The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 / Consisting of Novel, Elegant, and Useful Designs in Knitting, Netting, Crochet, Braiding, and Embroidery, with Clear and Explicit Directions for Working the Patterns - Unknown

55. CHESS-BOARD.

SEE directions in page 22. (SCAGLIOLA WORK.)

Materials—Shaded scarlet and green double Berlin wool; Raworth's crochet-thread No. 16; Penelope crochet No. 1.

With green make a chain of 5 stitches, unite the ends; then make 7 chain, 1 single into each loop of the preceding chain.—

1st round. 5 chain, 1 single in the centre loop of the 7 chain; repeat four times.—

2d, 3d, and 4th rounds. 1 treble, 2 chain, miss 1; repeat, uniting the ends of each round, and taking the loops at the back of the chain.—