KNITTED EMBROIDERY.
Materials.—Knitting cotton, white and ingrain pinks, No. 12; knitting needles, No. 15; eagle card-board gauge.
Knitted Embroidery, of which the engraving shows a very simple specimen, is a very novel and beautiful style of work. In wool, its effect rivals that of the costly chenille, with the advantage of being washable; and now that cottons are dyed of such exquisite colors, they are also very suitable for it.
With the white cotton cast on 16 stitches, and purl a row.
1st.—W.: k. 2, m. 1, k. 2 t., k. 3, ✕ k. 1 P., 1 W., 1 P., ✕ W. k. 4, m. 2, k. 2.
2nd.—W.: k. 3, p. 1, k. 1, p. 3, ✕ p. 1 P., 1 W., 1 P., ✕ white p. 3, k. 4.
3rd.—W.: k. 2, m. 1, k. 2 t., k. 5, ✕ k. 3 P, ✕ k. 8 W.
4th.—W.: k. 2, m. 2, k. 2 t., k. 1, p. 4, ✕ p. 1 P., ✕ W., p. 4, k. 4.
5th.—All white: k. 2, m. 1, k. 2 t., k. 12, p. 1, k. 2.
6th.—W.: k. 6, ✕ p. 1 P., 1 W., 1 P., 3 W., 1 P., 1 W., 1 P., ✕ k. 4 W.
7th.—W.: k. 2, m. 1, k. 2 t., ✕ k. 1 P., 1 W., 1 P., 3 W., 1 P., 1 W., 1 P., ✕ W., k. 2 t., m. 2, k. 2 t., k. 2 t.
8th.—W.: k. 3, p. 1, k. 1, ✕ p. 3 P., 3 W., 3 P., ✕ W., k. 4.
9th.—W.: k. 2, m. 1, k. 2 t., k. 1, ✕ k. 1 P., 5 W., 1 P., ✕ W., k. 5.
10th.—All White: cast off 2, k. 2, p. 9, k. 4. Repeat the pattern to the length required.
+ + Between these marks only the colors intermix.
CROCHET EDGING.
[Fig. 5.]
Like all other crochet patterns, the size depends wholly on the materials employed. For dress trimmings, No. 30 Crochet cotton, with crochet hook No. 19, will be suitable; or even finer cotton may be used. But this pattern being particularly suitable for trimming curtains and so forth, I recommend Crochet cotton, No. 10, and steel crochet hook, No. 14.
Make a chain of 15 stitches, and sc. into the 6th of these to make a loop. Work under the upper half of this loop 8 sc.; 11 ch.; form this loop as before, leaving one chain between it and the last; work 8 sc. in it; do three more with 11 ch., then one with 15, and so on throughout. When sufficient is done for the piece required, allowing for its diminishing by one-third, work 7 sc. on the other side of every round, and 1 sc. between. On the five chain between every five work 2 sc.
3rd Row.—Begun at the same place as the last 3 sc. on the three centre stitches of the first loop, 2 ch., 2 sc. on the centre stitches of the next 3 loops, with 2 chain between, 3 sc. on the last of the five, and 4 chain between; repeat.
4th. Worked the same way. 3 sc. on the 3 sc. of last row, 13 ch., 3 sc. on 3 sc. of the fifth loop, 4 sc. on 4 ch.; repeat.
5th.—1 dc., 1 ch., miss 1; repeat.
6th.—Sc. throughout.
When this is done, work with a common needle and thread three bars of button-hole stitch, to connect the three centre loops, as seen in the engraving.
PUNCH’S ANTI-MACASSAR.
[Fig. 6.]
Materials.—Crochet cotton, No. 10; crochet hook, No. 15; eagle card-board gauge; 136 ch.
The first four rows in open square crochet.
5th.—19 o., 1 c., 25 o., 1 dc.
6th.—16 o., 4 c., 7 o., 1 c., 17 o., 1 dc.
7th.—16 o., 4 c., 4 o., 4 c., 17 o., 1 dc.
8th.—17 o., 1 c., 1 o., 1 c., 4 o., 4 c., 17 o., 1 dc.
9th.—18 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 5 dc., 5 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 6 dc., 1 ch., 17 o., 1 dc.
10th.—18 o., 3 c., 3 o., 4 c., 17 o., 1 dc.
11th.—13 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 6 dc., 1 ch., 1 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 11 dc., 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 dc., 1 dc., 2 ch., 4 c., 17 o., 1 dc.
12th.—13 o., 3 c., 2 o., 3c. 2 o., 4 c., 18 o., 1 dc.
