Checkerboard Lace Crochet Stitch (Free Pattern)

Reprinted with permission from Melissa Leapman's Indispensable Stitch Collection for Crocheters: 200 Stitch Patterns in Words and Symbols.
 
*Chain a multiple of 4 + 3. *
 
*Foundation Row 1 (WS): Sc in the second ch from hook and in the next ch, *ch 2, skip the next 2 ch, sc in each of the next 2 ch; repeat from the * across, turn. *
 
*Foundation Row 2: Ch 3 (counts as dc here and throughout), skip the first sc, dc in the next sc, *ch 2, skip the next 2 ch, dc in each of the next 2 sc; repeat from the * across, turn. *

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