“LET’S GO GOSSIPING.”

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 258, 28 September 1933, Page 9

“LET’S GO GOSSIPING.”

CROCHET. (By Mary Tallis). Crochet for Curtains. —The fashion for crochet-trimmed sash curtains is with us once more, and here we give instructions for very pretty, and simple curtain bands, as well as for a curtain beading. A Curtain Band. —Material: No. 40 silk crochet, shade amber or ochre. A No. 20J crochet hook. Abbreviations: Sp., space; exten., extension; ch., chain; tr., treble. Begin with 34 ch. Make 3 ch. for the first tr. in each row. Ist row.—ll block. 2nd. row. —11 block, 6 ch., exten. 3rd row.- —2 block on the exten., 2 block, 7 sp., 4 block, for the third block in 1 block on the side edge ot the second block, for the 4th block make 1 block on the edge of the third block. 4th row. —4 block, 7 sp.. 4 block, 6 ch., exten. sth row. —2 block on the exten., 2 block, 4 sp., 3 block, 4 sp., 4 block—the last two blocks made as in the third row. 6th row. —4 block, 4 sp., 1 block, 1 sp., 1 block, 4 sp., 4 block. 7th row. —2 block, 4 sp., 3 block, 1 sp., 3 block, 4 sp., 2 block. Btli row:—2 block, 2 sp., 4 block, 3 sp., 4 block, 2 sp., 2 block. 9th row. —2 block, 1 sp., 3 block, 7 s}>., 3 block, 1 sp., 2 block. lOtli row.—ls like Bth row. lltli row. —Is like 7th row. 12tli row. —2 block, 6 sp., 1 block, 1 sp., 1 block, 6 sp., 2 block. 13th row. —2 block, 6 sp., 3 block, G sp., 2 block. 14tli row. —2 block (sp., 2 block) twice, 3 sp. (2 block, 1 sp.,) twice, 2 block. 15th row. —2 block, 2 sp., 1 block, 1 sp., 1 block, 5 sp., 1 block, 1 sp., 1 block, 2 sp., 2 block. Ifith row. —Is like the 14tli row. 17th row. —2 block, 6 sp., 3 block. G sp., 2 block. 18th row. —2 block, G sp., 1 block, 1 sp., 1 block, 6 sp., 2 block. Repeat from the 7th to the 18th row until there is the required length. Next repeat from the 7tli to the 11th row. Next row. —4 block, 4 sp., 1 block, 1 sp., 1 block, 4 sp., 4 block. Next row.—4 block, 4 sp., 3 block, 4 sp., 4 block. Next row: Slip over 2 block, make 4 block, 7 sp., 4 block. Next row: 4 block, 7 sp., 4 block. Next row: Slip over 2 block, make 11 block. Next row: 11 block. For the loop.—Slips- over G tr. from the 7tli tr., make 6 cli., 1 triple tr. in the same 7th tr., * make G ch., 1 triple tr. in the head of the previous triple tr. Repeat from * three times. Catch to the 7tli tr. from the other end of the last row, return with 7 ch. and 1 d.c. round each of the four connections, 7 ch. down to the band. Curtain top.—Material No. 40 silk crochet, shade amber or ochre, and a No. 20J crochet hook. Abbreviations: Sp.. space; blk., block; ch., chain; m. make. Begin with 58 chain, 3 chain for the edge tr. Ist row: 19 blk. Afterwards the Ist row of each figure will be 3 blk., 3 sp., 3 blk., 1 sp., 3 blk., 4 sp., 2 blk. 2nd. row. —2 blk., 2 sp. (4 blk., 3 sp.) twice, 1 blk. 3rd row.-—1 blk. 2 sp., 3 blk., 7 sp., 3 blk., 1 sp., 2 blk. 4th row: Is like the 2nd row. sth row: M. 3 ch., for the edge tr., next for the looj> m. 6 ch., 1 triple tr. in the head of the edge tr., * 6 cli., 1 triple tr. in the head of the previous triple tr., repeat from * twice, catch to the foundation row, return with 7 ch. and a slipstitch round each of the three connections, 7 ch. down to the edg<s tr., continue with the sth row to make 3 blk., 3 sp., 3 blk., 1 sp., 3 blk. 4 sp., 2 blk. 6th row. —2 blk., G sp., 1 blk., 1 sp., 1 blk., 5 sp., 1 blk., turn. 7th row. —3 blk., 3 sp., 3 blk., 6 sp., 2 blk. Bth row. —2 blk. (sp. 2 blk.) twice, 3 sp., 2 blk., 1 sp., 1 blk. 9tlr row. —1 blk., 1 sp., 1 blk., 5 sp., 1 blk., 1 sp., 1 blk., 2 sp-, 2 blk. 10th row.—ls like the Bth row. Next make 6 cli., exten. lltli row. —2 blk. on the exten., 1 blk., 3 sp., 3 blk., 6 sp-, 2 blk. 12th row.—2 blk., 6 sp., 1 blk., 1 sp., 1 blk., 5 sp., 1 blk., 6 ch. exten. for the first row of the first row of the next figure. Finish the end of the length of crochet on a stli row of 19 blk.