Work 8 rows more as the last. Then work a row of 1 chain and 1 plain in each loop.
Join on the Colored wool, and work a row of plain crochet all round, working two stitches to the side of each of the white rows.
For the second round—Work 4 chain, miss 1 and 1 plain. Repeat and fasten off.
Use the Floss Silk and an Embroidery Needle. Work an ordinary Cross stitch over each of the plain stitches of the Crown, putting the needle into the open spaces.
The Tatting Flowers.
1st Circle—Wind the colored and White Wool together, and fill the Shuttle with it, using the doubled wool as one thread.
Commence a loop, work a double stitch; then using the largest mesh for the pearl loops, work (1 pearl and 1 double alternately 16 times); draw close; leaving a small circle in the centre about the size of the 2nd mesh, and knotting the ends firmly together, cut them off.
2nd Circle—Use the colored wool doubled, and the second sized mesh. Commence a loop, work 1 double, then (1 pearl and 1 double 12 times); draw close and fasten off.
3rd Circle—Use the White Floss, and for the pearl loops the Tricot needle can be used. Commence a loop; work 1 double, (1 pearl and 2 double 8 times); draw close. Fasten off.
Place the second circle over the first, and the silk one in the centre, sewing them together with the silk, then attach them to the crown about an inch from the edge of it.