CARD BASKET IN CROCHET
[Fig. 3.]
Materials.—Rich blue Berlin wool, two ounces; gold colour and scarlet filoselle, three-quarters of an ounce each; fine window cord; Bone crochet hook.
Form with the cord as small a round as you can for the commencement of the stand, and continue to work in it, round and round, until all the flat part of the basket is done, all in sc.
1st round.—12 stitches, blue.
2nd.—18 ditto.
3rd.—24 ditto.
4th.—36 ditto.
5th.—1 gold, 3 blue, 2 gold, 3 blue, 1 gold. 4 times.
6th.—1 gold, 4 blue, 2 gold, 4 blue, 1 gold,. 4 times.
7th.—2 gold, 5 blue, 3 gold, 5 blue, 1 gold,. 4 times.