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The ladies' complete guide to crochet, fancy knitting, and needlework

Chapter 30: CROCHET D’OYLEY. [Fig. 9.]
By Ann S. Stephens
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The manual opens with a brief history of needle arts and proceeds to clear, elementary instruction and a dictionary of technical terms, enabling readers to learn stitches and techniques quickly. It provides step-by-step guidance and patterns across crochet, fancy knitting, tatting, embroidery, Berlin wool and point lace, with designs ranging from simple edgings and collars to intricate doilies, nets, bags, scarves, infant caps, and anti-macassars. Illustrative patterns and explanations cover materials, stitches, insertions, and border treatments, aiming to teach both basic execution and more elaborate decorative motifs for domestic handiwork.

CROCHET D’OYLEY.
[Fig. 9.]

Materials.—7 shades of Berlin wool; bone hook.

Make a chain of 9, and form it into a round.

1st.—Dc., increasing 3 in the round.

2nd.—6 ch., 1 tc., miss 3. Repeat.

3rd.—Sc. on centre of 6 ch., 9 ch. Repeat.

4th.—Sc. on centre of 9 ch., 12 ch. Repeat.

5th. Sc. on centre of 12 ch., 15 ch., sc. on same stitch, and work 1 sc., 2 dc., 14 tc., 2 dc., 1 sc. in the loop thus formed. Fasten off, and repeat in the centre of every 12 ch.

6th.—Begin on the point of the leaf with a sc. stitch; 15 ch., sc. on point of next leaf, and so on.

7th and 8th.—Dc. all round.

9th.—✕ Sc., 6 ch., miss 2, ✕. Repeat.

10th.—✕ Sc. on centre of 6 ch., 9 ch., ✕; repeat.

11th.—✕ Sc. on centre of 9 ch., 12 ch., ✕; repeat.

12th.—✕ Sc. on centre of 12 ch., 9 ch., ✕; repeat.

13th.—Dc.

14th.—Dc., working two stitches into every one.

15th.—Sc. on the centre of one of the spaces. ✕ 12 ch., sc. in same stitch three times, 12 ch., sc on centre of next space. And repeat from ✕.

16th.—Dc. all round.

17th.—Sc., ✕ 5 ch., miss 2, sc. in 3rd ✕. Repeat all round, and fasten off.