A Chancelière.
Four-thread fleecy with a steel needle.
It is impossible to give the exact number of stitches for the commencement of a chancelière, as each row varies; it is advisable, therefore, to cut the shape in stiff paper, as a pattern,—first of the top, and then of the border. In those parts where it is requisite to increase the width of the work, it should be done by making an extra stitch on each side. The stitches of the border are to be worked in a contrary direction to those of the top, as shown in the preceding engraving.—The following pattern will be found suitable for a chancelière.
No. 33.
Commence at the toe, by working two plain rows of ground in scarlet, and crochet the centre stripe of the annexed pattern in rich green, on the same coloured ground.
The ground of the next stripe is black, on which the pattern is to be worked in three shades of gold colour.
Work a plain row of middle blue, which also forms the ground of the small chain pattern, with the exception of the centre row, which is claret. The chain is in white.
Work a plain row of claret, and then repeat the second stripe as before, with the colours reversed.
The above colours, if well chosen, are exceedingly pretty, but they may be varied according to fancy.
The slipper pattern No. 23, and also the Turkish pattern No. 12, are equally adapted for a chancelière.
The chancelière should be made up on a very firm foundation, and stuffed between the lining and the work with wool: the inside should be made separate, and knitted in the brioche stitch, with six or eight thread fleecy. The ermine ruff, or trimming, of worsted, may easily be procured, but if it cannot readily be so, a thick knitted fringe, three or four times doubled, will be a good substitute. The bottom is formed of leather or cloth.