New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
KNITTING AND CROCHET.
A CROCHET SHAWL.
From The Weekly Tribune


Walking down Broadway the other day the writer
saw specimens of square crochet shawl in two of
the stores, which simple and pretty that
TRIBUNE readers Will doubtless be glad to know
how it made. In the first store the shawl was
all worked in white Saxony and finished with fly
fringe In the other blue Shetland floss was used with
knotted fringe. Both looked we'll hanging in the
windows, with the preference slightly in favor of
the white Saxony
Make chain of five loops and close into ring
into this ring work four groups of four trebles
rated by one chain, and finish the round with a
single
I'd round ch miss one of the groups oftrebles.
DC. under the 1 Oh. before the next group y; CHI.
/ DC. under the same chain the DC. already
made This loop of CHI. represents one of the cor
ners and will be called hereaftera corner loop Re-
peat from the beginning three moro times, ending
with DC. under the CHI. from which you started
Now work two Sos on the first two chains of the
first CHI.
Sd round: DC. under the 8 CHI. this DC lies
next to the last single); 70 CHI, 1 DC under the
corner loop, ch., / DC. under the Same corner
loop, oh. DC. under the next 5 CHI repeat from
= three times. End with q SC. on the first DC,
followed by two Sos on the first two of the next
3 CHI.
4th round This is like the Sd with this difference.
that there are more chains. Make o DC in the
middle of the first oh. then 5 ch DC under the
next ch., and so on all around except that in the
corner loop you put an extra CHI. End as before
with Sos to bring you to the middle of the next
Sch.
9Th round Make 8 CHI. for the first treble and
work trebles more under the 5 ch you are now on.
The next CHI is the corner loop. work CHI, a ire
bles under the corner loop 2 CHI. trebles under
the same corner loop, Il CHI, trebles under the
next CHI; repeat from till you come to
She second corner loop when you work
this the as the last corner loop.
Continue thus all round, working groups
of trebles, separated by chain, under each CHI,
except at the corners where you make two groups
of trebles, separated by 2 CHI. End with
sc. on top of the ch which formed the first treble
of this round.
Repeat the I'd, Sd, 9TH and 9Th rounds, until the
shawl is large enough If you finish with fly
fringe work of DC. after the last repetition of
the 9th round and add fringe; if with knotted
fringe, repeat the I'd and Sd rounds once more and
knot the fringe under each ch.
Chains are such indefinite things that no two peo-
pie make them alike. One worker will make them
dose and compact. another loose and struggling
while between these two extremes range chains of
every variety. 1t will be WELL then, after the fifth
round, and again after the ninth. to lay the work
down and test it. The little shawl should be square
and lie perfectly fiat, the diamond work open and
distinct without pickering crowding. If
tne corners are drawn in, put extra chain
or two in the corner loop. into which you
work the double groups of trebles. If the chain
seems stretched too tightly try oh. instead of s.
In short an examination of the result after the
9th round ought to show what defects, if any,
there are in the work. and what notifications are
needed to make the shawl perfectly satisfactory.
The directions given are for a square shawl. but
readers will have little difficulty in adapting them
70 . three-cornered one.