New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-11
ROMAN AFGHAN.

This Afghan consists of stripes, black ana
Roman.
Materials required are 16 skeins black, 5 skeins
garnet. and skeins each of blue yellow and PINK
total. 25 skeins The Columbia Germantown
should be used.
Ii is crocheted in star stitch with bone crochet
hook do not know the number of the hook Dut
il is one eighth of an inch in diameter.
The middle stripe (blacD is 80 stars wide; the
other stripes are each 80 stars wide
The Roman stripe is arranged as follows:
One row each of pink, blue, garnet, blue, yellow
garnet, pink, and rows OF blue.
One row each of pink garnet, blue, yellow, garnet,
pink. z rows black.
One row each of pink, garnet, blue, yellow, pink,
garnet blue. rows of pink.
One row each of blue, pink, garnet, blue, yellow,
garnet, pink. s rows of garnet.
Work through these colors three times, and then
work the first seven rows of the pattern, making
151 rows i'll all.
The stripes are all I51 rows in length and 80 stars
In width. excepting the middle stripe, which has 80
stars They must all be worked crosswlse OF the
stripe and not from end to end Tor lengthwise).
The stripes are joined with twisted cordof black
and yellow and a cord is also worked on tie edge
of the outer stripes.
The fringe was made from directions given in THE
TRIBUNE of june 23 1880.
The fringe was put across the ends
In order to make the tssnge heavy enough. L
knitted in two lengths of the wool at a time.
After working across three times with the black,
work IL strand OF yellow.
The fringe was joined with cord like that with
which it was fastened together.
The wool was cut in lengths of about Is inches.
The beauty OF the Afghan depends largely upon
the selection of coors
The blue and pink should be of a light delicate
shade. the garnet rather bright, and the yellow
should be of rich golden color. having neither an
orange nor lemon tint.
Care must be taken in beginning and ending each
row in star-stitch it will persist in assuming
diagonal appearance
In beginning each after the first join the wool
with sc. and make chain. Put the hook
through the first of these chains, and raise stitch
next raise stitch through the stitch to the right
of the eyelet-hole in the first star of the preceding
row Raise the other stitches usual, and proceed.
II IL best to have the first stitches IN star quite
short and 10 draw MP the last two stitches long and
ON level with the top of the last made star. Hold
the work quite firmly, and draw it gradually to the
right 40 that the stars in each row may be directly
above the stars in the preceding After the I'd
row the wool is joined in the I'd of the two CHAINS
made at the beginning of the last row.
In making the last star, after raising stitch
through
draw the wool through the back part of the last
stitch of that star Leave about an inch and cut OIL
the wool.
Do not draw the loose end of the preceding row
through the last two stitches, as Is told in some d.
rections given for that draws the work out OF
shape.
In order to make good edge worked along the
edge of each stripe in ID with the garnet wool.
putting two stitches into every star
The Afghan isforty eight inches wide and seven
+v-four inches long, exclusive of the fringe. The
loose ends should be in out of sight on the under
eide. Ii is crocheted quite firmly, each row being
about one-half an inch in depth
MISS Newton, who contributes these directions,
adds g" got the idea oft from the directions for
Roman Afghan given in THE TRIBUNE in April,
1880. think changed the directions somewhat,
and have succeeded in making very handsome
robe. Il would take less wool if it were knitted in
garter stitch. A friend of mine has made one in that
way. but it would not be more than half as heavy.
wish that the friends of the column would sesd
IN descriptions of their Afghans."