Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s tatting cotton No. 20 and 40.
[Illustration: 44.--Border in Tatting and Lace Stitch.]
This mixture of tatting and lace stitch is a style of work not only
entirely new, but very pretty and effective when cotton of very
different sizes is used. The tatting is begun with a row of circles
two-thirds of an inch distant from each other; each circle consists of
13 stitches of plain tatting. Fasten a 2nd row to the 1st, and a 3rd to
the 2nd, by working a circle of 13 stitches of plain tatting at
one-third of an inch distance, * then at the same distance; fasten the
cotton on the next circle of the preceding row, work a circle at the
same distance again, and repeat from *. The cotton is fastened on the
circles by drawing it through the circle with a crochet-needle, so as to
form a loop, and then drawing it out of the loop. Take care to keep the
distance between 2 circles always the same. Between the circles of the
3rd row draw another piece of cotton, by fastening the cotton on each
circle of the 3rd row at distances of two-thirds of an inch. Then work
the lower edge of the border in the following way:--1 small spot called
a _Josephine knot_ (for which work 5 stitches of plain tatting, draw the
cotton downwards through the loop which fastens the stitches, and draw
up the whole), fasten the cotton between the next two circles of the 3rd
row, * and a little further make a spot consisting of 8 stitches of
single tatting, close to this a circle formed of 3 double, 9 purl
divided by 2 double, 3 double; then again a spot of 8 stitches of plain
tatting, turn the 2 last spots so as to make their round sides come
opposite one another; fasten the cotton on again between the 2 next
circles of the 3rd row. Then a little further off work 1 small spot (5
stitches of plain tatting), 1 circle of 3 double, 1 purl, 2 double
fastened on the last purl of the preceding circle, 2 double, 5 purl
divided by 2 double, 3 double; then again a small spot (5 plain
stitches), fasten the cotton on again between the next 2 circles of the
3rd row, and repeat from *, always fastening each new circle to the
corresponding purl of the preceding one. On the other long side, the
border is completed by 2 rows of crochet. The 1st row is formed by
working 1 double under the piece of cotton between 2 circles of the 1st
row, with 5 chain stitches between.
2nd row: 1 treble in every other stitch, 1 chain stitch after every
treble. The strip of insertion is then tacked on a piece of cardboard or
oil-cloth, and the lace stitches are worked between the circles, as is
seen in illustration.
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