A SECOND 237 NEEDLEWORK LESSON IN CROCHET Foundation Stitch with One Thread— Cross Treble — Simple Tricot— How to Increase and Decrease — Basket-work Tricot — Cross Tricot — Loop Tricot — Tuft Stitch — Chain Picot — Loop Picot // /Vt^X Pretty Foundation // /(AVli 1 Stitch. — A very pretty and useful foundation stitch can be worked with one thread only. Care is required in doing it to keep the stitches loose enough and per- fectly even. Method of Work. — Make a slip loop (as described in last article), put hook through it, I chain, pull up a loop through the slip loop, pull through both the loops on the hook, * pull a loop up through the left loop, pull through both loops at the same time. Repeat from * Foundation Stitch with one thread Cross Treble Cross Treble Stitch. — Work a founda- tion row of chain for length required, 3 chain to turn, I treble into 4th chain from hook,
- I chain, miss i foundation stitch, i treble
into next ; repeat from * to end of row ; 3 chain to turn. For the Cross Treble. — * Put the cotton twice over hook, put the hook into treble of previous row, cotton over hook, and draw through the stitch, cotton over the hook, draw it through 2 loops together, cotton over hook, miss 2 stitches, and place the hook into the 3rd stitch, draw the cotton through ; cotton over the hook, draw it through 2 loops, cotton over hook, draw it through 2 loops, cotton over the hook, and draw it through the 3 remaining loops together, 2 chain, i treble into the front middle stitch of cross treble. Repeat from *. Tricot Tricot. — This crochet stitch, of which there are many variations, is most suitable for working in wool. Simple Tricot. — Method of work: Crochet a foundation chain the length required. Allow i chain for turning for the forward row throughout the work. In tricot one works up and off the loops. Put the hook into 2nd chain from hook, draw up a ^^ Simple Tricot loop on to the hook, and keep it there ; draw up another loop through the next chain stitch and continue through all the remaining chain stitches. To work off, put the wool over the hook, and draw it through the first loop ; * place wool again over the hook, and pull through 2 loops together on the hook. Repeat from * to the end of the row. In all the forward rows work up the loops through the front perpendicular loop of each stitch of the previous row, and begin with the 2nd loop. Often the last loop of a tricot row seems to draw a little to the back of the work, therefore great care must be taken to work it, or the edge will not be straight. Rules for Increasing and Decreasing Increasing. — First method : Pull a loop through the top loop of stitch as well as through the front perpendicular loop. Second method : Make one (or two, if necessary) extra stitches at the end of a row by pulling wool through a side loop. Decreasing. — First method : Miss a stitch without working into it. Second method : At the end of a row do not make the chain stitch, so that the hook is put into the 2nd stitch of the previous row instead of the first, or even into the 3rd stitch, in case of a sudden reduction of stitches being necessary. Basket- Work Tricot. — Make a founda- tion chain the length required, allowing I chain over for the forward row. Note. — In tricot a row consists of working up and off the loops. Insert the hook into 2nd chain from hook, wool over hook, draw loop through stitch, keep it on the hook, and continue to draw
