From Mrs Beeton’s Book Of Needlework 1870
2.--Tatted
Insertion.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s tatting cotton
No. 30, or Boar's Head crochet cotton No. 12; tatting pin No. 2; large shuttle.
This insertion should be worked with coarse cotton. 5
double *, 1 purl, 2 double, repeat from * 4 times, 1 purl, 5 double, draw up
the cotton, turn the pattern downward, and work another circle the same as that
above described, leaving one-sixth of an inch of cotton between each circle.
3.--Lace
Edging in Tatting.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s crochet cotton
No. 10, or tatting cotton No. 20; tatting-pin No. 3; any sized shuttle. For a
finer edging, No. 18.
1st oval: Fill the shuttle, but do not cut it off from the
reel, as a double thread is used, and commence by working 10 double stitches, 1
purl, 10 double; draw up.
Double thread:
Putting the thread attached to the reel round the left hand, work 8 double, 1
purl, 8 double.
2nd oval: 10 double, join to purl in 1st oval, 10 double;
draw up.
The pattern is now complete. Repeat from beginning, taking
care that the next oval be close to the last.
Crochet a heading with the same cotton, working 7 chain, 1
double into the purl in double thread. Repeat.
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