st scallop must be joined together by the
first and the last picot; in the last semicircle, make 6 little
scallops, the same as you did in the first.

CROCHET CHAIR-BACK (fig. 485).--The close leaves in plain stitch of
the large centre star, the 4 corner figures forming a cross and the
diagonal figures, all have to be made separately and sewn on afterwards
in their proper place. To join the separate parts neatly together, draw
a square the size of the work on a piece of thick paper or waxcloth,
divide it into 8 parts by means of straight and diagonal lines, sew the
separate pieces of crochet upon it, face downwards, in their proper
places and make the trebles on the wrong side of the work.

Begin by the centre star and make: 12 chain, close the ring.

1st row--23 plain on the 12 chain.

2nd row--9 chain, 1 double treble on the 2nd plain, 4 chain, 1 treble
and so on until you have 12 trebles, including the 5 chain.

3rd row--1 plain on each chain stitch and each treble; 60 plain in all.

4th row--3 plain, 1 picot, altogether 20 picots in the row, then fasten
off.

[Illustration: FIG. 485. CROCHET CHAIR-BACK. MATERIALS: Fil a dentelle
D.M.C No. 50 for the close figures and No. 120 for the connecting
bars.[A]]

The leaves round the ring have 3 petals, 1 large and 2 small; you begin
by the large one, and make the small ones afterwards. The petals should
be begun from the point and not from the bottom as is generally done--30
chain; coming back: 4 single, 4 plain, 5 half trebles, 8 trebles, 4 half
trebles, 4 plain stitches, 3 plain on the 1st chain = on the second side
of the chain make the same number of stitches but in the reverse order.

Small petal on the left--21 chain, miss 1, 5 plain, 3 half trebles, 5
trebles, 3 half trebles, 3 plain, 3 plain on the top. Repeat the same
series of stitches in the reverse order on the second side = at the 10th
stitch of the large petal and counting upwards from below, draw the
thread through the 10th stitch of the small petal, and do the same
through the 9 next stitches = for this purpose drop the loop each time
and draw it back through the opposite stitch, from the wrong side to the
right. After making the same petal on the right, fasten off; fasten on
again at the outer edge and edge the 3 petals with 1 plain on each
stitch and 3 plain on the stitch at the point; make 4 leaves with 3
petals each.

Between the pointed leaves, which are afterwards placed on the diagonal
lin