he same 4;
leave the foundation thread rather loose; 2 D, L, 2 D, L with the
shuttle thread; 2 D, L, 2 D; join to the last L of the same 4; 2 D (L, 2
D twice). (L with the shuttle thread; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) twice.) Begin
an oval; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) join to the L over the large figured
shuttle oval of 4th Row; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) draw close. With the reel
thread round the little finger; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) repeat this row 6
times, joining successively to all the leaves of the centre-piece.
_2nd Row._ Turn the work so as to hold it in the hand; (L, 2 D 5 times)
take a rose and [join to the L at the point of one of its 1st circle of
ovals; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) tie to the last shuttle L; 2 D (L, 2 D 4
times) tie to the next shuttle L; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times). Begin an oval;
2 D, L, 2 D join to the L of the next oval to the right of the same
rose; 2 D (L, 2 D 5 times). Take another rose and join to the L of one
of its ovals of the 1st circle; 2 D, L, 2 D draw close. With the reel
thread round the little finger; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) join to the same
shuttle L as last time; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) tie to the next shuttle L;
2 D, L, 2 D join to the L of the next oval of the same rose; 2 D tie to
the foundation thread _before_ the two joins of the last row, to the
point of the leaf; 2 D (L, 2 D twice) tie to the foundation thread
_after_ the same two joins; 2 D join to the L of the next oval of the
same rose; 2 D, L, 2 D (tie to the next shuttle L; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times)
twice.) Begin an oval; 2 D (L, 2 D twice) join to the L of the next oval
of the same rose; 2 D (L, 2 D 5 times) join to the L of another rose; 2
D (L, 2 D twice) draw close. 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) tie to the same
shuttle L as before; 2 D (L, 2 D 4 times) tie to the next shuttle L; * 2
D (L, 2 D 4 times) repeat 6 times.] The last time this is repeated,
finish at the asterisk, by tying to the 1st L of the row, and fastening
off. All the roses being joined in, the Doyley will be complete.
EDGING No. 1.
[Illustration]
_This edging may be worked either in Ardern's crochet
cotton No. 8, and Evan's Boar's-head No. 18. Which
will make it about an inch deep,--and with Pin No.
2._
_Or in Evan's Boar's-head No. 18 and No. 30--Pin No. 3.
In either case the plain shuttle must be filled
with the coarser, and the figured with the finer
cotton._
_1st Row._ Unite the two threads, begin an oval with t
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