CROCHET INSERTION.
Reading edition
WORKED THE SHORT WAY.
Materials.—Cotton, No. 80. Crochet hook, No. 22.
Make 32 chain.
1st.—Miss 3, 2 dc., † 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., †, twice, 2 ch., miss 2, 7 dc., * 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. * 3 times, 2 dc.
2nd.—Turn the work; and, in this and the other alternate rows, take up the side of the stitch nearest to you, whilst in the intermediate you take up the side farthest from you. 3 ch., twist them, miss 1, 2 dc., * 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. * 5 times, 3 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
3rd.—(Turn the work.) 3 ch., twist, miss 1, 2 dc. on dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 7 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
4th.—(Turn.) 3 ch., twist, miss 1, 2 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., + 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc., + twice, 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
5th.—(Turn.) 3 ch., twist, miss 1, 2 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. +, 2 ch. miss 2, 4 dc., + twice, 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
6th.—(Turn.) 3 ch., twist, miss 1, 2 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 7 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
1147th.—(Turn.) 3 ch., twist, miss 1, 2 dc., ✕ 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. ✕ 6 times, 3 dc., 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
8th.—(Turn.) 3 ch., twist, miss 1, 1 dc., ✕ 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc., ✕ twice, 3 dc., * 2 ch., miss 2, 1 dc. * 4 times, 2 ch., miss 2, 3 dc.
Repeat until sufficient is done for the purpose required.
It may be necessary to explain the meaning of the word twist. In working a crochet pattern backwards and forwards, or in carrying the thread from one round to another, without joining, in a round crochet pattern, the neatest way is to make three chain, and then twist them, letting the loop drop off the needle for the purpose and resuming it; this looks quite sufficiently like a dc. stitch for all ordinary purposes.