RAISED ROSE CROCHET COLLAR.
MATERIALS..—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Thread,
No. 40, and Penelope Crochet Hook, No. 5.
This collar is made in portions, and joined together with needle and
thread, or worked together with one plain at the option of the worker.
TO FORM THE ROSE.—Make a chain of 8 loops, plain 1, to form a round,
fasten off.
RAISED ROSE CROCHET COLLAR.
2nd: Work 1 treble, ch. 3, repeat round, plain 1, and fasten off; you
should have seven treble in the round.
3rd: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 8 treble
in the 3 ch. of last round, plain 1 at the top of the next 1 treble of
last round, repeat in the same 1 treble all round, fasten off.
4th: Work 1 treble at the top of the 1 plain of last round, chain 6,
repeat round, plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble to form the round,
fasten off.
5th: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 8 treble
in the 6 ch. of last round, plain 1 at the top of the next 1 treble of
last round, repeat in the same loop as before, repeat round, fasten
off.
6th: Work 1 treble at the top of the 1 plain of last round, ch. 9,
repeat round, plain 1, fasten off.
7th: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 10 treble
in the 9 ch. of last round, plain 1 at the top of the next 1 treble of
last round, repeat in the same loop as before all round.
8th: Work 1 treble at the top of the 1 plain of last round, ch. 12,
repeat round, plain 1, fasten off.
9th: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 13 treble
in the 12 ch. of last round, plain 1 in the 1 treble of last round,
repeat round.
10th: Ch. 5, miss 2, plain 1, repeat round each fold of the rose.
11th: Ch. 5, plain 1 in the centre of the 5 ch. of last round, repeat
round; fasten off, which completes the rose; you require 7 of these
flowers to form the collar, and 6 of the following:—
LARGE ROUNDS.—Make a round loop, the size of this O, and work 30
treble in the round loop.
2nd round: Ch. 19, miss 5, plain 1, repeat round.
3rd: Work double crochet in each loop all round.
4th: Ch. 5, miss 2, plain 1, repeat round.
5th: Ch. 5, plain 1 in the centre of the 5 ch. of last round, repeat
round.
6th: Ch. 4, plain 1 in the centre of the 5 ch. of last round, repeat
round.
7th: Ch. 3, plain 1 in the centre of the 4 ch. of last round, repeat
round, fasten off, which completes the round; you then work 74 of the
following:—
SMALL ROUNDS.—Make a round loop, the size of this O, and work 21
double in the round loop.
2nd round: Ch., 9, miss 2, plain 1; repeat round; you should have 7
lots of the 9 chain in the round.
3rd: d.c. in each loop all round, which completes the round; you now
require 14 of the following:—
PATTERN FOR LEAF.—Make a ch. of 12 loops, turn back, and work the 12
loops d.c.
2nd round: Ch. 3, miss 2, work two treble in 1 loop, repeat to the
end, and in the end loop ch. 3, work 2 treble, work the other side the
same, with the treble opposite, the treble and 3 ch. at the end, plain
1 in the end loop, fasten off.
3rd: Plain 1 in the centre of the first 3 ch. of last round, ch. 3,
work 1 treble at the top of the first treble of last round, ch. 2,
work 1 treble at the top of the next treble of last round; you repeat
all round the leaf with 3 ch., opposite the 3 ch. of last round, and 2
treble at the top of the 2 treble of last round, with 2 ch. between
them, working both sides to correspond, turn back.
4th: Ch. 4 and plain 1 in each lot of the chain of last round, fasten
off, which completes the leaf; you then work a stalk to each leaf as
follows: ch. 5, work 1 treble in the centre of the chain round between
the edge and the centre, work 1 treble on the other side, the same
turn back, and work the 5 chains plain, fasten off, which completes
the stalk; after working the number of each portion required and
joining them together, as shown in the illustration, you work a band
for the neck-part of the collar as follows:—
Work a few plain at the end, then ch. 10, and work 1 treble where it
requires a treble, and a double where it requires a double, and a
plain in the centre of the stalks and rounds as you see the stitches
in the engraving, so as to make it lie to the shape of the neck.
2nd row: Ch. 2, miss 2, work 1 treble, repeat to the end, turn back.
3rd: Ch. 2, work 1 treble at the top of the treble of last row, repeat
to the end, turn back.
4th: D.c., fasten off, which completes the collar.
