Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-06-01
FANCY WORK.

OF all the dainty work with which
women can occupy their fingers and
their spare time, and which is capable
of gl eater variation than almost any
other form of fancy work, is that Of
crochet. This work continues to in
crease steadily in favor, ana a large
variety of cotton and threads of all
colors have been lately placed on the
market for this special purpose. For
tunately, many of the prettiest pat
terms are the simplest, the more elab-
crate ones resembling passementerie
rather than lace. The latter varieties
are made heavy and close, by having
the main portion of the pattern worked
over small leather molds and metal
rings, even wooden balls being covered
with stitches and made to answer
for drops and tassels. Handsome
trimmings for dresses and mantels can
be made in this style, if one is not
Obliged to count the cost, as they must
be made of silk twist. Crochet made
with ivory cotton is largely used for
trimming canvas embroideries, and is
extremely appropriate to the creamy
tint of the coarser kinds of single
thread canvas. Some of these coarser
kinds of crochet are worked in eX-
tremely simple patterns, resembling
the net work used In guipure dart, the
pattern being represented by groups
of treble crochet. Sometimes only an
openwork design is crocheted, a closer
effect being given by darning stitches,
worked in colored fax, in and out
among the meshes of the crochet. In
this work fine gold thread is largely
used. In contrast to these coarse laces
are the very delicate trimmings made
with braids, some of which are so deli
cate as to resemble lace. These wash
and wear we'll aud are very useful
for trimming aprons, children's
dresses, morning dresses, as well as for
sideboard cloths, sheets, pillow slips,
and other articles for household use.
Crochet is regarded by many who
have never tried it as very difficult,
but this is not true If one has the least
inclination for such work. 1t can cas-
ily be learned from written directions,
therefore we give from an exchange a
set of very plain instructions. which if
carefully followed cannot fail to result
in success.
TERMS USED IN CRoCHET.-Chain
lch. 10 start a chain, make slip
knot in the end of the material and
put the lock through. Catch up
thread and draw second loop through
first, still keeping 1T in the needle.
Catch thread aud proceed as before,
until required length is made. Single
crochet s c.; put hook through work,
take up thread and draw through; take
up the thread again and draw through
the two stitches on the needle.
Double crochet d eli; take up the
thread as if for a stitch, put the hook
through the work. take up thread and
draw through two, again and draw
through remaining two.
Short treble crochet is cl; like
double, except that the thread is drawn
all three stitches at once,
instead of two.
Long treble crochet II cl; like |
double, except that the thread is taken !
up or put over twice, instead of once |
before insertion of hook IN work, maxi |
ing four stitches on the needle. Work |
off by twos, as in double. In the extra |
long treble extra t cl the thread is |
put over three times before the inser-
ton of the hook IN the work, the |
stitches being worked off as directed /
Tor double.
Picot (pl; chain three, four, or five
stitches and form into a loop by one
single or double crochet in first stitch |
Of chain.
Single Shell; two double crochet
d c) put in one opening.
Double Shell; four double crochet
d C put in one opening.
All other shells are specifedin direc-
ions given as "a shell of three |
stitches" ga shell of five stitches" etc.
These terms and the methods of work
ng them out, once fixed in the mind,
he crochet worker has large fnnd to
RAW upon and can apply her informa-
ion In an almost infinite number of
Vays.