New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-26
KNITTING AND CROCHET.
A RED CROSS" PATTERN.
Prom The Weekly Tribune.

From The Weekly Tribune
This handsome counterpart or bed-spread is TO
he eroeheted in Two colors. the ground work in
yhite with scarlet cross in the middle, inclosed
within narrow scarlet border For warm heavy
,overinr use good Germantown worsted, with large
bono OF wooden hook. Double zephyr would make
a finer and better article, but would add consider
abiy to its expense. No minute directions can be
given a. to the Quantity of worsted necessary, but
The proportion used will he about as five to one
that is if half pound of the scarlet is used then
two and half pounds Of white will be needed.
Star stitch worked back in double crochet IS
recommended. but any other stitch may be used'
In the ordinary star stitch, the worsted has 10 ue
broken OIL ut the end Of each row. To avoid TINS
turn at the end of the row aud work oacK 10 'ne
beginning IN DC, each star being equal u
two DC. stitches. In doing TINS DO c"ro-
tul to keep the plumber OF stitches anu u pre-
serve the edges of the work square Alter the ~
make another row IN star stitch, and SO on after
nately all through the piece.
Beein with the middle stripe, which shonld be ex-
actly three feet wide make chain OF sufhclent
nnmb.r Of stitches in white and work IN star stitch
and D. C alternately till the stripe IS toob deep
Divide II now into three equal parts of foot each
Work the first in white join the scarlet and work
across the middle part; drop the scarlet loin 'he
white from a second ball and continue to the end
In returning work in D. C. till you reach the centre
division d, on the hite, take the scarlet ana go
Across the middle piece drop the scarlet ana nhisn
with the white. Repeat these two rows tlil tno
piece is wv feet deep Break oil the hlte JOIN 'ne
searlet at the beginning of the stripe and YORK IN
tb,s lor alone for another foot OF depth OF unt
Tho str,ne il three feet deep. Now work the hrst
nortion in white the centre in scarlet and the last
third in white for another twelve inches IN depth
This finishes the cross. Next. with white alone
work strip of a foot In depth to match the
white strip at the beginning. This completes inc
centre. Work two narrow strips each foot wlde'
in white of the same length tive feet anu JOIN ID .
c. to the stripe with cross
For the border, start at one end OF the ccntrai
part of the spread with the scarlet and work rsht
ACROSS return in D. c., and repeat the two lows rs
before until you have border four inches deep
Turn the piece around and work similar band at
the opposite end. Work a like border OF scsrle'
on each of the Sides starting at the extreme rlght
of the scarlet band at one end and working TO the
extreme.left of the band at the other end. his
finishes the scarlet border.
Next take the white wOIsted and WORK IN exactIY
the same way a white border round the spread SIX
OF eight inches wide. Thus far the result IS Ie1
cross on \ white ground, surrounded by a scarlet
border. and this again by n white one. Now around
the whole article work an edglng of large shells I'm
treble) or scalops When this is finished take the
scarlet and work in S. c. around the edges oil all
the shells. This completes the pattern, which may
be lined or not as the worker pleases.