358 ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON FANCY NEEDLEWORK. ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON FANCY NEEDLEWORK. Instructions in Crochet. PERHAPS no kind of work has ever attained such popularity as Crochet. Whether as a simple trimming, as an elaborate quilt, or as a fabric, almost rivalling Point Lace, it is popular with every woman who has any time at all for fancy work, since it is only needful to understand the stitches, and the terms and contractions used in writing the descriptions of the different designs, to be enabled to work with ease the most beautiful pattern that ever appeared in crochet. The crochet hook should be very smooth, made of fine steel, and fixed in handles. The "Tapered Indented" Hook, which has the size engraved on the handle, will be found convenient, from its quality, and saving trouble of referring to a gauge. The marks used in our crochet receipts are simple, consisting chiefly of printers' marks, such as crosses, daggers, asterisks, &c. They are used to mark repetitions. It will be seen that wherever a mark is used, another similar one is sure to be found; the repetition occurring between the two. Sometimes one repetition occurs within the other. For instance: +2 Dc, 4 Ch, miss 4, * 1 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, * three times, 5 Dc, + twice, it would at full length be-2 Dc, 4 Ch, miss 4, 5 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, 5 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, 5 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, 5 Dc, 2 Dc, 4 Ch, miss 4, 5 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, 5 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, 5 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, 5 Dc. There is another mode of abbreviating; but this can only be used where a row has a centre, both sides of which are alike, the latter being the same as the former, worked backwards. In this case the letters b, a, are employed, to show that in the latter part of the row the instructions must be reversed:-b, 7 Dc, 3 Ch, miss 2, 1 Dc, 2 Ch, miss 1, a, 1 Dc (the centre stitch), would be 7 Dc, 3 Ch, miss 2, 1 Dc, 2 Ch, miss 1, 1 Dc, miss 1, 2 Ch, 1 Dc, miss 2, 3 Ch, 7 Dc. A knowledge of these abbreviations is easily acquired, and much space is saved by them. The stitches used are Chain, Slip, Single, Double, Treble, and Long Treble Crochet. Chain Stitch is made by forming a loop on the thread, then inserting the hook, and drawing the thread through the loop already made. Continue this, forming a succession of stitches. Slip Stitch is made by drawing & thread at once through any given stitch, and the loop on the needle. Single Crochet (Sc).-Having a loop on the needle, insert the hook in a stitch, and draw the thread through in a loop. You then have two on the hook; draw the thread through both at once. Double Crochet (Dc).—Twist the thread round the hook before inserting it in the stitch, through which you draw the thread in a loop. There will then be three loops on the hook; draw the thread through two, and then through the one just formed, and the remaining one. Treble Crochet (Te), and Long Treble (long Tc), are worked in the same way; in treble the thread is put twice; in long treble three times, before inserting it into the stitch. Square Crochet is also sometimes used. The squares are either open or close. An open square consists of one Dc, two Ch, missing two on the line beneath, before making the next stitch. A close square has three successive Dc. Thus, any given number of close squares, followed by an open, will have so many times three Dc, and one over; conse quently any foundation for square cro CROCHET. chet must have a number that can be divided by three, having one over. To contract an Edge. This may be done in Dc, Tc, or long Tc. Twist the thread round the hook as often as required, insert it in the work, and half do a stitch. Instead of finishing it, twist the thread round again, until the same number of loops are on, and work a stitch entirely; so that, for two stitches, there is only one head. To join on a Thread.