LOUNGING CAP.
MATERIALS..—Six skeins of bright scarlet Berlin wool; 5 shades of
green ditto, 6 skeins each; 12 skeins of black, and 4 of gray; 4
skeins of white, and 4 of gray floss silk, or filoselle. A handsome
shaded tassel, and a ball of crochet cord.
The whole of this cap is worked in s.c., over the cord. Begin with the
band round the head, by working 240 stitches with black wool, on the
cord, and closing into a round.
2nd round: (Black and gray wool) X 2 black and 2 gray alternately, X
all round.
3rd: (Black wool, white silk) X 1 b., 3 w., X all round.
4th: Black all round.
5th: Scarlet all round.
6th: (Scarlet and darkest green) X 2 s., 4 g., 42 s., X 5 times.
7th: (Scarlet, same green, and white) X 2 s., 5 g., 6 s., 3 w., 9 s.,
3 g., 16 s., 2 w., 2 s., X 5 times.
8th: (Scarlet, second darkest green, black, and white) X 2 s., 2 g., 1
b., 3 g., 4 s., 5 w., 4 s., 2 g., 1 s., 3 g., 5 s., 4 g., 4 s., 3 w.,
1 s., 3 w., 1 s., 3 w., 1 s., X 5 times.
9th: (Same colors) X 2 s., 3 g., 1 b., 2 g., 4 s., 1 w., 4 s., 4 w.,
2 s., 2 g., 6 s., 6 g., 2 s., 5 w., 1 s., 2 w., 1 s., X 5 times.
10th: (Scarlet, black, white, and gray silk; third shade of green) X 3
s., 3 g., 1 b., 1 g., 2 s., 2 w., 1 s., 4 gray, 1 s., 4 w., 2 s., 1
g., 5 s., 3 g., 1 b., 3 g., 1 s., 4 w., 2 s., 1 g., 1 s., 2 w., X 5
times.
11th: (Same colors) X 1 w., 3 s., 4 g., 1 s., 2 w., 1 s., 1 g., 1 s.,
4 g., 1 s., 3 w., 3 s., 3 g., 2 s., 2 g., 1 b., 4 g., 1 s., 3 w., 2
s., 3 g., 1 s., 1 w., X 5 times.
12th: (Same colors except green, which change to the next lightest) X
2 w., 3 s., 6 g., 1 s., 1 g., 2 s., 3 g., 1 s., 2 w., 3 s., 5 g., 1
s., 1 g., 1 b., 4 g., 2 s., 3 w., 1 s., 2 g., 1 s., 1 g., 1 w., X 5
times.
13th: (Same colors, with the lightest green) X 2 w. (over the two
first of last round), 7 s., 3 g.. 2 w., 3 s., 1 g., 1 s., 1 w., 3 s.,
4 g., 2 b., 1 g., 1 b., 4 g., 3 s., 5 w., 1 s., 2 g., 1 s., 1 w., X 5
times.
LOUNGING CAP.
14th: (Same colors, with the lightest green but one) X 1 w., 3 s., 5
g., 2 s., 2 w., 1 s., 3 g., 1 s., 3 w., 2 s., 2 g., 2 b., 4 g., 5 s., 2
g., 1 s., 1 w., 1 s., 2 g., 1 s., 2 g., 1 s., 1 w., X 5 times.
15th: (Same colors, with next darkest green) 3 s., 4 g., 1 b., 1 g.,
2 s., 1 w., 1 s., 1 w., 1 s., 2 w., 1 s., 3 w., 2 s., 7 g., 1 s., 5
g., 2 s., 3 w., 1 s., 3 g., 1 s., 1 w., 1 s., X 5 times.
16th: (Scarlet, black, white, and next darkest green) X 6 g., 1 b., 2
g., 2 s., 3 w., 2 s. 5 w., 3 s., 5 g., 1 s., 3 g., 1 b., 2 g., 2 s., 4
w., 3 s., 1 w., 1 s., 1 g., X 5 times.
17th: (Same colors) X 1 s., 1 g., 1 s., 2 g., 1 b., 3 g., 3 s., 9 w.,
2 s., 1 g., 6 s., 2 g., 1 b., 3 g., 5 s., 5 w., 2 s., X 5 times.
18th: (Scarlet, white, and darkest green) X 1 g., 2 s., 5 g., 5 s., 4
w., 1 s., 2 w., 2 s., 2 g., 6 s., 5 g., 7 s., 3 w., 3 s., X 5 times.
19th: (Scarlet and darkest green) X 4 s., 3 g. over centre three of 5
g., 15 s., 1 g., 8 s., 3 g., 14 s., X 5 times.
Four rounds of scarlet complete the band round the head.
THE TOP OF THE CAP.—This is a worked from the centre, and gradually
increased until of the same dimensions as the band, that is,
containing 240 stitches. Begin by working 12 stitches with black wool
on the cord, and forming it into a round.
2 round: Increase to 24 stitches.
3rd: Increase to 40.
4th: (Black and gray) X 2 g., 2 b., X 13 times.
5th: (Black and white) X 3 w. over 2 g., 2 b. over 2 b., X 13 times.
6th: (Black and scarlet) X 4 s. over 3 w., 2 b. over b., x 13 times.
7th to 11th: (All scarlet) Increasing sufficiently to keep the work
flat, and having 120 stitches in the last round, or 8 times 15.
12th: (White, scarlet, and lightest green) X 3 s., 4 g., 4 s., 2 w., 2
s., 1 w., 2 s., 1 g., X 8 times.
Observe that care must be taken to increase so that the pattern begins
always at the same point.
14th: (White, scarlet, and third green) X 2 g., 2 s., 2 g. over second
and third of 4 g. in last round, 5 s., 3 w., 2 s., 1 w., 1 s., 2 g., X
8 times.
15th: (Same colors) X 2 s. over 2 g., 2 more s., 1 g., 1 s., 1 g., 3
s. over 2, 1 g., 2 s., 2 w., 2 s., 1 w., 2 s., 2 g., X 8 times.
16th: (Darkest green but one, white, and scarlet) X 1 s., 2 w., 1 s.,
1 w., 1 s., 2 g., 1 s., 2 g., 5 s., 2 w., 1 s., 2 g., 1 s., X 8 times.
17th: (Same colors) X 1 s., 4 w., 3 s., 3 g., 5 s., 2 w., 1 s., 2 g.,
3 s., X 8 times.
18th: (Darkest green, white, and scarlet) X 2 s., 2 w. (over second
and third of 4 white in last round), 5 s., 12 g., the last over the
first of 2 green, 5 scarlet, X 8 times.
There will now be 208 stitches, work on two rounds of scarlet,
increasing to 240, and then join on the band. This is done by holding
the top of the band and the edge of the round together, and working
one round, taking up the chain of both. Work on the cord with black
wool and white silk, two stitches of each alternately; draw in the end
of twine. Take care in placing the two parts of the cap together, to
make that part which begins every round at the same place in both, as
a small defect in the pattern is inevitable, and must be covered by
the tassel. Draw the string of the tassel through the centre of the
crown, and fasten it in its place. The cap may be lined with scarlet
sarsenet.
