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Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s
tatting cotton No. 100; tatting-pin No. 1.
This collar is worked with very fine
tatting cotton. It consists of four branched tatted patterns and of
separate tatted circles, fastened on to one another as seen in
illustration. The four branched patterns are worked as follow:--3
double, 1 purl, 7 times alternately 2 double, 1 purl, then 3 double,
and join the knots into a circle. Work 3 similar leaves close to this
1st leaf, but instead of working the 1st purl, fasten them on to the
last purl of the preceding leaf; besides this, instead of working the
last purl of the 4th branch, fasten it on to the first purl of the 1st
branch. When 1 such four-branched pattern is completed, knot both ends
of the cotton together and cut them off. Make a row of similar
patterns by joining them on to the 2 middle purl of a branch of the
preceding pattern, instead of working the 2 middle purl of the last
branch (see illustration).
Two rows of similar patterns are
joined by the above-mentioned circles, consisting of 32 double
stitches, by fastening these circles from illustration between four
branched patterns. Begin each circle with 2 double stitches, fasten it
on to the corresponding purl of the four-branched pattern, work again
2 double, fasten on to the next purl, and continue in the same manner
till the circle is sufficiently large. Each circle is ornamented with
lace stitch. The collar is edged round the neck with close button-hole
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