_e_. With cotton No. 18. 10 chain, make it round and work in loop 17 d.c.; 1 d.c. on 1st d.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next 4 chain join to _c_'s 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. in 3rd, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 6 chain join to _a_ 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 4 chain, join to _c_ 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 7 chain 1 s.c. fasten off. Make 3 more, placing them as in the engraving.
_f_. With cotton No. 14. 1 long between two _c_'s; 1 _c_ before the corner. Commence: 6 chain, · 1 d.c. in 6th d.c. of 11 d.c. of _c_ 9 chain, repeat · 3 times more; 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 7 chain of _e_ 10 chain, ·· 1 d.c. in the centre of 11 d.c., 9 chain, repeat ·· 3 times more. Repeat all round the d'oyley, making the corners alike.
2nd: · 3 long, 2 chain, miss 2, · this is the · pattern all round, except at the corners. You miss 2 and make no chain, this is to be done by _e_, and by the 1 long between the two _c_'s. You work as follows: make no chain, and miss 4, 2 each side of one long.
3rd: 5 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. repeat all round.
Materials.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 60. Penelope Hook, No. 24. 6 ch. for the end of the stem.
Leaf: 14 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c. on the next 9, 2 s.c., 1 slip, 24 ch., miss 3, 2 d.c. in next, 2 d.c. in next, 9 d.c. in the next 9, 2 s.c. in the next 2, slip in the next, which leaves 7 for the stem. Slip stitch on the 2 s.c., and 7 of the d.c., taking great care not to contract the leaf, 10 ch., miss 4 d.c. in the fifth, X 2 ch., miss 2, t.c. in 3rd, X twice, 2 ch., miss 2, d.c. in 3rd, 2 ch., miss 2, s.c. on 3rd, 1 ch., miss 1, slip at the base of the flower. Do 9 slip stitches up the last row, the open hem of which forms the centre of the flower; then 11 ch., miss 3, 2 contracted d.c. stitches on the next 4, d.c. down all but the last 3, 2 s.c., 1 slip. The flower thus formed consists of an open hem for the centre petal, and a closer petal on each side. Work entirely round the flowers in s.c.
S.c. on the seven chains of the stem, before you get to the leaf, opposite which make another, exactly like it. S.c. to the end of the stem, and fasten off.
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