-Joins should be avoided as much as possible in open work. In joining, finish the stitch by drawing the new thread through, leaving two inches for both ends, which must be held in. To use several Colours.-This is done in single crochet. Hold the threads not in use on the edge of the work, and work them in. Change the colour by beginning the stitch in the old colour, 359 and finishing it with the new, continuing the work with the latter holding in the old. If only one stitch is wanted in the new colour, finish one stitch, and begin the next with it; then change. To join Leaves, &c.-When one part of a leaf or flower is required to be joined to another, drop the loop from the hook, which insert in the place to be joined; draw the loop through and continue. To work over Cord.-Hold the cord in the left hand with the work, and work round it, as you would over an end of thread, working closely. When beads are used they must be first threaded on silk or thread, and then dropped, according to the pattern, on the wrong side of the work. This side looks more even than the other; therefore, when bead purses are worked from an engraving, they are worked the reverse of the usual way, viz., from right to left. GOTHIC EDGING, IN CROCHET. ww Materials.-Walter Evans and Co.'s Boar's Head Cotton, Derby, of any size suitable for the work to be trimmed.-For Petticoat, No. 16-with Crochet-hook, No. 20. For coarser articles, No. 4, or No. 8, with a Hook proportionably large. MAKE a chain of the length required, the number of stitches being divisible by 17: if a straight piece, add five more chains; but if intended for trimming drawers, or similar articles, close into a round, without adding any extra stitches. 1st Row. Sc. 2nd Row. + 1 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, + repeat. 3rd Row.-Sc. 4th Row.-5 Sc, putting the hook through both sides of the Ch, of the previous row, at every stitch + * 11 360 ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON FANCY NEEDLEWORK. Ch, miss 2, 3 Sc (under both sides of the Ch), 3 times, 2 Sc, + repeat for every pattern. 5th Row.-5 Sc, on 5, then on the first loop, 6 Sc, on the first 6 of 11 Ch, + 1 Sc, 2 Dc, 1 Sc, on next, 4 Sc, on next 4, 1 Sc, on centre of 3 Sc. On the next loop, Sc, on 5 chain; 1 Sc, 2 Dc, 1 Sc, on the 6th Ch; 5 Sc, on the next 5; 1 Sc, on centre of 3 Sc. On the next loop, 4 Sc, on 4 Ch; 1 Sc, 1 Dc, on next Ch. Turn the work on the wrong side:8 Ch, 2 Sc, on the point of the 2nd loop; 8 Ch, Sc, on the 2 Dc, at the point of the 1st loop. Turn the work on the right side:-4 Sc, on 4 Ch; 3 Sc, on the next; 1 on each of the last 3. Miss the 2 Sc, at the point of the 2nd loop; and on the other chain of 8, 3 Sc, on the 1st 3, 2 Sc, on the next. Turn the work on the wrong side:-6 Ch, 2 Sc, at the point of the loop. Turn on the right side:-2 Sc, in the 1st; 2 Ch, 2 Sc, in each of the next 2; 2 in the next 2. Sc down the chains of the half loops, taking care not to contract the edge at all. 5 Sc, on 5 Sc; 3 Sc, on chain of the next loop; 3 Ch, draw the loop through the corresponding part of the Sc of last loop. Slip back on the 3 Ch; 3 Sc on 3 more chains of the loop. repeat as often as may be required for the number of patterns. CROCHET BORDER.1 + THIS border is suitable for a great | under these the next chain stitch scalvariety of purposes, according to the size of the cotton employed; in coarse cotton it will make a trimming for couvrettes and berceaunette covers; with fine cotton it can be used for children's clothes, small curtains, &c. Make a sufficiently long foundation chain, and work the 1st row: 2 treble divided by 3 chain in the 1st foundation chain stitch, miss 3; repeat from *. 2nd row: In the 1st scallop of the preceding row, 1 double, 5 treble, 1 double, then 1 chain, 1 purl (4 chain, 1 slip stitch in the 1st of the four), 1 chain, miss lop; repeat from *. 3rd row: 1 treble in the chain stitch on either side of the purl in the preceding row, 5 chain. 4th row: * 2 double divided by 7 chain in the two first treble of the preceding row (insert the needle underneath the upper parts of the stitch), 10 chain, 1 slip stitch in the 5th of these 10 stitches so as to form a loop, 4 chain; repeat from *. 