Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1913 — TATTING AND CROCHET [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TATTING AND CROCHET

FINE WORK THAT EVEN BEGIN•S’~ NER MAY FASHION. - 1 Directions Given Here, Faithfully Followed, Will Result in Satisfaction —Trimming Is to Be Worked With Two Threads. This trimming is worked with two threads. Commence with the semicircle worked on the two threads, 7 doable knots, 1 picot, 7 doable knots, 1 picot, 7 doable knots, draw the knots ap rather closely together; for the first closed eye on one thread, work 8 double knots, Join to the thread from the beginning of semicircle, 7 doable knots, 1 picot, 1 doa-

ble knot, close; 8 double knots. Join to first picot of last closed eye, 2 doable knots, 4 picots each separated by 2 double knots, 3 double knots, close; ou the second thread work 8 double knots. For the first of three large closed eyes, work 4 double knots, draw through picot of last closed eye; 2 double knots, 4 picots each separate ed by 2 double knots, 4 double knots, close; 4 double knots, draw through first picot of last closed eye; 2 double knots, 5 picots each separated by 2 double knots, 4 double knots, Close; the third of the 3 closed eyes is like the first. Work 8 double knots on the second thread, then 1 closed eye like the second, and 1 like the first, except that instead of joining to the thread before semi-circle, you make a picot to Join the semi-circle to. On the second thread work 7 double knots, draw through first picot of semi circle, 7 double knots, 1 picot, 7 double knots, draw through picot at top of last closed eye, then repeat from the beginning of the row. For the heading in crochet: First Row.—Work 1 double into top picot of semi-circle, 9 chain, repeat. Second Row. —One treble into a stitch, 1 chain, pass over 1 stitch, and repeat