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280 _and_ 281.--_Crochet Rosettes_.

Material: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s crochet cotton No. 4, 24, or
40.

These rosettes are suitable for trimming cuffs, collars, and bodices, or
for making couvrettes, according to the size of the cotton with which
they are worked.

[Illustration: 280.--Crochet Rosette.]

280.--Make a foundation chain of 22 chain; join them into a circle and
work the 1st round; 44 double.

2nd round: * 7 chain, missing 3 stitches of the preceding round under
them, 1 double; repeat 10 times more from *.

3rd round: 1 slip stitch in the first 4 stitches of the next scallop, *
5 chain, miss the last and work back on the other 4, 1 double, 1 treble,
1 long treble, 1 double long treble (throw the cotton 3 times round the
needle), 1 slip stitch in the middle stitch of the next scallop; repeat
10 times more from *. Work a wheel in the centre of the rosette, which
is ornamented with a circle of chain stitch, as can be seen in
illustration; take up one thread of the wheel with every other chain
stitch.

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[Illustration: 281.--Crochet Rosette.]

281.--Begin the rosette with a leaf-like pattern in the centre, and work
the 1st row: * 11 chain, miss the last, work back over the following 8
stitches, 1 double, 1 treble, 2 long treble, 1 double long treble, 2
long treble, 1 treble, 1 double in the upper part of the chain stitch
before the last, 1 slip stitch in the lower part of the same stitch. The
first leaf of the middle pattern is then completed; repeat 6 times more
from *. Join the first and last leaves together by working 1 slip stitch
in the 1st of the 11 chain stitch. 2nd round: (Fasten on the cotton
afresh), 1 slip stitch in the point of each leaf, 12 chain between. 3rd
round: 24 double in each scallop. The rosette is then completed.

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282.--_Crochet Trimming, with Embroidered Flowers worked in Applique,
and Velvet Ribbon_.

[Illustration: 282.--Crochet Trimming, with Embroidered Flowers worked
in Applique and Velvet Ribbon.]

This trimming consists of 2 strips of crochet insertion, ornamented with
embroidery patterns worked in applique, and velvet ribbon drawn through.
They are worked the long way with fine crochet cotton. Begin on a
sufficiently long foundation chain of stitches which can be divided by
20, and work the 1st row: 1 chain, * 5 double, on the first 5 stitches
of the founda