DEEP LACE IN CROCHET.[Fig. 7.]
Materials.—Crochet cotton, No. 12; crochet hook, No. 14 or 15.
Make a chain the required length.
1st Row in sc.
2nd.—1 tc., 1 ch., miss 1, repeat.
3rd.—1 dc., 7 ch., miss 3, dc. in 4th; repeat.
4th.—✕Sc. in centre of 7 ch., 7 ch.,✕; repeat.
5th, 6th, and 7th.—Like 4th.
8th.—† Sc. in centre of 7 ch.,✕; 9 ch., sc. in same stitch,✕twice 3 ch., miss 3, dc. on 4th. 3 ch., miss 3, †; repeat.
9th.—Sc., miss every sc. stitch of last row.
10th.—✕sc. on point of the next loop, 3 ch., sc. on point of the next loop, 7 ch.,✕repeat.
11th.—† Sc. on centre of 7 ch.,✕9 ch., sc. in same stitch,+twice 9 ch., †; repeat.
12.—† 9 sc. on 9 ch.; then, on the first loop of 9, work 1 sc., 2 dc., 6 tc., 2 dc., 1 sc.: then make the flower thus: 12 ch., slip in 6th for a loop,✕5 ch., 1 sc. under loop,✕4 times; work these 4 loops in sc., missing all the previous sc. stitches, then the 5 ch. that were left of the 12; 1 sc., 2 dc., 6 tc., 1 sc. on 2nd loop of 9, †; repeat.