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 needShaded green Berlin wool, four threads; ivory crochet-hook
- Make a round the size of a shilling, and work thirty-two treble-stitches round it.—
- 2d round. 3 treble, 3 chain; repeat.—
- 3d round. 1 single into the middle treble-stitch of the 3 in last round, 9 treble in the loop of 3 chain; repeat.—
- 4th round. 1 single into the third of the 9 treble, 5 chain, 1 single into the seventh of the 9 treble; repeat.—
- 5th round. 2 treble, 5 chain, 2 treble in the chain of five in the last round, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 6th round. 2 treble over the 2 treble, 2 chain, 2 treble in the loop of 5 chain, 2 chain, 2 treble over the second, 2 treble, 3 chain; repeat.—
- 7th round. 2 treble over the first 2 treble-stitches, 3 chain, 2 treble, 3 chain, 2 treble, 1 chain; repeat.—
- 8th round. 4 treble, commencing on the last 2 treble-stitches in the last round, 5 chain, 2 treble, 5 chain; repeat.—
- 9th round. 2 treble over the 2 middle of the 4 treble, 7 chain, 2 treble, 7 chain; repeat.—
- 10th round. 1 single into the last chain-stitch in the last round, (a) 5 chain, 1 single into the second of the chain of seven, 7 chain, 1 single into the last but one of the 7 chain; repeat from (a).—
- 11th round. 1 single into the centre stitch of the 7 chain, 9 chain; repeat.
- 12th round. Treble.—
- 13th, 14th, and 15th rounds. Single open.—
- 16th, 17th, and 18th rounds. The same, only making 2 treble-stitches together, with 1 chain.—
- 19th round. Plain treble.—
- 20th round. 1 single, 7 chain into every 3 stitch in the last round.—
- 21st round. 1 treble into the centre of the 1 loop of 7 chain, 6 chain, 1 single into second loop of 7 chain, 6 chain; repeat.—
- 22d round. 3 treble, commencing on the chain-stitch before the treble in last round, 6 chain, 1 single over the single in last round, 6 chain; repeat.—
- 23d round. 5 treble, commencing on the chain-stitch before the 3 treble in last round, 6 chain, 1 single over the single in last round, 6 chain; repeat.—
- 24th round. 7 treble, commencing as before, and making a chain-stitch between each treble, 5 chain, 1 single over the single in last round, 5 chain; repeat.
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