New or Improved Apparatus or Frames whereon to Make Ornamental or other Fancy Work suitable for Cuffs, Muffs, Blankets and other Articles.
Year: 1885

page_text: New or Improved Apparatus or Frames whereon to Make
Ornamental or other Fancy Work suitable for Cuffs, Muffs,
Blankets, and other Articles.
I MARY ELLIOTT SCRIVENOR of The Green Southgate in the County of Middlesex
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:—
or
My Invention relates to the arrangement and construction of "frames"
apparatus upon which crochet work of a very novel character can be made
suitable for cuffs muffs blankets petticoats and other articles of dress or other
useful and ornamental purposes.
According to one part of my invention I employ a "frame" consisting of a series
of seven or other suitable number of fingers or points upon which the loops are
formed by winding or lapping woollen or other threads worsted or cords thereon
and securing and looping them together by means of a crochet hook the character
of the work produced depending upon the number of the fingers or points upon
which the loops are formed and looped together and the order in which such looping
is effected and the different stitches used for looping such work. A spring upon
the frame is employed for holding the work as it accumulates.
The fingers or points may be arranged in a circle oval or in a double row upon
a support and so that they can be detached when required for the purpose of
making tubular or double work similar to that previously described.
Thatod thin 10th dox of December 1985
TONGUE & BIRKBECK,
Agents for the Applicant.

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I MARY ELLIOTT SCRIVENOR of The Green Southgate in the County of Middlesex
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
My invention relates to the arrangement and construction of "frames" or
apparatus upon which crochet work of a very novel character can be made suitable
for cuffs, muffs, blankets, petticoats and other articles of dress or other useful and
ornamental purposes.
According to one part of my invention I employ a "frame" consisting of a series
of seven or other suitable number of fingers or points upon which the loops are
formed by winding or lapping woollen or other threads worsted or cords thereon
and securing and looping them together by means of a crochet hook the character
of the work produced depending upon the number of the fingers or points upon
which the loops are formed and looped together and the order in which such looping
is effected and the different stitches used for looping such work. A spring upon
the frame is employed for holding the work as it accumulates.
The fingers or points may be arranged in a circle oval or in a double row upon a
support and so that they can be detached when required for the purpose of making
tubular or double work similar to that previously described.
And in order that my invention may be clearly understood and readily carried
into practice I will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 shows a side view and Figure 2 an edge view of a frame or instrument a
formed with a series of fingers or points a¹ upon which a woollen or other thread or
cord is wound or looped advantageously from a ball or bobbin from the top to the
bottom of the fingers or vice versa the coils being lapped or looped close together.
The series of coils when lapped around the fingers are then secured together by
means of a crotchet hook and a worsted or other thread by looping the threads
together in the spaces between the fingers.
The piece of fancy work thus far made is drawn from off the fingers a¹ and held
on the frame by the spring clip a³ and then the worsted or thread is again lapped
or looped around the fingers and crocheted or even sewn together as before thus
adding another portion to the piece of work previously made and so on for any
desired length.
The worsted or thread may either be lapped or looped around the whole series of
fingers or only around a selected series of them so that the work made thereon can
be narrowed or widened and varied as required. The looping of the threads
together may also be made in the spaces between all the fingers or only between
alternate fingers or in any other desired order.
A

page_text: The work may be made by looping the worsted or thread upon the fingers in
succession in place of first lapping the worsted thereon thus the looped work made
upon the fingers a' may be greatly varied.
When it is desired to make a piece of work of considerable width I find it
advantageous to use a frame or apparatus such as is represented by Figures 3 and 4.
Figure 3 being a plan and Figure 4 a side elevation partly in section. This frame
may be of any desired length the fingers a¹ being stuck up in holes formed in the
base or support a, so that a full series of fingers may be used or any desired number
can be set up in any desired order according to the character of the work it may be
desired to make thereon. Fringe can be made by cutting the loops between the
crochet-work or winding round a certain number of loops.
From the previous description, it will be seen that any fancy or useful article,
such as a cuff blanket or a petticoat, can be made in one piece upon the apparatus
in place of making the parts in strips or lengths and afterwards joining them
together. It is also evident that the form construction and arrangement of the
apparatus may be considerably varied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
The arrangement application and use of a frame or apparatus formed with a series
of fingers a' for making ornamental or other fancy crochet work thereon substantially
in the manner and for the purpose herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings hereto annexed.