No. 6.
No. 6.
In black netting silk and gold thread.
The Tarbuch is taken from one worked in Egypt, and is the correct shape. It is worked with very fine purse silk, twelve skeins; Japanese or Chinese gold thread, the finest size, wind this in balls; a finecrochet hook. The pattern consists of a star in the centre of the crown: this star has 10 divisions, a border of vine leaves round the edge, and powdered ground.
Commence the crown with black silk, with a chain of 4, unite; in this work 10 double crochet.
2nd round—In every stitch of last round work 1 black and 1 gold. In working with two colours you should knot the two threads together in beginning, and throughout the work hold both evenly over the same finger of the left hand, then, as you proceed, keep the threadnotin use in regular rotation over and under the thread in use; by this means you work them in. Care must be takenneverto completely finish a stitch with the one colour; if itisdone you havetwostitches of the colour and throw the pattern wrong. In this 2nd round put the needle into the stitch, draw through theblacksilk, take up thegoldand finish the stitch; take up the next stitch with gold, finish it with black. You have now two distinct stitches.
3rd round—1 black on the black, 2 gold on the 1 in last round.
4th round—1 black on the black, 3 gold on the 2 in the last round.
5th round—1 black on the black, 4 gold on the 3 underneath.
6th round—1 black on the black, 5 gold on the 4 underneath.
7th round—1 black on the black, 6 gold on the 5 underneath.
8th round—1 black on the black, 7 gold over the 6.
9th round—1 black on the black, 8 gold over the 7.
10th round—1 black on the black, 9 gold over the 8.
11th round—1 black on the black, 10 gold over the 9.
12th round—1 black on the black, 11 gold over the 10.
13th round—1 black on the black, 12 gold over the 11.
14th round—1 black on the black, 13 gold over the 12.
15th round—1 black on the black, 14 gold over the 13.
16th round—1 black on the black, 15 gold over the 14.
17th round—2 black on the 1st black, * 14 gold over 14 gold, 1 black on the 15th, 2 black on the next black; repeat from *.
18th round—5 black over the 3 black, 13 gold over 13 gold.
19th round—Care must be taken to make the gold begin exactly on the same stitch in each division, as the right-hand side of each must be even, one less worked each row on the left side. 3 black, 1 gold, 3 black over the 3 black and the last gold; 12 gold over the 12 gold.
20th round—Over the 13th gold and 7 black work 9 black, 11 gold over 11.
21st round—10 gold over 10, on the last gold and the black work 11 black.
22nd round—9 gold over 9, 2 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold, 2 black, over the 11 and last.
23rd round—8 gold over 8, 15 black over the 13 black and 1 gold.
24th round—7 gold over 7, 17 black over the 15 and last gold.
25th round—6 gold over 6, 9 black, 1 gold, 9 black over the black.
26th round—5 gold over 5, 21 black over the black.
27th round—4 gold over 4, 23 black over 21 underneath.
28th round—3 gold over 3, 8 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold, 8 black, over the black.
29th round—2 gold over 2, 27 black.
30th round—1 gold over 1, 30 black.
31st round—On the point of the star (the one gold stitch) work 2 with black; on the next black work 7 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold, 7 black; then repeat with 2 on the next gold.
32nd round—Between each point increase 3 stitches, and work entirely with black.
33rd round—Black, and no increasings.
34th round—You work 1 gold exactly between the 1st gold stitch in the 31st round and the point, then 7 black, 1 gold, repeating all round.
35th and 36th rounds—Black; repeat from 34th round 5 more times. In the last plain row work an extra stitch every 23rd stitch.
52nd round—* 8 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold, 7 black, 1 gold; repeat from *.
53rd and 54th rounds—Repeat these 3 rounds twice more; increase until you have 360 stitches, which will bring you to the part for the border. Work a row of black double crochet, and begin
1st round—2 black, 3 gold, * 12 black, 3 gold, repeat from *; end the round with 10 black.
2nd round—6 gold, 8 black, * 7 gold, 8 black, repeat from *; end the round with 1 gold.
3rd round—4 black, 3 gold, * 4 black, 4 gold, 4 black, 3 gold, repeat from *, and end the round with 4 gold.
4th round—* 7 gold, 3 black, 3 gold, 2 black, repeat from *.
5th round—2 gold, * 4 black, 1 gold, 3 black, 2 gold, 1 black, 4 gold, repeat from *, and end the round with 2 gold.
6th round—1 gold, * 7 black, 3 gold, 1 black, 4 gold, repeat from *; end the round with 3 gold.
7th round—* 8 black, 2 gold, 1 black, 4 gold, repeat from *.
8th round—* 9 black, 4 gold, repeat from *, and end the round with 2 black.
9th round—* 5 gold, 2 black, 2 gold, 1 black, 2 gold, 3 black, repeat from *.
10th round—1 gold, * 3 black, 3 gold, 6 black, 3 gold, repeat from *; end the row with 2 gold.
11th round—* 6 black, 3 gold, 2 black, 3 gold, 7 black, repeat from *, and end the round with 1 black.
12th round—* 2 gold, 1 black, 2 gold, 3 black, 4 gold, 2 black, 3 gold, 1 black, repeat from *; end round with 1 gold.
13th round—3 black, 4 gold, * 11 black, 4 gold, repeat from *, and end with 8 black.
14th round—1 black, * 2 gold, 1 black, 4 gold, 8 black, repeat from *, and end with 7 black.
15th round—1 black, 3 gold, * 1 black, 4 gold, 7 black, 3 gold, repeat from *; end the round with 6 black.
16th round—3 black, * 2 gold, 2 black, 3 gold, 4 black, 1 gold, 3 black, repeat from *, and end the round with 1 gold.
17th round—3 black, 4 gold, * 2 black, 6 gold, 3 black, 4 gold, repeat from *; end with 1 gold.
18th round—* 4 black, 5 gold, 3 black, 3 gold, repeat from *.
19th round—7 black, * 7 gold, 8 black, repeat from *.
20th round—10 black, * 4 gold, 11 black, repeat from *, and end the round with 1 black.
21st, 22nd and 23rd rounds—Black.
24th round—* 7 black, 1 gold, repeat from *.
25th round—* 5 black, 3 gold, repeat from *.
26th and 27th rounds—Gold only, and fasten off.
This completes the Cap. It should, properly speaking, be put upon a block; this may be made of cardboard. Line the Cap through with a blue satin lining, gathering it in at the top and sew over neatly with a large button covered with satin. This must not be sewn in until the tassel is passed through.
Wind the netting silk round a piece of cardboard 5 inches long, wind a sufficient quantity to make it look handsome. Under the silk pass a doubled length, and tie it all together very tightly, slip it off the card, and wind two thicknesses of silk firmly over the tied end for the depth of three-quarters of an inch, leave an end about half a yard long, thread a strong needle with this end, pass it through the tassel, under the silk wound over, and bring the needle out at the top; make a firm chain of about 2 inches long with this silk.
You next crochet a covering for the top of the tassel. This is worked in double crochet. Begin with 5 chain, work 7 double crochet on it, on the 7 double crochet work 10, on the 10 work 14, and increase until it will fit tightly over the silk you have wound over; work the depth to cover the winding, sew it down strongly. Pass the chain through the foundation chain of the cap, and sew very securely.