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

Chapter 50: NECK TIE. [Fig. 6.]

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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.

NECK TIE.
[Fig. 6.]

Materials.—Two shades of crochet purse twist, any color that may be desired. Crochet hook, No. 16. Eagle card-board gauge. Make a chain of the required length; work one row of sc.

2nd.—Sc. on 1st, 6 ch., miss 3, sc. on 4th; repeat.

3rd.—Turn the work, 6 ch., sc. under first loop, 6 ch., sc. under next; repeat.

Continue these 2 rows until about a yard and a quarter is done, when work a row thus:—sc. on centre of 6 ch., 3 ch., sc. in centre of next; finish with a row of sc.

A ring, covered with silk, and two silk tassels, complete the neck tie.