CROCHET INSERTION.
Materials.—Cotton, No. 60, for children’s dresses, &c.
1st.—26 ch., miss 7, dc. on 8th.,✕2 ch., miss 2, dc. on 3rd.,✕to the end.[3]
3. Turn the work at the end of every row.
3. Turn the work at the end of every row.
2nd.—Slip up the side of the last dc., stitch 5 ch., dc. over dc.,✕2 ch., miss 2, dc. over dc. to the end.
3rd.—Slip up the side 5 ch., dc. over dc.,✕2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc.,✕3 times, 3 dc., * 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., * to the end.
4th.—Slip as before, 5 ch., dc. over dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 7 dc.,✕2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc.,✕twice.
5th.—Slip as before 5 ch., dc. over dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc.,+2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc.+3 times.
6th.—Slip as before, 5 ch., miss 2, dc. on dc.,+2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc.,+twice, * 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. * twice.
7th.—Slip as before, 5 ch., miss 2, 7 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 7 dc., 2 ch. miss 2, 1 dc.
8th.—Slip as before, 5 ch., 1 dc. on last of 7✕2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc.✕2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., to the end.
9th.—Like 7th.
10th.—Like 6th.
This completes the pattern.
This insertion is of so delicate a texture that to appreciate it, it ought to be seen, lined with ribbon: done in coarser materials, it would be found equally pretty and useful for many articles of the lady’s toilette.