Bread-cloth2
Stocking Stuffers are usually placed by the chimney and usually have
goodies inside of them. They are used during Christmas as decoration
purposes and are most loved by children. Children will usually leave
something in there for Santa or wait to have something in their from
Santa on Christmas day.
BREAD CLOTH.
MATERIALS..—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, Nos. 14, 16, 18, 20. Walker's Penelope Hook, No. 3.
a. With cotton No. 18 make 10 chain, 1 s.c., in 1st chain; then in round loop 3 d.c., ** 9 chain, miss 3, 1 s.c. in 4th; then in round loop. * 1 s.c. 7 chain, * repeat twice more; 1 chain to cross and in 1st 7 chain,** [·1·] 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., repeat in the other two 7 chains; 1 s.c. in the 1 chain that crosses the stem: [·2·] 5 chain; 3 d.c. in the centre round loop.
Repeat from ** to ** 1 d.c., 5 long, join to 5th long in 3rd section, 4 long, 1 d.c. in same 7 chain; in the next two 7 chains: 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., 1 s.c. in the chain that crosses the stem [·2·] Repeat from [·2·] to [·2·] 5 chain, 3 d.c. in the centre round loop.
Repeat again from ** to ** 1 d.c., 5 long, join, 4 long, 1 d.c., in next 7 chain, 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., in next 7 chain, 1 d.c., 1 s.c. on the chain that crosses, 5 chain, 1 s.c. on 1st d.c. in centre, fasten off.
Make 11 more a's like the 1st, only joining, as in the engraving:—"thus, 1 d.c., 5 long, join, 4 long, 1 d.c."
b. With cotton No. 20. 15 chain, 1 s.c., in 1st stitch and in round loop. * 4 d.c., 10 chain, join where the two a's join, turn, 10 s.c. down the 10 chain; 4 d.c., 10 chain, join where the two 9 long of a are joined together; 10 s.c. down the 10 chain; repeat from * 3 times more; * 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 2, * repeat all round; fasten off. Make 5 more, placing them as in the engraving.
c. With cotton No. 16. 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 1st, make it round. * 1 d.c., 3 chain, 3 long, 3 chain, * repeat 3 times more in round loop. ** 1 d.c. on d.c., 7 chain, 1 d.c. on 2 long, 7 chain repeat all round. ** 9 d.c. in each 7 chain; fasten off.
1 s.c. in 5th d.c., 9 chain repeat all round. In 1st 9 chain 6 d.c., join to 5th long of a 5 d.c. in same 9 chain: * in next 9 chain 11 d.c., repeat all round; fasten off.
Make another c, joining to a and first c. Make 12 more; join as in the engraving.
BREAD CLOTH.
d. With cotton No. 18. 7 chain make it round; 11 d.c. in round loop, join to 5th d.c. of 11 d.c. of e, * 7 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., repeat * twice more; join to the other c to the 5th d.c. of 11 d.c., fasten off. 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 1st 7 chain. ** 5 chain 1 s.c. in same as last s.c., then in 5 chain, 1 d.c. 4 long, 2 chain, join to a, turn, 1 chain, 2 long on 2 chain, 4 long, 1 d.c. in same 5 chain. 1 s.c. in next 7 chain; 7 chain join to next division of d 7 chain; 1 s.c. in 4th chain stitch of 7 chain, repeat from ** to ** 7 chain, join, 7 chain, repeat from ** to ** again, fasten off. Make 9 more d's, joining in the same manner, and as placed in the engraving.
e. With cotton No. 18. 10 chain, make it round and work in loop 17 d.c.; 1 d.c. on 1st d.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next 4 chain join to c's 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. in 3rd, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 6 chain join to a 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 4 chain, join to c 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 7 chain 1 s.c. fasten off. Make 3 more, placing them as in the engraving.
f. With cotton No. 14. 1 long between two c's; 1 c before the corner. Commence: 6 chain, · 1 d.c. in 6th d.c. of 11 d.c. of c 9 chain, repeat · 3 times more; 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 7 chain of e 10 chain, ·· 1 d.c. in the centre of 11 d.c., 9 chain, repeat ·· 3 times more. Repeat all round the d'oyley, making the corners alike.
2nd: · 3 long, 2 chain, miss 2, · this is the · pattern all round, except at the corners. You miss 2 and make no chain, this is to be done by e, and by the 1 long between the two c's. You work as follows: make no chain, and miss 4, 2 each side of one long.
3rd: 5 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. repeat all round.
HONITON SPRIG.
Materials.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 60. Penelope Hook, No. 24. 6 ch. for the end of the stem.
Leaf: 14 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c. on the next 9, 2 s.c., 1 slip, 24 ch., miss 3, 2 d.c. in next, 2 d.c. in next, 9 d.c. in the next 9, 2 s.c. in the next 2, slip in the next, which leaves 7 for the stem. Slip stitch on the 2 s.c., and 7 of the d.c., taking great care not to contract the leaf, 10 ch., miss 4 d.c. in the fifth, X 2 ch., miss 2, t.c. in 3rd, X twice, 2 ch., miss 2, d.c. in 3rd, 2 ch., miss 2, s.c. on 3rd, 1 ch., miss 1, slip at the base of the flower. Do 9 slip stitches up the last row, the open hem of which forms the centre of the flower; then 11 ch., miss 3, 2 contracted d.c. stitches on the next 4, d.c. down all but the last 3, 2 s.c., 1 slip. The flower thus formed consists of an open hem for the centre petal, and a closer petal on each side. Work entirely round the flowers in s.c.
S.c. on the seven chains of the stem, before you get to the leaf, opposite which make another, exactly like it. S.c. to the end of the stem, and fasten off.