5th row: 1 slip in the middle-stitch of the scallop formed by 7 chain in the preceding row, 4 treble, 3 chain, 5 treble, 3 chain, 4 treble, all these 13 stitches in the loop of the preceding row, so 1 By permission of the Proprietors of the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. 1 ON a sufficiently long foundation chain | ceding row, 2 treble, 1 long treble in work the 1st row: 1 double in each chain next treble but 2, 2 long treble in stitch. 2nd row: Alternately 1 double, each of the 2 following treble. 7 chain, miss under the latter 3 stitches of the preceding row. 3rd row: 1 treble in each double of the preceding row, 1 double in the middle stitch of each scallop, 2 chain between. 4th row: 1 double on each double of the preceding row, 1 treble on each treble, 3 chain between. 5th row: 1 double on each treble of the preceding row, 3 chain between 6th row: 1 double in each stitch of the preceding row. 7th row: * 1 treble in the 1st stitch of the preceding row, 4 chain, miss 1, 3 treble in the following 3 stitches, miss 3 stitches, 3 treble in the following 3 stitches, 4 chain, miss 1 stitch, 1 treble, 3 chain, miss 4; repeat from *. 8th row: Repeat regularly 8 treble in the scallop formed of 4 chain in the preceding row, 1 double in the middle of the following 3 chain. 9th row: * 1 double in the 4th treble of the pre long treble, 2 treble in the next treble, 1 double in the next treble but 2, 3 chain, 1 purl (4 chain, 1 slip), 3 chain stitch; repeat from *. 10th row: * 1 double in the 4th treble of the preceding row, 2 chain, 1 purl, 2 chain, miss 2 under them, 1 double, 2 chain, 1 purl, 2 chain, 1 double in the next chain but 1 of the next scallop, 2 chain, 1 purl, 2 chain, 1 double in the 2 chain stitch after the purl of the preceding row, 2 chain, 1 purl, 2 chain: repeat from *. 11th row: In each scallop of the preceding row 2 double (they must meet on either side of the purl); they are divided alternately by 5 chain, and by a scallop formed of 2 chain, 1 purl, and 2 chain, only in the chain stitch scallops which join the two treble figures work no double, but 2 chain, 1 purl, 2 chain. By permission of the Proprietors of the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. N Materials.-Messrs. W. Evans and Co.'s Boar's Head crochet cotton, No. 10, and turquoise beads, No. 1. As this antimacassar is made in separate pieces, it will suffice to thread a few rows of beads on the cotton at a time. For the same reason, it may be made of any required dimensions, and it may or may not have a border: but if one is desired, it should be of close crochet, with the pattern in beads, and a deep fringe beyond it. A WHEEL.-Make a chain of 8, close it into a round, and work under it 16 Sc stitches. +9 Ch, dropping a bead on every stitch, miss 1 one of the 16, and Sc under the next + 8 times. Slip stitch on 4 of the first 9 Ch. Sc on the next 2 of the 9 * 3 Ch, Sc on the 4th, 5th, and 6th of the next 9 chain all round. End with slip stitch on the 1st and 2nd of the first 3 chain. times, † 1 Sc on 2nd Sc, 4 Dc under chain, with a bead on each, 5 Ch, 4 Dc with a bead on each, under the same Ch* 4 times. Slip stitch up the first 4 Dc. † 5 Ch, Sc under 5 eCh of last round, 6 Ch, Sc under sam 5 Ch, Sc under same; 8 Ch, Sc under the next chain of 5. Last Round.-1 Sc, 4 Dc under the chain of 5, 2 Ch, 4 Dc, 1 Sc under same. 1 Sc, 4 De under chain of 6, 2 Ch, 4 Dc, 1 Sc under same, 1 Sc, 4 De under chain of 5, 2 Ch, 4 Dc, 1 Sc under same. 1 Sc under chain of 8. Do this all round, dropping a bead on every stitch. The two chains which are printed in italics are those places where the squares are to be connected with the tother pieces. It will be seen that the last round forms four shamrocks. The centre leaf of each shamrock (coming at the point of the square) is to be united to the point of another square; while those at the side are to be joined to the rounds. 8 Ch, Sc under the next chain of 3. † 7 times. 8 Ch, Sc on 2nd slip stitch. To complete the wheel do under each chain of 8, 1 Sc, 10 Dc, 1 Sc, dropping a bead on every stitch. A SQUARE.-6 Ch, close it into a round. +Sc under chain, 5 Ch, + 4! A bead is dropped on every Dc stitch. |