COLLAR IN FRIVOLITE.[Fig. 5.]
Materials.—Bobbinet and fancy ditto, for the foundation of the collar. For the Frivolite, use Tatting-cotton, No. 3.
Cut out two collars, one in each kind of net, and connect them by a line of close button-hole stitch at the distance of an inch-and-a-quarter from the outer edge and ends. Then cut off the inner part of the fancy net and the outer ofthe plain, leaving thus one complete collar composed of two kinds of net.
Make in Frivolite twenty-five stars of eight loops each, all drawn up as closely as possible. The loops should consist of about twenty double stitches each; make also twenty-four eyelet-holes in Tatting; sew the stars and eyelet-holes alternate on the line of button-hole stitch, beginning and ending with a star. Then make as many loops (all at a distance from each other) as may be necessary to cover the plain net in the manner seen in the Engraving; sew them on along the lines of thread.
For the border, do a length of Tatting in alternate single and trefoil loops, with a small piece of thread between each; and, after whipping the net, sew the Tatting on. The corner trefoils should be larger than the others.
A narrow band of net may be put on the neck.
Ladies who prefer Crochet to Tatting, may work any pattern given for Frivolite in their favorite manner, by substituting dc. stitches instead of the double tatting stitches.
For working eyelet-holes in Crochet, I refer my readers to the instructions for the Anti-Macassar, in Part V. of this work.