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The Lady’s Album of Fancy Work (1850)1 picture
Old words in this patternThis pattern uses the old British crochet terms. Their double crochet is today’s single crochet, their treble is today’s double crochet, and their single crochet is today’s slip stitch.
What you needScarlet and green shaded eight-thread Berlin wool; Penelope crochet needle No. 1.
- With scarlet make a chain of 9 stitches, join and work a round in double crochet, increasing in every stitch.—
- 3d round. 1 long, 3 chain, miss 2 all round.—
- 4th round. 1 long in the centre stitch of chain, 4 chain; repeat all round.—
- 5th round. Double crochet.—
- 6th round. 3 long, the centre one above the 1 long in 3d round, 4 chain; repeat all round.—
- 7th round. 4 long worked in the 4 chain stitches, 4 chain; repeat all round.—
- 8th round. Double crochet.—
- 9th round. 4 long worked over the chain stitches, 6 chain; repeat.—
- 10th round. 1 stitch of solid long stitch in every loop.—
- 11th round (with the green wool). 1 long, 5 chain, miss 2; repeat.—
- 12th round. 1 long, 5 chain, miss 1; repeat.—
- 13th round. Chain of 7 stitches, worked in every third stitch with a plain stitch.—
- 14th and three following rounds. Chain of 9 stitches, worked in the centre stitch of chain of previous round.—
- 18th round. 3 chain, 1 plain, taking the centre chain-stitch of every 5th chain of 9; repeat all round, and this completes the mat.
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