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 needHalf-an-ounce of pink four-thread Berlin wool, half-an-ounce of white ditto, four yards of cord, and a pair of pearl watch-hooks
- With pink work in double crochet over the cord a circle of three inches and a half diameter; there should be 140 stitches round the edge, on which work the border, thus:—
- 1st row white. Work 1 stitch in open crochet, 1 chain, miss 1 of the foundation; repeat.—
- 2d row white. Work two treble long stitches into every space, 1 chain stitch between each.—
- 3d row pink. Work 1 open crochet into every space, 1 chain; repeat.—
- 4th row pink. 1 plain crochet, 2 chain, miss 20, 1 plain; repeat. Tack the loops in the centre, and sew on a pearl watch-hook.
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No.5. ELIZABETHAN WATCH-HOOK. (top photo)
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