Long and Crossed Loops from The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable

This Edge was #46 on page 134 of The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable. The illustration is found on page 133 of the same book.

I decided to post edges for items #47-#50 before posting this edge, #46 mostly because I still could not get my sample to look like the illustration in the book.  I finally decided the problem was that I used size 20 crochet thread instead of the silk and yarn called for in the instructions.  The other possibility was that the illustration was an optical illusion and not possible to create exactly as shown.

Many net edges do not have a front or back.  They look the same or very similar regardless of which side you are viewing.  That is not the case with this edge.  

When viewing one side of the netting, there is a loop that is not attached to the netting except for the top knots. It shows as a half-circle on top of the rest of the stitch.  

When viewing the other side of the netting, that loop is barely visible between the legs of the stitch, hiding behind the rest of the stitch.

In making this sample, I used size 20 crochet thread, a 1/8" flat mesh stick, and a 1/4" flat mesh stick. I also filled two netting needles with thread: one with a single strand of thread and the other with two strands of thread held together while I filled the netting needle (double thread).

Here is my diamond mesh version of the instructions.  This stitch pattern needs to start with an odd number of loops.

Row 1:  using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Net 9 knots in the foundation loop.

Row 2:  using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 3: using 1/4" flat mesh stick and the double-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in the first loop, *net 2 knots in the next loop, net 1 knot in the following loop*; repeat from * to *.

Row 4:  using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Treat each double-thread loop as 1 loop. 

    *Take the open loop at the left of the closed loop,

     Pass it up through the closed loop;

     Net 1 knot in the open loop

     Take the next open loop and pass it up through the same closed loop

     Net 1 knot in this 2nd open loop*; repeat from * to *

Row 5: using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 6:  using 1/4" flat mesh stick and the double-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 7:  using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Treat each double-thread loop as 1 loop and net 1 knot in each double-thread loop.

Row 8:  using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 9: using 1/4" flat mesh stick and the double-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in the first loop, *net 2 knots in the next loop, net 1 knot in the following loop*; repeat from * to *.

Row 10:  using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Treat each double-thread loop as 1 loop. 

    *Take the open loop at the left of the closed loop,

     Pass it up through the closed loop;

     Net 1 knot in the open loop

     Take the next open loop and pass it up through the same closed loop

     Net 1 knot in this 2nd open loop*; repeat from * to *

Row 11: using 1/8" flat mesh stick and the single-thread filled netting needle

     Net 1 knot in each loop.