ANTI-MACASSAR.[Fig. 8.]
Materials.—Cotton, No. 12. Crochet hook, No. 14. Eagle card-board gauge.
Make a chain of 9. Close in the 3rd for a round, leaving 2 chain. Work under this round 12 dc.
+Sc. on 1st dc., 5 ch. miss 1,+6 times.
+Sc. on 1st stitch of the 1st chain of 5, 3 dc. on three next, sc. on 5th, slip on sc.,+3 times; repeat from the beginning until as many are done as may be required for the length of an Anti-Macassar, without a border. Turn, and work the three loops left in each flower, like the first three, with a single crochet stitch on the chain which connects them. Break off your cotton. 5 ch., dc. under each side of the centre stitch of the second loop, 9 ch., dc. in the same place of the next flower, and continue so to the end, leaving off with 5 chain. Work on this a row of dc., then an open row, thus:—1 tc., 1 ch., miss 1. Repeat.
The next row in dc.
Make another length of flowers, and join them to the last row, thus:—in working the second side of the flowers, join the middle loop to the last row of dc., at the same intervals as the previous row of flowers is united.
Repeat alternately the open hem and the flowers, until the Anti-Macassar is sufficiently wide, finishing with the three rows which form the open hem. Work an open hem at the other side, and at both ends, carrying the dc. all round. Beyond this is a round of small eyelet-holes which are thus worked:—✕, make a chain of 9, close in 7th for a loop, under which work 2 dc.; drop the loop off your hook, take up a loop of the edge of the Anti-Macassar, then the droppedloop and make 3 more dc. under the chain, reckoning asone threadthe dropped loop and that of the border,+repeat,—joining such eyelet-hole to every fifth chain of the Anti-Macassar. Work the 2nd side of the eyelet-holes at each corner, make a chain all round connecting it with the eyelet-holes in every fifth stitch. Next round, 1 dc. in the middle loop of the 2nd side of the eyelet-holes, 4 ch., repeat throughout the round with 5ch. at the corners, dc. all round, working three stitches in one at the corners.
Next round,✕1 tc., 1 ch., miss 1,✕all round, not missing any at the corners.
Next round, dc, with three in one at the corners.
Next,✕5 dc. 5 ch., miss 1, 1 dc., 7 ch., miss 1, 1 dc., 5 ch., miss 1✕, repeat all round, taking care that the 7 ch. come exactly at each corner.
Next, sc. on each side of the 3rd dc.,✕3 ch., sc. in the loop of 5, 3 ch., sc. in the centre of the loop of 7, 3 ch., sc. in the 2nd loop of 5, 3 ch., sc. on each side of the 3rd of the 5 dc.
Next, sc. on a loop,+3 ch., sc. on next,✕, repeat all round, but with 5 ch. at the top of each Vandyke, and three chains of 5 at each corner.
This is one of the patterns which look extremely well when formed by an intermixture of cotton and wool, or colored and white cottons. A rich scarlet, green, or cerise wool may be used for all the eyelet-holes and the edge: the open-hems, throughout, in white cotton; or pink and drab cottons wash and wear extremely well, and possess the additional advantage of not being so soon soiled as white inevitably is, particularly in London.