ials--Raworth's crochet-thread No. 70, and a middle-sized
tambour-needle_.

Cut out in paper the shape of the collar you wish to make, but half an
inch larger all round.

_Edging for the Collar_.--Make a chain about one-third longer than the
outside of your paper pattern, turn and work the first row along the
chain in long crochet, making a chain stitch after each long one, and
missing the corresponding loop of the chain.--

_2d row_. Turn again, keeping the work on the right side; make 3 chain
stitches, and along the opposite edge of the long stitches, (_a_), work
10 plain stitches, and in the tenth a chain of 9 stitches; turn, and
along the vein just made work 8 stitches in double crochet, and 1 plain
stitch in the loop from which the chain springs; repeat from (_a_)
throughout the row. Break off your cotton, and begin the next row and
all the following at the other end.--

_3d row. (b_) Work 9 plain stitches, then work round the vein in long
stitches, making an additional stitch at the top; repeat from (_b_).--

_4th row. (c_) Work 8 plain stitches, then round the leaf in long
stitches, making 2 additional stitches in the top loop; repeat from
(_c_).--

_5th row. (d_) Work 7 plain stitches, then, in double crochet, making
round the leaf an additional stitch in the top loop; repeat from
_(d)_.--

_6th row. (e)_ Work 6 plain stitches, and round the leaf in double
crochet, without making a stitch at the top; repeat from _(e)_.

To complete your edging, work a row of double crochet on the other edge
of the row of long stitches.

_Flowers for the Collar_.--

Make a chain of 6 stitches; close it by
taking a plain stitch in the first of the chain; work in every loop of
this small ring 2 long stitches, with a chain-stitch between each of the
long ones. In finishing the round, make a stitch to complete the number
of twenty-five loops; then _(a)_ work 5 plain stitches, and in the fifth
make a chain of 7 stitches; turn, work 6 stitches in double crochet
along the chain, and 1 plain in the loop from which the chain springs;
repeat from _(a)_ four times. You have then three veins; work round them
as directed for the leaves of the edging; after the second row of double
crochet break off your cotton. According to the size of the collar, five
or six flowers will be sufficient, if you make also the trifoliums.

_Trifoliums_.--Make a chain of 18 stitches; turn, and work along the
chain 3 plain stitches, a vein of 7 sti