EDGING No. 2.
Reading edition
Fill the plain shuttle with Ardern's crochet cotton No. 12. Pin No. 2.
1st Row. Work a sufficient length of ovals; 3 D (L, 3 D twice) not drawn up quite close, and leaving ½ an inch of cotton, or more, between each.
Fill the figured shuttle with Evan's Boar's-head No. 20, and refil the plain shuttle; tie the cottons together.
2nd Row. With the plain shuttle thread round the little finger; L, 2 D, L, 1 D tie to the 1st L of 1st oval; 1 D (L, 2 D twice); L, 1 D tie to the 2nd L of the 1st oval; 1 D, L, 2 D tie to the thread between the ovals. Repeat till all the ovals are finished.
3rd Row. Begin again by tying in the 1st L of last Row. With the plain shuttle thread round the little finger; L, 1 D tie to the next L of the 2nd Row; (1 D, L, 1 D tie to the next L of the 2nd row twice;) 1 D, L, 1 D, tie to the same L; [1 D, L, 1 D tie to the next L of the 2nd Row twice] 1 D, tie to the next L of 2nd Row, and repeat to the end of the strip. Or this row may be worked without loops—if they are objected to.
To make a strong foundation for this edging. Take the plain shuttle, and tie to the foundation cotton of the ovals, twice, between each oval; or on either side of the ties in the 2nd Row.