Materials.—Cotton No. 40, crochet hook, No. 22, eagle card-board gauge.
Make a chain of 36 stitches.
1st.—Dc.
2nd.—Open square crochet.
3rd.—Dc.
4th.—Open square crochet.
5th.—Dc.
6th.—10 sc., 10 ch., miss 4, 1 dc. under 5th ch., 16 ch., miss 5, 1 dc. under 6th, 10 ch., miss 4, 1 dc. under 5th. Turn, and work the three loops in sc.; turn again, and work them in dc.; turn again, and work three scallops in the first large one, thus: ✕ 1 sc., 1 dc. in one stitch, 3 tc. in the next, 1 dc., 1 sc in the next, ✕ 3 times; then, on the large loop work six times in the same way, and on the other small, three times; finish the row in sc.
7th.—Turn the work; make 15 ch., 2 sc. on the 5th and 6th of the loop of 10, 7 ch., 2 sc. at the back of the second loop, in the eighth and ninth of the chain of 16; 7 ch., 2 sc. on fifth and sixth of the first loop of 10; 15 ch., 2 sc. on the last two stitches at the end of the row.