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

Chapter 32: CROCHET COLLAR [Fig. 1.]
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 COLLAR
[Fig. 1.]

Materials.—Cotton, No. 30. Crotchet hook, No. 22; eagle card-board gauge.

Chain of 180 stitches, on which work a row of dc.

2nd.—+ 3 tc., 3 ch., miss 3, +. Repeat. Finish with 3 tc.

3rd.—+ 3 dc. on 3 tc., 3 ch., +. Repeat.

4th.—+ sc. on 1st dc., 6 ch., miss 5, sc. on 6th, +. Repeat.

5th.—Sc. on the centre of first loop, +, 7 ch., sc. on centre of next loop, +. Repeat.

6th.—Sc. on centre of first loop, + 6 ch., sc. on centre of next loop, +. Repeat.

7th row.—Dc. on all the chain, missing every sc. stitch.

8th.—Sc. on first stitch, 9 ch., sc. on same stitch, 12 ch., sc. on same stitch, 9 ch., sc. on same stitch, turn the work, dc. in every chain of the 3 loops just formed, turn again, and work dc. on the previous dc. except the first 5, 7 ch., miss 5 stitches of the 7th row, 6 dc. on the next 6, +. Repeat.

9th.—Sc. on the point of the leaf of 9, 4 ch., + sc. on point of large leaf, 15 ch., +. Repeat. Finish the row with 4 ch., sc. on point of last small leaf.

10th.—Dc. in every stitch of the last row working 2 in every 4th.

11th.—+ 2 dc., 3 ch., miss 3, + until you come to the stitch over the large leaf, then make a loop of 6 ch., dc. into the same stitch. Repeat.

12th.—Dc. on all the rest of the line, working every loop thus—1 sc., 4 dc., 1 sc.

15th.—Dc. in first dc. of last row, + 3 ch., miss 2, dc. in 3rd +. Repeat, but without missing any on the loops.

16th.—Sc. on first chain of the foundation, and up the side work 4 ch., miss 2, 8 sc., sc. on every stitch of the last row, and dc. the other end of the collar like the first.

17th.—Sc. under first loop, 5 ch., sc. under 2nd, repeat to the sc. stitches, then + 5 ch. miss 2, sc. on 3rd, + to the end, which work like the beginning.