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

Chapter 54: DEEP LACE IN CROCHET. [Fig. 9.]
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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.

DEEP LACE IN CROCHET.
[Fig. 9.]

Materials.—Cotton, No. 40. Crochet hook, No. 22.

Make a chain the requisite length.

1st.—+ 7 ch., miss 5, sc. on 6th +. Repeat.

2nd.—Sc. on centre of 7 ch., 7 ch. Repeat.

3rd to 7th rows. Like the 2nd.

They may all be worked backwards and forwards.

8th.—+ sc. on centre of 7 ch., 5 ch., +. Repeat.

9th.— sc. on centre of 5, 3 ch., miss 2, sc. on 3rd ch., miss 1, sc. on 2nd, . Repeat.

10th.—Sc. on the beginning of the ch., (a.) + 3 ch., miss 2, sc. on 3rd, + twice, 6 ch., slip on same stitch, 6 ch., slip on same stitch, (a.) Repeat.

11th.—Sc. on centre of 6 ch., 6 ch., sc. in centre of next 6 ch., 5 ch., sc. on centre of 3 ch., 5 ch., sc. on centre of next 3 ch. Repeat.

12th.— 3 tc. under 6 ch., 3 tc. under next 6 ch., 12 ch., . Repeat.

13th.—+ 6 dc. on 6 tc., * 3 ch., sc. in 3rd ch., * 4 times, +. Then repeat from the beginning.

14th.— 6 dc. in 6 of last row, * 5 ch., sc. under 3 ch., * 5 times, . Then repeat from the beginning.

15th.— 6 dc. into the last 6, * 6 ch., sc. under 5 ch. of last row, * 4 times, . Repeat to the end, and fasten off.