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Beeton, Mrs. Isabella Mary, 1836-1865

"Beeton's Book of Needlework"

When the first half is completed,
work the second in the same way, and fasten it on to the first with the
purl.
[Illustration: 31.--Tatting Insertion.]
* * * * *
32.--_Tatting Insertion_.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s cotton No. 30.
[Illustration: 32.--Tatting Insertion.]
The pretty effect of the insertion shown in illustration No. 32 is
obtained by means of longer and shorter purl. Work as follows:--Join 9
double into a circle, 1 long purl, 3 double, 1 long purl, 4 double *.
After an interval of five-eighths of an inch, begin the large figure of
the pattern: 2 double, 1 small purl, 2 double, draw the cotton through
the last purl of the small circle, 2 double, drawn through the 1st purl
of the same circle, 2 double, 1 small purl, 2 double, 1 long purl, 2
double, 1 small purl, 2 double, repeat 6 times more from *, and draw up.
After an interval of five-eighths of an inch comes another small circle:
4 double, draw the cotton through the last purl of the large figure, 3
double, draw the cotton through the next long purl of the same figure, 2
double, 1 long purl, 3 double, 1 long purl, 4 double.


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