17th--19th rounds like the 7th--9th.

20th round: Alternately 1 treble with the light wool, 1 treble with the dark; but every treble st.i.tch must be cast off with the wool of the colour of the next st.i.tch; that is, a light treble st.i.tch with the dark wool, and a dark treble st.i.tch with the light wool. Now and then crochet 2 treble st.i.tches in one st.i.tch of the preceding round, so that the couvrette remains perfectly flat.

21st round: 1 double in every st.i.tch.

The 22nd--31st rounds consist of a double repet.i.tion of the 7th--11th rounds.

The 32nd and 33rd rounds are made in open work like the 7th and 8th rounds.

The 34th round is worked in treble st.i.tches like the 20th round. Then work the outer border. It consists of chain st.i.tch scallops which are worked alternately with dark and light wool. Ill.u.s.tration No. 256 shows a part of the border with the treble round in full size. Work from it with the light wool 1 double on 1 light treble st.i.tch of the preceding round, 5 chain, 1 double, on the next light treble, throw the wool off the needle and let it hang over the right side of the work; crochet with the dark wool 1 double on the treble st.i.tch between the 2 double of this round, leave the wool on the right side of the work; 5 chain, 1 double, on the next dark treble. Take the needle again out of the loop, draw the wool on to the right side, and work the next chain st.i.tch scallop again with the light wool.

Instead of this border, pattern No. 255 may be worked. It consists of 3 rounds to be worked after the 34th round of the couvrette.

1st round of the border: With dark wool, * 1 double in 1 st.i.tch, of the 34th round; 1 double, 3 treble, 1 double, in the next st.i.tch; repeat from *.

2nd round: With the light wool, * 1 treble, inserting the needle in the next treble st.i.tch of the 34th round, thus working over the double st.i.tch between the spots of the preceding round; 1 chain.

3rd round * 3 double in each chain st.i.tch of the preceding round. To work the 2nd of these 3 double, insert the needle at the same time in the upper part of the middle treble of the 1st round.

4th round: Dark wool, * 1 double in each double of the preceding round, miss 1, and work 3 treble in the next st.i.tch but one; the last of these 3 treble is cast off with light wool, miss 1, and continue to work with the light wool 1 double in the next st.i.tch but one, miss 1, 3 treble in the next st.i.tch, cast off the last with the dark wool, miss 1; repeat from *.

_258 to 260.--Crochet Insertions._

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s crochet cotton No. 30, 40, or 60.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 258.--Crochet Insertion.]

These insertions are worked with crochet cotton of sizes which depend upon the use you wish to make of them. The insertion seen in ill.u.s.tration 258 is worked the long way in 8 rows. Make a sufficiently long foundation chain, and work the 1st row as follows:--1 slip st.i.tch in the 1st st.i.tch of the foundation, * 5 chain, miss 3, 1 double in the next st.i.tch but 3, repeat from *.

2nd row: 1 slip st.i.tch in the middle of the 1st 5 chain, * 3 chain, 1 slip st.i.tch in the middle st.i.tch of the next 5 chain, repeat from *.

3rd row: 1 treble in the 1st st.i.tch, * 1 leaf worked as follows: 6 chain, then without noticing the loop left on the needle 1 long treble in the 2nd and 1 in the 1st of the 6 chain; these st.i.tches are not cast off separately, but together with the loop left on the needle. Then 5 chain, miss 7, 1 treble in the 8th st.i.tch, repeat from *.

4th row: 1 double in the 1st of the 5 chain, * 8 chain, 1 double in the 1st of the next 5 chain, repeat from *.

5th row: * 1 leaf as in the 3rd row, 1 double in the double st.i.tch of the preceding row, 5 chain, repeat from *.

6th row: 1 treble in the point of the 1st leaf, * 7 chain, 1 treble in the point of the next leaf, repeat from *.

7th and 8th rows: Like the 1st and 2nd.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 259.--Crochet Insertion.]

The insertion seen in ill.u.s.tration 259 is worked in 6 rows, and is begun in the centre on a foundation chain sufficiently long not to be worked too tight.

1st row: 4 double in the 1st 4 st.i.tches, * 4 double divided in the same way on the other side of the foundation chain, inserting the needle in the 1st row into the 2 chain. Ill.u.s.tration 260 shows an insertion which imitates darned netting; it is worked on a grounding imitating netting with raised figures. The grounding consists of 9 rows. Work on a sufficiently long foundation chain the 1st row as follows: 1 cross treble in the 1st and 3rd st.i.tch, * 2 chain, missing 2 st.i.tches under them, 1 cross treble in the 6th and 8th st.i.tch, repeat from *.

