Crochet
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 needRaworth’s crochet-thread No. 40; Penelope crochet No. 3.
- Make a chain of 40 stitches, join and work two rounds in single open crochet.—
- 3d round. 4 chain, 1 long; repeat.—
- 4th round. 3 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 5th round. 5 long worked in the last chain-stitch, and over the 3 long stitches and in the first chain-stitch, 5 chain, 1 long 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 6th round. 7 long worked as in 5th round, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 7th round. 9 long worked as before, 5 chain, 1 long, 4 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 8th round. 11 long worked as before, 5 chain, 1 long, 3 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 9th round. 13 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 10th round. 15 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 11th round. 17 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 12th round. 15 long, 4 chain, 1 long, 3 chain, 1 long, 4 chain; repeat.—
- 13th round. 13 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 4 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 14th round. 11 long, 7 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 7 chain; repeat.—
- 15th round. 9 long, 5 chain, 1 long worked in the centre stitch of the 7 chain, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 16th round. 7 long, 7 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 7 chain; repeat.—
- 17th round. 5 long, 3 chain, 1 long worked in the centre stitch of 7 chain, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 18th round. 3 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain, 1 long, 5 chain.—
- 19th round. 1 long, 7 chain; repeat all round.—
- 20th round. 1 long, 2 chain, miss 2; repeat all round.—
- 21st round. 3 plain, 9 chain, miss 5; repeat all round.—
- 22d round. 2 chain, 1 long, miss 1; repeat all round.
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