all flowers.--11 chain = turn the work = 1 plain on the
first 5 chain, 3 plain on the 6th chain, 1 plain on the 5 other chain =
turn the work = * 2 chain, 1 treble on the 1st plain, 1 chain, 1 treble,
1 chain, 1 treble, 1 chain, ** 3 trebles on the second of the 3 plain,
on the 6th chain, repeat once from ** to * = turn the work = 1 plain on
each of the preceding stitches, 3 single on the added stitch = turn the
work = 1 single on the first 2 plain; plain stitches as far as the
middle stitch; 13 chain, miss 1, 1 plain on each chain stitch, 6 plain,
2 single. Fasten off. Make 8 calices in all.

Small flowers of three different sizes--Make altogether, 24 large, 12 of
medium size, and 16 small.

For the large flowers--18 chain, close the ring, 24 plain on the 18
chain; 1 plain on every stitch of the preceding row and 1 picot after
every second plain stitch. Join the first and the last picots of 2 large
flowers to the calyx, the 2nd and the 3rd picots of one large flower to
the 10th and 11th picots of the other. Join the 1st and 11th picots of
the 3rd flower to the 8th picot of the first and to the 5th of the
second flower.

For the medium-sized flowers--14 chain, close the ring = 20 plain on the
ring, then a second row of plain with 1 picot after every second plain
stitch.

These flowers connect the centre figure with the corner one.

For the small flowers--10 chain, close the ring = 16 plain on the ring,
then a second row of plain stitches with a picot after every second
stitch. Sew the medium-sized flowers and the small ones to the big ones
with overcasting stitches.

As regards the bars of chain stitches that complete the pattern they can
easily be copied from the illustration.

FOOTNOTES:

[A] See at the end of the concluding chapter, the table of numbers and
sizes and the list of colours of the D.M.C threads and cottons.

[Illustration: TATTED INSERTION.--DOUBLE KNOTS, SINGLE PICOTS AND
JOSEPHINE PICOTS.]

Tatting.

On account of a similarity in their construction, a chapter on tatting
seems to form a natural sequence to the one on crochet and is in some
ways a preparation for that on macrame which succeeds it.

The English name of tatting is said to be derived from "tatters" and to
denote the frail disconnected character of the fabric. By the Italians
it was formerly called "occhi", whilst in the East it still bears the
name of "makouk", from the shuttle used in making it.

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