bottom rails.

VINTAGE · 1914 EDGINGS & BORDERS

Chart size26 × 16 meshes
Worked rows16
Stitches usedch, dc — that's all
DifficultyBeginner
Written rowsevery row + foundation
SourcePriscilla Filet Book No. 2, 1914

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Restored, not scanned. Rectangular chart with full written instructions, foundation chain included. Finished size depends on your thread and tension — swatch first.

Left-handed? These rows are written for right-handed working (odd rows read right to left). Reverse the reading direction of every row, or use the chart maker, which writes the pattern left-handed for you.

Written instructions

How to count. The turning chain at the start of a row stands in for the first stitch of that row's first mesh, and that mesh is already included in the counts below — work only what the counts say, not one mesh more.
Foundation: ch 82 (79 + 3 for turning).
Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook to begin — that dc counts as the first mesh of the row. Work across: 26 filled meshes (26 meshes in total, the first one included). Turn.
Row 2: ch 5, 26 open meshes. Turn.
Row 3: ch 5, 26 open meshes. Turn.
Row 4: ch 3, 4 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 7 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 5: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 7 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 4 filled meshes. Turn.
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Row 1: dc in 4th ch from hook to begin — that dc counts as the first mesh of the row. Work across: 26 filled meshes (26 meshes in total, the first one included). Turn.
Row 2: ch 5, 26 open meshes. Turn.
Row 3: ch 5, 26 open meshes. Turn.
Row 4: ch 3, 4 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 7 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 5: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 7 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 4 filled meshes. Turn.
Row 6: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes. Turn.
Row 7: ch 5, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 8: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 9: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 10: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 11: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 12: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 13: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 10 filled meshes, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 14: ch 5, 26 open meshes. Turn.
Row 15: ch 5, 26 open meshes. Turn.
Row 16: ch 3, 26 filled meshes. Fasten off.

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