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IN CROCHET, ORNAMENTED WITH TATTING.

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Materials—16 skeins of Pink and the same of White single Berlin Wool; 3 skeins of White Floss Silk. Walker’s Tricot Needle No. 5 Bell gauge.

The Tatting—A large Shuttle, and for the pearl loops a short mesh, which measures 1¾ inches in circumference, and another 1¼ round, are required.

The Crown.

Commence with the White wool and the Tricot needle; make a chain of 15 stitches. The whole of the stitches should be worked very loosely.

1st row—Miss the last 4 chain stitches, and work a plain crochet stitch into the next stitch of the foundation chain; then (make 2 chain, miss a stitch of the foundation and work 1 plain crochet stitch, 5 times); turn back.

2nd row—Make 2 chain, miss 2, and work 1 plain stitch in the 2 chain of the last row; repeat to the end, then to Increase work 2 chain and 1 plain again in the last loop; turn back.

Work 7 rows more, the same as the last, when it will be increased to 14 loops. It should measure seven inches across without stretching.

Work 9 rows of the same stitch, but omitting the increased loops at the end of the rows.

19th row—To decrease, miss the last stitch and work 1 plain in the last loop of chain; then 2 chain and 1 plain as before, to the end.

Work 8 rows more as the last. Then work a row of 1 chain and 1 plain in each loop.

Join on the Colored wool, and work a row of plain crochet all round, working two stitches to the side of each of the white rows.

For the second round—Work 4 chain, miss 1 and 1 plain. Repeat and fasten off.

Use the Floss Silk and an Embroidery Needle. Work an ordinary Cross stitch over each of the plain stitches of the Crown, putting the needle into the open spaces.

The Tatting Flowers.

1st Circle—Wind the colored and White Wool together, and fill the Shuttle with it, using the doubled wool as one thread.

Commence a loop, work a double stitch; then using the largest mesh for the pearl loops, work (1 pearl and 1 double alternately 16 times); draw close; leaving a small circle in the centre about the size of the 2nd mesh, and knotting the ends firmly together, cut them off.

2nd Circle—Use the colored wool doubled, and the second sized mesh. Commence a loop, work 1 double, then (1 pearl and 1 double 12 times); draw close and fasten off.

3rd Circle—Use the White Floss, and for the pearl loops the Tricot needle can be used. Commence a loop; work 1 double, (1 pearl and 2 double 8 times); draw close. Fasten off.

Place the second circle over the first, and the silk one in the centre, sewing them together with the silk, then attach them to the crown about an inch from the edge of it.

Make nine Flowers for the Crown and four for the Lappets.

The Lappets.

Work with the White wool and Tricot needle. Make a chain of 11 stitches.

1st row—Raise 11 loops in the ordinary Tricot stitch, and work back, see page 28.

2nd row—Raise a loop, Increase a loop, raise 2 loops; then to decrease, put the needle into the three next stitches, and bring the wool through them all. Raise the 2 next loops as before. Increase again, and raise the 2 last loops. There will be 11 loops on the needle. Work back as before. Work 8 rows more as the last.

11th row—Raise the 1st stitch and increase a loop as before; then decrease the two next stitches, taking them together as one stitch; take the next three loops together; then take the two next loops together as one stitch, then Increase a loop as before, and raise the two last loops. There will now be 9 loops. Work back.

12th row—Raise a loop and increase as before; raise the next loop, then take 3 together, raise a loop, increase, raise 2 loops. Work back. Work 8 rows more as the last.

21st row—Raise a loop and increase as before; then put the needle into the next 5 loops, and bring the wool through them all as one stitch; increase again and raise 2 loops: there will now be 7 loops. Work back.

22nd row—Raise a loop and increase; then take the next 3 loops together; increase and raise 2 loops. Work back. Work 20 rows more as the last, or any length preferred.

The Edge—With the colored wool, work loosely a row of plain crochet all round the lappet, putting the needle into the spaces formed by the increased stitches. 2 chain and an extra plain stitch should be made at the two ends and centre of the first white row.

Make sufficient of the Scallop Trimming, page 11, to go round the Lappet, using the colored wool doubled, and the smaller mesh for the pearl loops. For the crochet row the wool is to be single.

The Joining—work with the Floss Silk, which had better be used double. Commence at the colored row, round the Lappet, and work a plain crochet stitch; then take out the needle and put it into the last stitch of the Scallop Trimming, taking both edges of the plain row, bring the Floss through; then work another plain stitch on the lappet, taking both edges, continue joining and working a plain stitch alternately.

Work a row of Cross stitches with the Floss silk up the centre.

Make the other Lappet the same, sew them to the crown and attach two flowers at each side.