13th.—12 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 12 dc., 1 ch., 1 dc., 2 ch., 13 dc., 2 ch., 11 dc., 1 ch., 18 o., 1 dc.
14th.—12 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 41 dc., 2 ch., 18 o., 1 dc.
15th.—As 14th.
16th.—13 o., 43 dc., 2 ch., 17 o., 1 dc.
17th.—14 o., 43 dc., 2 ch., 16 o., 1 dc.
18th.—14 o., 46 dc., 2 ch., 15 o., 1 dc.
19th.—14 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 47 dc., 2 ch., 14 o., 1 dc.
20th.—15 o., 46 dc., 2 ch., 14 o., 1 dc.
21st.—15 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 44 dc., 2 ch., 14 o., 1 dc.
22nd.—11 o., 57 dc., 1 ch., 14 o., 1 dc.
23rd.—15 o., 61 dc., 2 ch., 9 o., 1 dc.
24th.—16 o., 46 dc., 2 ch., 13 o., 1 dc.
25th.—16 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 45 dc., 1 ch., 13 o., 1 dc.
26th.—17 o., 44 dc., 1 ch., 13 o., 1 dc.
27th.—18 o., 41 dc., 1 ch., 13 o., 1 dc.
28th.—16 o., 47 dc., 1 ch., 13 o., 1 o.
29th.—Like 28th.
30th.—16 o., 48 dc., 2 ch., 12 o., 1 dc.
31st.—16 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 29 dc., 2 ch., 16 o., 2 ch., 12 o., 1 dc.
32nd.—14 o., 35 dc., 1 ch., 1 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 14 dc., 2 ch., 12 o., 1 dc.
33rd.—14 o., 34 dc., 2 ch., 2 o., 13 dc., 2 ch., 12 o., 1 dc.
34th.—15 o., 31 dc., 2 ch., 2 o., 13 dc., 2 ch., 12 o., 1 dc.
35th.—16 o., 31 dc., 2 ch., 1 o., 13 dc., 2 ch., 12 o., 1 dc.
36th.—15 o., 37 dc., 2 ch., 1 dc., 1 ch., 9 dc., 1 ch., 13 o., 1 dc.
37th.—12 o., 7 dc., 2 ch., 37 dc., 2 ch., 1 dc., 2 ch., 7 dc., 2 ch., 13 o., 1 dc.
38th.—12 o., 34 dc., 2 ch., 1 dc., 2 ch., 5 dc., 1 ch., 2 o., 5 dc., 1 ch., 14 o., 1 dc.
39th.—12 o., 37 dc., 2 ch., 20 o., 1 dc.
40th.—13 o., 34 dc., 2 ch., 20 o., 1 dc.
41st.—14 o., 10 dc., 2 ch., 16 dc., 2 ch., 21 o., 1 dc.
42nd.—14 o., 1 dc., 1 ch., 35 dc., 2 ch., 18 o., 1 dc.
43rd.—15 o., 32 dc., 1 ch., 19 o., 1 dc.
44th.—14 o., 34 dc., 2 ch., 19 o., 1 dc.
45th.—15 o., 28 dc., 2 ch., 20 o., 1 dc.
46th.—16 o., 25 dc., 2 ch., 20 o., 1 dc.
47th.—Like 46th.
48th.—17 o., 22 dc., 2 ch., 20 o., 1 dc.
49th.—18 o., 19 dc., 2 ch., 20 o., 1 dc.
50th.—18 o., 19 dc., 2 ch., 1 dc., 2 ch., 7 dc., 2 ch., 16 o., 1 dc.
51st.—Like 50th.
52nd.—19 o., 16 dc., 2 ch., 1 dc., 2 ch., 4 dc., 2 ch., 17 o., 1 dc.
53rd.—20 o., 19 dc., 2 ch., 18 o., 1 dc.
54th.—21 o., 13 dc., 2 ch., 19 o., 1 dc.
55th to 58th inclusive, in open squares.
Border for the Anti-Macassar, which must have a row of sc. up each side previously done to fasten in the threads.
1st.—1 dc. over dc., of the Anti-Macassar, ✕ 2 ch., 7 dc. in next dc., 3 ch., 1 dc. in same stitch. ✕; repeat all round.
2nd.—Sc. in the centre of the 3 ch. of last round, ✕ 9 ch., sc. in centre of the next, ✕ ; repeat.
3rd.—✕ Sc. on 1st of 9 ch., 3 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. on 3rd, 4 ch., miss 1, 1 dc. on 2nd. 3 ch., miss 2, 1 sc. on the last of the 9, ✕; repeat.