63. ROUND COLLAR. (CROCHET.)

Materials—White, and three shades of scarlet and shaded green Berlin wool; Penelope crochet No. 2.

With white make a chain of 84 stitches; work a row of single open crochet.—

2d row (lightest scarlet). 3 chain, 3 long, miss 2; repeat to the end.—

3d row (second shade of scarlet). 1 long worked in the centre long stitch of previous row, 5 chain; repeat.—

4th row (dark scarlet). 3 long worked above the long, and the last and first stitches of the chain, 4 chain; repeat.—

5th row (green). Commence in the edge stitch of third row. 5 chain, miss 3 *, 5 long, 3 chain, miss 1; repeat from *, and work to the end, which must be finished with 5 chain, 1 plain, worked in the third row.—

6th row (white). Commence at the edge-stitch of the third row. 6 chain, * 5 plain worked above the 5 long of previous row, 4 chain: repeat from * to the end, and finish with 6 chain. Fasten the white wool to the second stitch of fourth row, 6 chain, 3 plain worked above the 3 long of fourth row; repeat. Pass through every second stitch of white row, and place a rosette of ribbon at the end.