Help identifying stitches

[Jill in IL]

I'm very new at crochet, and am looking to recreate some items that a great aunt made in the 40s/50s as a learning tool. This particular photo is from an eBay item similar to one I used to own, so I can't crochet from the actual item. Does this particular pattern have a name, or can anyone tell me what these stitches are (I think I can follow along from the photo).

 

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[mercy7]

looks like shell design where you do a number of trebles together in one stitch but you would probably call them dc as i am in england i know them as trebles. not seen the pattern before but it is very pretty

[Empress Busy Bee]

Yeah that's what it looks like to me, double crocheted shells.

[Jill in IL]

Just for fun, here is all the evidence that remains of the original, as modeled by my son some 17 years ago. Thanks for your help, ladies!

 

http://home.mchsi.com/~jrspreen_auctions/marynell.JPG

[mythunderbird]

i agree, you have a shell st there, is a cute little pattern, looks like its just double crochet and then the shells. thanks for sharing that with us:hug :hug

[Hounddog]

Your son is very cute with his little "hat" on.

[Jill in IL]

Thank you for all your help, ladies. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this stuff! Heheh, glad you enjoyed the photo of my son - we were replicating a similar picture of my sisters some 30 years earlier! Yeah, we're weird.

[funkyreporter]

yup, looks like shells graduating in size... pretty pattern! good luck:cheer

[reecie]

totally not weird! we have a family photo like that... first it was me in this awful hat my dad has, then my oldest daughter...next will be the youngest...she's gotta get to the right age...the 1st 2 photos were hard to tell apart!

 

 

 

Thank you for all your help, ladies. I think I'm finally getting the hang of this stuff! Heheh, glad you enjoyed the photo of my son - we were replicating a similar picture of my sisters some 30 years earlier! Yeah, we're weird.