11th.—† Sc. on centre of 7 ch., ✕ 9 ch., sc. in same stitch, + twice 9 ch., †; repeat.
12.—† 9 sc. on 9 ch.; then, on the first loop of 9, work 1 sc., 2 dc., 6 tc., 2 dc., 1 sc.: then make the flower thus: 12 ch., slip in 6th for a loop, ✕ 5 ch., 1 sc. under loop, ✕ 4 times; work these 4 loops in sc., missing all the previous sc. stitches, then the 5 ch. that were left of the 12; 1 sc., 2 dc., 6 tc., 1 sc. on 2nd loop of 9, †; repeat.
TATTED INSERTION.
[Fig. 8.]
SUITABLE FOR CUFFS, BANDS, ETC.
Materials.—White cotton braid, No. 9; Crochet No. 70, and tatting-cotton, No. 3.
For the Tatting.—6 double stitches; make a picot with a fine pin; 3 double stitches, 1 picot, 3 double stitches, 1 picot, 6 double stitches. Draw this loop up, and leave a space as great as that indicated in the engraving before making the next. When a sufficient quantity of this is done, take a piece of colored paper, rather longer than you require the insertion to be, and on it rule two parallel lines, an inch apart, and another exactly between them. Take on the tatting, allowing it to touch, alternately, each outer line; then back again in the same manner, so that the threads cross at the centre line, and form a hexagonal space between every two tatted loops. Braid the outer lines and the ends; and if the piece be intended for a cuff, put a double line of braid at one end for the buttons, and also two braid loops at the other, for button-holes. A long needleful of Crochet, No. 70, must then be taken along the centre line, connecting the cross lines with a button-hole stitch wherever they occur. Then work a rosette of English lace in every space, and another when the four threads cross each other. The tatting edging is made without picots, and lightly sewed on the outer edges of the braid, both sides of which should then be finished with a row of Venetian edging.
ANTI-MACASSAR.
[Fig. 9.]
LAURESTINA LEAF PATTERN.
Materials.—Crochet cotton, No. 8; knitting needles, No. 13.
Cast on any number of stitches you like, which can be divided by 16, and 6 over for the border. Knit three plain rows.