No.—1.—Make a chain the length required and then work back in dc. This is a very neat little trimming for children’s dresses; and if required to be made of silk and purse twist be used, will be found to answer every purpose for which a narrow gimp may be required. It forms also an excellent substitute for the braid which is run on the skirt of a dress, as the wools of which it should then be made, can be procured of any shade whatever, which the braid itself cannot.
No. 2.—Make a chain of the length required, and on it work 1 dc., 1 ch, miss 1.
JUDY’S ANTI-MACASSAR.
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Materials.—Crochet cotton, No. 10; crochet hook, No. 16. 133 ch.
Four rows of open square crochet.
5th.—20 os., 4 dc., 3 ch., miss 3, 12 dc., 2 ch., 17 os., 1 dc.
6th.—10 os., 1 dc., 1 ch., miss 1, 16 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 3 os., 9 dc., 1 ch., miss 1, 21 os., 1 dc.
7th.—10 os., 1 dc., 1 ch., miss 1, 59 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 13 os., 1 dc.
8th and 9th.—The same.
10th.—11 os., 1 dc., 1 ch., miss 1, 54 dc., 1 ch., miss 1, 14 os., 1 dc.