2nd row: 1 double in the 1st st.i.tch, * 9 chain, miss 4 under them, 1 double in the 5th st.i.tch, repeat from *.

3rd to 8th rows: 1 double in the middle st.i.tch of every chain st.i.tch scallop, 4 chain between. 9th row: Like the 1st. Work from ill.u.s.tration square patterns on this grounding, consisting each of 4 leaves; for these leaves carry on the cotton taken double in double windings from 1 double st.i.tch to another, so as to have 4 threads lying close to each other; darn these as can be seen in ill.u.s.tration, with single cotton.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 260.--Crochet Insertion.]

261.--_Crochet Lace_.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s crochet cotton No. 30.

[Ill.u.s.tration: 261.--Crochet Lace.]

A particular kind of purl makes this border look very like guipure lace.

Begin with a foundation chain worked in the following manner:--* 3 chain, the last of them forms 1 purl; this is made by drawing out a long loop on the needle, taking the needle out of the loop, inserting it in the chain st.i.tch before the last one, drawing the cotton through it, and continuing to work so that the loop out of which the needle has been drawn forms 1 purl. All the purl must be equally long; to do this more easily the loop may be kept on the needle till a chain st.i.tch has been worked in that which comes just before the purl, continue the foundation chain, and repeat from *.

1st row: 1 long double in the 1st st.i.tch of the foundation, * 1 chain, 1 slip st.i.tch in the nearest purl of the foundation chain; repeat from *.

2nd row: 1 double in the 1st st.i.tch, * 1 purl, 1 chain, missing 1 st.i.tch under it; 1 slip st.i.tch in the slip st.i.tch of the preceding row; repeat from *.

3rd row: Like the 1st.

4th row: 1 double in the 1st st.i.tch, * 1 purl, 5 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain, missing 5 st.i.tches under them; 1 double in the 6th st.i.tch; repeat from *.

5th row: 1 long double in the 1st st.i.tch, 3 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain, * 1 double in the middle of the next 5 chain of the preceding row, 1 purl, 5 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain; repeat from *.

6th to 9th rows: Alternately like the 4th and 5th rows.

10th row: 1 double in the 1st st.i.tch, * 6 chain, 1 double long treble (throw the cotton 3 times round the needle) in the 1st of these chain st.i.tches; the st.i.tch is only completed so far as still to leave 2 loops on the needle; 1 double long treble in the same chain st.i.tch. This st.i.tch is cast off so as to leave in all 3 loops, and the cotton over the needle; these loops are cast off together by drawing the cotton once through them. This forms 1 leaf, or one-half of the bell-shaped patterns. 3 purl, 1 chain, 1 leaf like the preceding one, 1 slip st.i.tch in the 1st of the first 6 chain st.i.tches; the other half of the pattern is then completed; 1 purl, 5 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain, 1 double in the middle st.i.tch of the next scallop of the preceding row, 1 purl, 5 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain, 1 double in the middle st.i.tch of the following scallop 11th row: 1 slip st.i.tch in the next purl of the preceding row, 1 purl, 2 chain, 1 slip st.i.tch in the next purl of the preceding row, 1 purl, 2 chain, 1 slip st.i.tch in the following purl, 1 purl (the 3 purl which are worked on the 3 purl of the bell-shaped pattern are made in this row and in the following one as follows:--Crochet 1 chain after the slip st.i.tch, leave it for 1 purl, and work the next chain st.i.tch in the slip st.i.tch), 1 purl, 5 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain, 1 double in the middle st.i.tch of the following scallop, 1 purl, 3 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain. 12th row: 3 purl on the next 3 purl of the preceding row, 3 chain between, 1 purl, 3 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain, 1 double in the middle st.i.tch of the next 5 chain st.i.tches, 1 bell-shaped pattern like those of the 10th row, 1 purl, 3 chain, 1 purl, 1 chain.

CROCHET D'OYLEYS IN IMITATION OF POINT LACE.

262--_D'Oyley No_. 1.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Boar's Head cotton No. 20.

Pattern No. 1.--Make a chain of 8 st.i.tches, unite it.

Round 1: * 1 double crochet, 9 chain, repeat from * 7 times more, 1 double crochet, unite it to the 1st st.i.tch.

Round 2: 3 single crochet up the 3 1st of the chain in last row, *, 5 long into the loop of 9 chain, 1 chain, repeat from *.