Free Victorian Crochet Pattern

Here is a FREE Victorian Crochet Pattern to try. This pattern is for an edging resembling lace which can be added to almost any type of linen.

DAISY LACE

Published in Art Needlework, 1895, by The Brainerd & Armstrong Company

Make a chain of 39 stitches.

1st row. D. c. in the fifth ch., 3 ch., 3 d. c. in the same place with 3 ch. between. This is for a shell. Now 2 knot stitches half an inch long, fasten on the seventeenth ch., 2 knot sts., a shell of 4 d. c. with 3 ch. between in the last stitch of the chain.

2d row. Ch. 5, shell in shell, * knot stitch fasten to knot of previous row with a s. c. and 1 ch., * repeat twice, knot st., shell in shell, a treble in the space on the outside to make an even edge.

3d row. Same as the second, but in place of a treble at the end make * 10 ch., a sl. st. in the fifth ch. 5 ch., a slip st. in the first of the 10 ch. Now in the little hole at the end work 16 roll sts. O 10, join to first roll. This makes a daisy and all the rest in the design are the same. *

4th row. 3 ch., a shell, 2 knot sts" fasten on 2 knots. Now a daisy as repeated from * to *, 2 knot sts., fasten first on knot, shell in shell, treble on edge.

5th row. 5 ch., shell in shell, 2 knot sts. fastened on top of daisy, 2 knot, shell in shell.

6th row. 5 ch., shell in shell, * knot stitch fasten on knot of previous row with a s. c. and 1 ch., * repeat twice, knot st., shell in shell, treble on edge.

7th row. Same as sixth, but in place of treble at end begin a daisy, work 4 rolls in it, then fasten to the side of the first daisy, work 4 more rolls in start and another daisy; in that work four rolls and fasten on the top of the first daisy, then put in 12 more rolls and join, and finish the other with 8 rolls, join and work the eighth row.

8th row. Same as fourth.

9th row. Same as fifth.

10th row. Same as sixth.

11th row. Same as sixth, but in place of the treble at the end, begin a daisy, work in 4 rolls and fasten to the side of second daisy, work in 4 more rolls and begin another daisy, work four rolls in that and fasten to the top of the second daisy, 4 rolls more in that daisy and begin the last one, work in 4 rolls and fasten on the top of the third daisy, 12 rolls in the daisy and join, 8 rolls in the next and join, 8 rolls in the next and join.

12th row. Same as fourth row.

13th row. Same as fifth row.

14th row. Same as sixth row.

Repeat from the third for the next scallop.

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Crocheted Card Basket

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