CROCHET COLLAR[Fig. 1.]
Materials.—Cotton, No. 30. Crotchet hook, No. 22; eagle card-board gauge.
Chain of 180 stitches, on which work a row of dc.
2nd.—+3 tc., 3 ch., miss 3,+. Repeat. Finish with 3 tc.
3rd.—+3 dc. on 3 tc., 3 ch.,+. Repeat.
4th.—+sc. on 1st dc., 6 ch., miss 5, sc. on 6th,+. Repeat.
5th.—Sc. on the centre of first loop,+, 7 ch., sc. on centre of next loop,+. Repeat.
6th.—Sc. on centre of first loop,+6 ch., sc. on centre of next loop,+. Repeat.
7th row.—Dc. on all the chain, missing every sc. stitch.
8th.—Sc. on first stitch, 9 ch., sc. on same stitch, 12 ch., sc. on same stitch, 9 ch., sc. on same stitch, turn the work, dc. in every chain of the 3 loops just formed, turn again, and work dc. on the previous dc. except the first 5, 7 ch., miss 5 stitches of the 7th row, 6 dc. on the next 6,+. Repeat.
9th.—Sc. on the point of the leaf of 9, 4 ch.,+sc. on point of large leaf, 15 ch.,+. Repeat. Finish the row with 4 ch., sc. on point of last small leaf.
10th.—Dc. in every stitch of the last row working 2 in every 4th.
11th.—+2 dc., 3 ch., miss 3,+until you come to the stitch over the large leaf, then make a loop of 6 ch., dc. into the same stitch. Repeat.
12th.—Dc. on all the rest of the line, working every loop thus—1 sc., 4 dc., 1 sc.
15th.—Dc. in first dc. of last row,+3 ch., miss 2, dc. in 3rd+. Repeat,but without missing any on the loops.
16th.—Sc. on first chain of the foundation, andup the side work 4 ch., miss 2, 8 sc., sc. on every stitch of the last row, and dc. the other end of the collar like the first.
17th.—Sc. under first loop, 5 ch., sc. under 2nd, repeat to the sc. stitches, then+5 ch. miss 2, sc. on 3rd,+to the end, which work like the beginning.