Second of Trimmings from The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable

On page 127 of  The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable there are instructions given for two net Trimmings, items 20 and 22. An illustration of that pattern is given on page 125.

Last week I showed number 20, here is number 22, also without the "row of darning-stitch . . . worked in scallops at each edge of the star patterns" (rows 9 and 11).  "No. 22 shows a variation of the same pattern, working more rows over the small mesh, and omitting the edge row described for No. 20."

Below are the instructions, with my wording rather than as it was stated in the book. I used size 20 crochet thread.

Row 1:  #2 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 11 loops into the foundation loop. (any odd number more than 3 will work)

Rows 2-8: #2 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Star Netting (rows 9-11)
Row 9: #2 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Wrap the thread around the mesh stick one time before netting in the first loop, *net 1 knot in the next loop, wrap the thread around the mesh stick one time before netting in the next loop*; repeat from * to *.  This will create a long loop followed by a short loop and ending with a long loop.

Row 10: #2 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 1 knot in the first loop (a long loop), *net 1 long loop in a short loop, net 1 knot in the next loop*; repeat from * to *.  The knot into the long loops should rest on the top of the mesh stick.  The knot into a short loop will be higher than the mesh stick, creating a loop that is longer than a short loop but shorter than a long loop. This row will be even along the bottom of the row, no long and short loops.

Row 11: #2 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Draw the first loop up through the long loop on the left (the long loop was created in row 6), net into the first loop, *draw the next loop up through the next long loop (created in row 6), net in the loop drawn up, draw the next loop up through the same long loop just used (it may have been drawn up when the other loop was pulled through the loop created in row 6), net into the loop just drawn up;* repeat from * to *.

Rows 12-13: #2 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 14: #6 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Skip the first loop, *net 1 knot in the following loop, skip the next loop;* repeat from * to * ending with net the last 2 loops together.