From Mrs Beeton’s Book Of Needlework 1870
4.--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 required, and commence by working 10 double
stitches, 1 purl, 10 double stitches, draw up.
2nd oval: Close to last oval, work 10 double, 1 purl, 10
double; draw up.
Double thread: Putting the thread attached to the reel
round the left hand, work 12 double, 1 purl, 4 double; then join the
shuttle-thread to the purl in 2nd oval, by drawing it through with a pin. Then
do another similar chain of stitches with the double thread, viz., 4 double, 1
purl, 12 double.
3rd oval: 10 double, join to the purl in 2nd oval--the same
as that to which the shuttle-thread has been fastened--10 double; draw up.
4th oval: Close to last oval, work 10 double, join to purl
of 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 4 chain, 1 double into the purl of double thread, 6 chain, 1
double into the next purl. Repeat.
5.--Border in Tatting with Crochet Edging.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s tatting cotton
No. 60, or crochet cotton No. 80; tatting-pin No. 2; a bone shuttle.
Work * 4 double stitches (that is, 4 times following 1
purled stitch and 1 plain), 1 purl, four times following 3 double stitches, 1 purl,
4 double stitches, draw up the cotton so as to form an oval, and for the
smaller oval, work 9 double stitches, but leave, before beginning the first
double stitch, the space of one-sixth of an inch between this oval and the
preceding; repeat from *, leaving the same space between each oval; join
together the larger ovals by the purl.
For the crochet
edging, work the 1st row in the following manner:--
1 double (followed by 6 chain) in each of the smaller
ovals. The 2nd and 3rd rows are composed of short treble stitches, placed one
above the other, and divided by one chain. While working the short treble
stitches of the 3rd row form the small purl thus:--
* 1 short treble in the first short treble of preceding
row, let the loop slip off from the crochet needle, insert the needle in the
under stitch, from which comes the loop now made into a purl, work 1 double in
the first short treble of preceding row, 1 chain, under which miss 1 stitch,
and repeat from *.
6.--Border in Tatting with Crochet.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Boar's Head
cotton No. 20, or tatting cotton No. 40; tatting-pin No. 2. For a coarser size
use Boar's Head cotton No. 4, or tatting cotton No. 20.
4 double stitches, 1 purl, 4 times following, 3 double
stitches, 1 purl, 4 double stitches, draw up the oval, but not quite tight,
leave a space about one-sixth of an inch, leave a similar space between this
oval and the next, work 3 double stitches, fasten them to the nearest purl of
preceding oval, then work twice following 4 double stitches, 1 purl, then 3
double stitches, 1 purl, 3 double stitches, and draw up the oval.
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