foundation ring, keep the top loop of each on the hook, and draw through altogether; two chain, one single into the foundation loop. Repeat.
For the heading: Two trebles under the chain of nine, four chain. Repeat from beginning of row.
Fig. 105 is an edging of feather edge or mignardise
Fig. 105.
braid and crochet. Care should be taken in choosing the braid, which should be fine and firm. No. 0 is a very good number. I have found that this kind of crochet washes much better when worked rather loosely, although it is not quite so handsome at first as when crocheted together.
Begin with the leaf line; work one double into a mignardise picot; eight chain; fasten to third picot of mignardise; work back on the eight chain; one double, five treble, and one double. This finishes one leaf. Three chain, six chain, fasten to second picot, one double, four treble, and one double for this leaf. Three chain, five chain, fasten to second picot; work one double, three treble, and one double. Nine chain, one double into third picot; * one treble into following picot, seven chain, one single into picot last treble was worked into. Repeat from * twice more, then work as before described, but in reversed order; then repeat again from the beginning.
