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Title: Fancy work for pleasure and profit
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Heron, Adelaide E
Subjects: Needlework
Publisher: Chicago, Thompson & Thomas
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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right side, press the stitches apart and work two buttonholes. CROCHET: BORDER AND CORNERS FOR TABLE COVERS, &c. Materials: Scotch crochet linen No. 70 and medium-sized crochet hook. This border is suitable to edge table covers, toilet cloths, etc. Therosettes are joined when working the last row of each. Commence in the center of a rosette with 4 ch., join round. 1st round, 6 ch., 7 tr., each separated by 2 ch. under 4 ch., 2 ch., drawthrough the fourth of 6 ch. 2nd round, 2 dc. under 2 ch., 4 ch., draw through the top of last dc, 2dc. under same 2 ch. the last were worked under, i dc. into top of tr.; repeatfrom the beginning of the round 7 times more. KNITTING AND CROCHETING. 393 3d round, 9 ch. *, i tr. between 2 picots, 5 ch., repeat from * 6 timesmore, join to fourth of 9 ch. with i sc. 4th round, 10 dc. under each 5 ch. of last round. In working the next and following rosettes work i half tr. into 2 scal-lops of previous rosette when working last round (see figure 336). The
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FIG. 336. method of joining the rosettes to form the corners will be clearly seen fromthe illustration. For the heading, work i tr. into center of the first scallop at the top ofrosette, 4 ch., i tr. between 2 scallops, 6 ch., I double tr. between 2 nextscallops, 12 ch., I sc. into each of 2 next stitches of scallop, 5 ch., i sc. intoseventh of 12 ch., 5 ch., i sc. into each of 2 stitches between 2 scallops of 394 DAINTY WORK FOR PLEASURE AND PROFIT. next rosette in the corner, 4 ch., i sc, into first of 5 ch., 5 ch., i so. intoeach of 2 stitches in depth between 2 scallops of next rosette (see figure336), 5 ch., I sc. into seventh of 12 ch. and each of 2 following stitches, 4ch. *, 3 tr. separated by 5 ch. into next rosette (see design), 5 ch., i quad-ruple tr. into depth between 2 scallops, work off 2 loops, i double tr. intonext stitch but I, work off 3 loops, work 2 double tr. into correspondingplace of next rosette, work off all the loops, 6 ch., repeat from last * untilyou reach

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