Short treble crochet (contracted to s.t.c.), is done in a similar manner. The thread being pa.s.sed twice round the needle, there are four loops on the latter, after the one is drawn through the st.i.tch of the preceding row. The thread is now drawn through three loops together, and afterwards through two.

When the bread cloth is worked, do open square crochet all round it, taking the d.c. st.i.tches sufficiently close at the corners to lie smoothly. Knot a fringe 2-1/2 inches deep in every square. It is to be made of the coa.r.s.e cotton.

To increase the size of this d'oyley, for a tray, or other article, use coa.r.s.er cotton and hook.

BREAD CLOTH.

MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, Nos. 14, 16, 18, 20. Walker's Penelope Hook, No. 3.

_a_. With cotton No. 18 make 10 chain, 1 s.c., in 1st chain; then in round loop 3 d.c., ** 9 chain, miss 3, 1 s.c. in 4th; then in round loop. * 1 s.c. 7 chain, * repeat twice more; 1 chain to cross and in 1st 7 chain,** [1] 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., repeat in the other two 7 chains; 1 s.c. in the 1 chain that crosses the stem: [2] 5 chain; 3 d.c. in the centre round loop.

Repeat from ** to ** 1 d.c., 5 long, join to 5th long in 3rd section, 4 long, 1 d.c. in same 7 chain; in the next two 7 chains: 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., 1 s.c. in the chain that crosses the stem [2] Repeat from [2] to [2] 5 chain, 3 d.c. in the centre round loop.

Repeat again from ** to ** 1 d.c., 5 long, join, 4 long, 1 d.c., in next 7 chain, 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., in next 7 chain, 1 d.c., 1 s.c.

on the chain that crosses, 5 chain, 1 s.c. on 1st d.c. in centre, fasten off.

Make 11 more _a_'s like the 1st, only joining, as in the engraving:--"thus, 1 d.c., 5 long, join, 4 long, 1 d.c."

_b_. With cotton No. 20. 15 chain, 1 s.c., in 1st st.i.tch and in round loop. * 4 d.c., 10 chain, join where the two _a_'s join, turn, 10 s.c.

down the 10 chain; 4 d.c., 10 chain, join where the two 9 long of _a_ are joined together; 10 s.c. down the 10 chain; repeat from * 3 times more; * 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 2, * repeat all round; fasten off. Make 5 more, placing them as in the engraving.

_c_. With cotton No. 16. 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 1st, make it round. * 1 d.c., 3 chain, 3 long, 3 chain, * repeat 3 times more in round loop.

** 1 d.c. on d.c., 7 chain, 1 d.c. on 2 long, 7 chain repeat all round. ** 9 d.c. in each 7 chain; fasten off.

1 s.c. in 5th d.c., 9 chain repeat all round. In 1st 9 chain 6 d.c., join to 5th long of _a_ 5 d.c. in same 9 chain: * in next 9 chain 11 d.c., repeat all round; fasten off.

Make another _c_, joining to _a_ and first _c_. Make 12 more; join as in the engraving.

[Ill.u.s.tration: BREAD CLOTH.]

_d_. With cotton No. 18. 7 chain make it round; 11 d.c. in round loop, join to 5th d.c. of 11 d.c. of _e_, * 7 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., repeat * twice more; join to the other _c_ to the 5th d.c. of 11 d.c., fasten off. 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 1st 7 chain. ** 5 chain 1 s.c. in same as last s.c., then in 5 chain, 1 d.c. 4 long, 2 chain, join to _a_, turn, 1 chain, 2 long on 2 chain, 4 long, 1 d.c. in same 5 chain. 1 s.c. in next 7 chain; 7 chain join to next division of _d_ 7 chain; 1 s.c. in 4th chain st.i.tch of 7 chain, repeat from ** to ** 7 chain, join, 7 chain, repeat from ** to ** again, fasten off. Make 9 more _d_'s, joining in the same manner, and as placed in the engraving.

_e_. With cotton No. 18. 10 chain, make it round and work in loop 17 d.c.; 1 d.c. on 1st d.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next 4 chain join to _c_'s 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. in 3rd, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 6 chain join to _a_ 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 4 chain, join to _c_ 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 7 chain 1 s.c. fasten off. Make 3 more, placing them as in the engraving.

_f_. With cotton No. 14. 1 long between two _c_'s; 1 _c_ before the corner. Commence: 6 chain, 1 d.c. in 6th d.c. of 11 d.c. of _c_ 9 chain, repeat 3 times more; 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 7 chain of _e_ 10 chain, 1 d.c. in the centre of 11 d.c., 9 chain, repeat 3 times more. Repeat all round the d'oyley, making the corners alike.

2nd: 3 long, 2 chain, miss 2, this is the pattern all round, except at the corners. You miss 2 and make no chain, this is to be done by _e_, and by the 1 long between the two _c_'s. You work as follows: make no chain, and miss 4, 2 each side of one long.

