Saturday, October 13, 2012

Mrs Gaugain's Miniature Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Book


Listed below are the netting patterns that are contained in Mrs Gaugain's Miniature Knitting, Netting, and Ckrochet Book.  This book was published around 1843.  The netting patterns appear similar to those in The Lady's Assistant for Executing Useful and Fancy Designs in Knitting, Netting, and Crochet Work which was also by Mrs Gaugain.


  1. Long Net Purse for a Lady (page 55)
  2. Long Net Purse for a Lady (page 56)
  3. Round Netting for a Gentleman's Long Purse (page 57)
  4. Honeycomb Netting for Veil (page 58)
  5. Very Pretty Long Grecian Net Purse for a Lady (page 60)
  6. Grecian Net for a Veil (page 62)
  7. Single Diamond Netting (page 63)
  8. Diamond of Five Stitches for a Long Purse (page 64)
  9. Leaf Netting (page 66)
  10. Dotted Net (page 67)
  11. French Ground Net (page 68)
  12. Scollop for Borders of Veils, Collars, Caps, &c (page 69)
  13. Another Scollop for Border (page 70)
  14. Scollop (page 71)

Today my 3rd son is getting married.  I let them choose the center, stitches and edge for a doily I created for them.  Here is a photo of the doily I made.  We named it Sun Kissed.







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