MANCHETTE.
Reading edition
Taylor’s Crochet Thread, No. 12; Fine Black Silk; Needle, No. 23, Bell Gauge.—Make a chain of 236 stitches, and cut off the thread at the end of each row. The plain stitches are all to be worked in Double Crochet;—(see Instructions—Second Series,) and in working the treble rows, put the needle between the stitches in the preceding row.
1st and 2d rows.—Treble.
3d.—1 treble, *, 4 chain, miss 4, 2 treble: repeat from *, and end with 1 treble.
4th and 5th.—Treble. 6th and 7th.—Plain.
8th.—6 plain, *, 5 chain, miss 1, 11 plain; repeat from *, and end with 6 plain, instead of 11.
9th.—5 plain, *, miss 1, (1 chain, and 1 treble 5 times in the 5 chain of the 8th row,) 1 chain, miss 1, 9 plain; repeat from *, and end with 5 plain.
10th.—4 plain, *, (2 chain, miss 1, and 1 treble in the 1 chain 6 times,) 2 chain, miss 1, 7 plain: repeat from *, end with 4 plain.
11th.—3 plain, *, (2 chain, miss 2, and 1 treble in the 2 chain 7 times,) 2 chain, miss 2, 5 plain; repeat from *, end with 3 plain.
12th.—2 plain, *, (2 chain, miss 2, and 1 treble in the 2 chain 8 times,) 2 chain, miss 2, 3 plain; repeat from *, and end with 2 plain.
13th.—Same as the 11th.
14th.—4 plain, *, (2 chain, miss 2, and 1 treble in the 2 chain 6 times), 2 chain, miss 2, 7 plain: repeat from *, and end with 4 plain.
15th.—5 plain, *, (1 chain, miss 2, and 1 treble in the 1 chain 5 times,) 1 chain, miss 2, 9 plain; repeat from *, end with 5 plain.
16th.—6 plain, *, (miss 1, and 1 treble in the 1 chain 4 times), miss 1, 11 plain, repeat from *, end with 6 plain.
17th.—6 plain, *, 1 chain, miss 4, 11 plain; repeat from *, end with 6 plain.
18th and 19th.—Plain; repeat these 19 rows once more, and then work the 1st 12 rows; and for
THE EDGING,
51st.—1 plain, (2 chain, miss 2, and 1 treble in the 2 chain 9 times), 2 chain, miss 2, repeat, end with 1 plain.
52d.—3 chain, miss 2, 1 plain in the 2 chain of the last row: repeat to the end.
53d.—1 chain, miss 2, (2 treble, 3 chain, 2 treble, these 4 treble are worked in the 3 chain of the last row,) 1 chain, miss 2, 1 plain in the 3 chain—repeat.
54th.—1 plain in the 1 chain of the last row, 3 chain, miss 2, 5 treble, in the 3 chain of the last row, 3 chain, miss 2, 1 plain in the 1 chain of last row, miss 1; repeat to the end, and fasten off; knot the ends together, and work a plain row down each side.
