and last row consists of: 2 plain, 1 picot, 2 plain every 4
chain. On the last 4 chain, at the point where 2 scallops join, make 4
plain stitches, without picots.

LACE WITH STARS (fig. 469).--Begin with the stars, make a chain of 18
stitches, close the ring, mount it on a mould, wind a soft thread, such
as Coton a repriser D.M.C No 60, seven or eight times round it, and make
30 plain stitches upon it, joining the last to the first by a single
stitch.

Then: * 13 chain, and returning, miss the 1st chain = on the 12 chain: 1
single, 2 plain, 2 half-trebles, 2 trebles, 2 double trebles, 1 double
treble and a half, 2 triple trebles; keep the two last loops of the last
treble but one, on the needle, and join them, to those of the last
treble. Repeat 5 times from *.

2nd row--1 plain, on the upper stitch that was missed in the 1st row; *
17 chain, 1 plain on the next point. Repeat 5 times from *.

3rd row--* 6 plain, 3 chain, miss 2 stitches of the lower row. Repeat
from *.

[Illustration: FIG. 469. LACE WITH STARS. MATERIALS: Fil d'Alsace D.M.C
Nos. 30 to 70, Fil a pointer D.M.C No. 25 or 30, Coton pour crochet
D.M.C Nos. 8 to 12.[A]]

4th row--All round the last row, on each of the bottom stitches 1 plain;
after every 6 stitches, 1 picot. This will give you 19 picots in all,
separated from each other by 6 stitches.

Inner connection--Fasten on the thread at the 5th treble, counting from
the ring: 1 single, 8 chain. Draw out the thread, from the back, through
the 9th of the 17 chain round the star = 8 chain * join with 1 chain to
the 5th treble, passing the thread through to the back = work on the
wrong side: 3 chain, bring the thread back between the 5th treble to the
right side, and repeat 5 times from *. In joining the stars, place them
so that 9 picots are turned to the edge, and 8 to the footing. The 10th
and the 19th picots serve to join the stars.

1st row--2 trebles between the 19th and the 9th of the * 9 picots, 7
chain, 1 treble; repeat 9 times from *.

After the 10th treble, make no more chain stitches, but 1 treble
immediately between the 19th and the 1st picot of the next row.

2nd row--On the 7 first chain stitches of the last row: 3 plain, 4
half-trebles, 3 trebles, 1 picot, 3 trebles, 1 picot, and so on, until
in the semicircle over the picots, you have 7 times 7 chain stitches and
16 picots = on the ninth set of 7 chain: 3 trebles, 4 half trebles, 3
plain.

The scallops are joined by smaller o