The stripes, one red, the other blue, may be worked in any stitch. They are edged with 8 plain stitches of 3 different lengths worked in red. * The first stitch passes only under the loops of the stitches; the 2nd over 2 stitches; the 3rd over 1, the 4th inwards, over 3. Repeat from *.
These stitches must be worked parallel to each other along the two edges that are to be joined together.
The stripes are fastened together on the wrong side by single or plain stitches.
The outside edge consists of 15 rows: 1st row—in red: 1 row of plain stitches on the right side of the work.
2nd row—in red, and on the wrong side of the work: plain stitches.
3rd and 4th rows—in red, and on the right side of the work: plain stitches.
5th row—in dark blue and on the right side: 1 treble, 1 chain, miss 1 plain of the row beneath, 1 treble and so on.
6th row—in white, and similar to the 5th.
7th row—in blue, and similar to the 5th.