[Fig. 7.]
Materials.—For Anti-Macassars, use cotton No. 8; crochet hook, No. 16. For trimming petticoats, cotton, No. 30; crochet hook, No. 19 or 20. Make a chain of the length required; or, to trim an Anti-Macassar, work a row of sc. all round.
1st. row.—Dc.
2nd.—1 dc., 1 ch., miss 1. Repeat.
3rd.—+ 7 sc., 5 ch., miss 1, 1 dc., 6 ch., miss 1, 1 dc., 7 ch., miss 1, 1 dc., 6 ch., miss 1, 1 dc. 5 ch., miss 1, +. Repeat. (In working an Anti-Macassar, do not miss any at the corners in this row, and take care that the 7 chain comes exactly at the corner. This will allow a sufficient fulness for the shell to lie flat.)
4th.—+ 5 sc. (beginning on the second of 5,) 5 ch., sc. under the first loop; * 6 ch., sc., 7 (7 sc. in last row,) 5 ch., sc. under first loop, * 6 ch., sc. under next loop, * 4 times, 5 ch., +. Repeat.
5th.—✕ 3 sc., (beginning on the 2nd of the 5,) 5 ch., sc., under the first loop; * 6 ch., sc. 7 under next loop, * 6 times, 5 ch., ✕. Repeat.
6th.—+ 1 sc. on centre of 3 in last row, 4 ch., sc. under first loop, * 5 ch., sc. under next. * twice, + 6 ch., sc. under next, + twice, † 5 ch., sc. under next, † twice, 4 ch., +. Repeat.
7th.—Begin on the sc. stitch, + 4 sc., 4 ch., slip the needle in the threads of the last sc. stitch, and draw the thread through, +. Continue thus all round. Work every stitch of the last row; the appearance is that a strong and solid edge, with dots at equal distances.