3rd: 5 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. repeat all round.

HONITON SPRIG.

Materials.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 60. Penelope Hook, No. 24. 6 ch. for the end of the stem.

Leaf: 14 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c. on the next 9, 2 s.c., 1 slip, 24 ch., miss 3, 2 d.c. in next, 2 d.c. in next, 9 d.c. in the next 9, 2 s.c.

in the next 2, slip in the next, which leaves 7 for the stem. Slip st.i.tch on the 2 s.c., and 7 of the d.c., taking great care not to contract the leaf, 10 ch., miss 4 d.c. in the fifth, X 2 ch., miss 2, t.c. in 3rd, X twice, 2 ch., miss 2, d.c. in 3rd, 2 ch., miss 2, s.c.

on 3rd, 1 ch., miss 1, slip at the base of the flower. Do 9 slip st.i.tches up the last row, the open hem of which forms the centre of the flower; then 11 ch., miss 3, 2 contracted d.c. st.i.tches on the next 4, d.c. down all but the last 3, 2 s.c., 1 slip. The flower thus formed consists of an open hem for the centre petal, and a closer petal on each side. Work entirely round the flowers in s.c.

S.c. on the seven chains of the stem, before you get to the leaf, opposite which make another, exactly like it. S.c. to the end of the stem, and fasten off.

A SPANGLED WOOL NETTED COVER FOR A TEA-POY.

Materials.--If a fire-veil is required, use a flat thin bone or boxwood mesh, nearly half an inch in width; but if for a table-cover, etc., use a flat mesh scarcely three-eighths of an inch wide. 3 reels of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 10, of a good drab, or dark claret colour, the latter is preferable; 1 ounce of maize colour spangled wool; 1 ounce of green ditto, and 1 ounce of violet ditto. No. 13 Netting Needles.

[Footnote: This spangled wool is a new article, extremely brilliant, and may be obtained, by inquiry, at any Berlin Shop, at 1s. 6d. or 2s.

per ounce, and weighing much the same as any other Berlin wool.]

Begin on a foundation of 85 diamonds, and net with the cotton until the piece is 68 diamonds long; if for a fire-veil, darn, as in ordinary darned netting, the centre with maize wool, and the border with green, darn the outer row of diamonds with violet, and also the pattern inside the border; but if for any other purpose, use any colour of the spangled wool that may harmonise or contrast well with the draperies of the room; but, as a general rule, the netted ground should be dark. For the fringe, cut some shaded 4-thread Berlin wool of the same colour as the spangled--in the pattern given it is violet--into lengths of 10 inches, tie this in tufts of 9 threads into every other diamond; or, if preferred, 6 lengths in every diamond.

Draw the wool through the loop, placing the wool exactly in the centre, double the two ends evenly, and tie in a tight knot; then, with a rug needle, draw in two or three lengths of spangled wool, so as to lie on the surface of every tuft; but, if preferred, all spangled wool may be used, but then the work would be rendered very costly, whereas, with the present directions, the work is sufficiently elegant, brilliant, and exceedingly new. Darn the centre first and the border last. Count 37 clear diamonds from the left-hand side of the work, and 19th diamond from the bottom. In the 39th diamond from the left-hand side and 20th from the bottom, darn the 2 first diamonds for the stem of a flower, then work from engraving.

[Ill.u.s.tration: A SPANGLED WOOL NETTED COVER FOR A TEA-POY, SQUARE WORK-TABLE, OR, IF DRAWN TOGETHER AT THE TOP, MAKES A GLITTERING FIRE-VEIL.]

NETTED ANTI-MACa.s.sAR

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MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 40, and Embroidery Cotton, No 70; mesh, one-third of an inch wide.

This anti-maca.s.sar is done in the fashionable style of netting, with a pattern darned on it after it is worked. Make a foundation, on which work 67 st.i.tches. Repeat these, backwards and forwards, until a square is done, of as many holes up the sides as along the width. Remove the foundation, and add either a crochet-bead border all round, or a netted one. The bead border makes the shape more solid; the netted one is certainly lighter, and the following is very pretty:--

With a mesh three times the size of that used for the square, do one entire round, with three st.i.tches in one at the corners.

2nd round: With the small mesh. Miss the first st.i.tch, net the second, then the missed one, repeat all round.

3rd: X Net a st.i.tch in each of seven st.i.tches, miss one st.i.tch of last round, X repeat all round.

Observe, before doing this round, count the number of st.i.tches; if they cannot be divided by eight, add at the corners as many as may be required. Supposing there are so many eights and five over, then three more will be wanted, and one must be added (by doing two in one) in each of the three corners.

4th: X 6 over seven, miss the long st.i.tch, X repeat.