1st STRIPE--With the gold take a diamond and commence in a loop of
chain over the centre of one of the ovals of it, + work 4 chain, 1
plain in the next loop of chain, then 1 chain; take a star and join to
the centre of one of the blue loops of it, 1 chain, 1 plain in the
same loop of the diamond as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop,
1 chain, join to the next loop of the star, 1 chain, 1 plain in the
same loop as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop; take another
diamond and work 1 plain in one of the loops over an oval of it; 4
chain, 1 plain in the next loop of the 2nd diamond, 1 chain, join to
the next loop of the star, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop of the
diamond as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop, 1 chain, join to
the next loop of the star, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop as
before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop, 1 _chain_, 1 plain in the
same loop as before. Repeat from + until the length required is made,
at the end omit the last 1 chain and 1 plain; and to form the
2nd STRIPE--Take another Diamond and work 1 plain in a loop over an
oval of it, then repeat from + in the 1st Stripe, making the first
four joinings to the last blue star, and after the "1 _chain_" in
italics, join to the 1 chain between the 2 plain of the opposite
diamond of the 1st stripe; at the end of the stripe fasten off.
3rd STRIPE--Is worked as the 1st Stripe, commencing in the 6th loop of
the last diamond counting from the last gold stitch, and continuing to
the end of the 2nd Stripe.