Crochet
The Lady’s Album of Fancy Work (1850)
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. 70
- Work a chain the required length; d c. into every stitch of this chain.—
- 2d row. 1 d l s, * 3 c s, miss 3; 1 d l s into fourth; repeat from *.—
- 3d row. 12 c s, s c into d l s; * 12 c s, miss 1 d l s, s c into second d l s; repeat from *.—
- 4th row. Begin on centre of loop of 12; * 16 c s, s c round the same loop, close to first stitch; 12 c s, s c round centre of next loop; repeat from *.
- 5th row. Commence on centre of 12 c s in last row; * 9 c s, s c into top of 16 c s; 9 c s, s c into centre of 12 c s; repeat from *.—
- 6th row. 1 d c, 3 l s, 1 d c round every 9 c s in last row.—
- 7th row. Commence on centre of 3 l s; * 13 c s, s c into same stitch to form a ring; d c round this seventeen times; 12 c s, miss 1, scallop, s c into second scallop; repeat from *.—
- 8th row. Commence on top stitch of 17 d c, round the ring in last row; * 8 c s, s c into same stitch; 8 c s, d c round centre of next loop of 12 c s; 8 c s, s c into centre stitch of ring; repeat from *.—
- 9th row. Begin in small loop at top of ring; 8 c s, 1 l s into same small loop; * 5 c s, s c into fifth of 8 c s in last row; 5 c s, s c into fourth of next loop of 8 c s; 5 c s, 1 l s into top loop; 5 c s, 1 l s into same loop; repeat from *.—
- 10th row. Begin in small loop at top of former small loop; * 11 c s, s c into next small loop; repeat from *.—
- 11th row. Begin on centre of 11 c s; * 7 c s, 1 t l s into same stitch; 6 c s, 1 s c into last part of t l s; 7 c s, s c into first stitch of the row; 12 c s, s c into centre of next 11 c s *; repeat from * to *.—
- 12th row. 9 c s, d into small loop of 6 c s; repeat.—
- 13th row. 7 c s, s c into centre of 9 c s; repeat.—
- 14th row. 7 c s, s c into centre of 7 c s; repeat.—
- 15th row. * 9 c s, 1 l s round 7 c s; 9 c s, 1 l s round same loop of 7; 9 c s, 1 s c into same loop; 10 c s, miss 1 loop of 7 c s, s c round next loop; repeat from *.
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