Philadelphia, January 1850
GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK
Philadelphia, January 1850
Materials – light and dark green and dark scarlet chenille, each one skein; one skein each of purse-twist, bright gold color, white, and bright scarlet; steel hook No.
Make a chain of sixty stitches in bright gold color; unite the ends, and work one round in plain double crochet.
2d round.– Join on the lightest green chenille; work in plain double crochet, taking both aides of he chain in preceding round.
3d round.– In gold color, single open crochet, taking the loops at the back of the chenille.
4th round.– Plain double crochet, working through both sides of the chain as before.
5th. round.– Join on the dark scarlet chenille, and work; as directed for the light green.
Join on the white silk and the third and fourth rounds; then join on the dark green chenille, and work it as directed for the scarlet and light green; join on the scarlet sill, and repeat the third and fourth rounds. Commence again with the light green chenille, and repeat until the colors have all been worked in three times. Finish the top with one round of light green chenille in double crochet, taking both sides of the chain of scarlet silk; one round in silver twist, double crochet, taking the loop at the back of preceding round; crochet the silver twist down the sides, and unite the bottom with it by working through the loops on each side. Work one round more at the top, with the dark green chenille, in double crochet, as before; then, on one side, make three loops with the scarlet chenille, by making fourteen chain stitches, the fifteenth single crochet into the tenth in last round. Make it upon a card, and line with white satin; place three silver buttons on the side opposite to where the scarlet loops are.
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