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CROCHET.


There are very few people who do not understand how to work simple patterns in crochet. The stitch itself is so extremely simple and so well known that a description seems superfluous, but many variations exist, which I will name and describe before proceeding to give any patterns.

Chain Stitch. Make a slip-knot, pass it over the hook, put the thread over the hook, and by a slight movement of the hands, draw the thread that is over the hook through the slip-loop. Draw the thread again through the stitch thus made, and proceed till the chain is of the required length.

Using this chain as a foundation, single crochet is worked thus: put the needle through a foundation stitch, draw the thread through the stitch worked into, and the stitch on the needle, together.

Double crochet: put the needle hook through a foundation stitch, twist the thread over the needle, draw through the foundation, then draw through both loops in the needle together.

Half treble: turn the thread over the needle, pass the needle through a foundation stitch, draw through, turn the thread again over the needle, and draw through all three loops on the needle together.

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