Saturday, September 5, 2015

Trimming from The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable


Item number 23 on page 127 of The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable asks for both a netting needle filled with double thread and one filled with single thread. I decided to use size 80 tatting thread for the single thread and size 10 crochet thread for the double thread.  This is what my sample of Trimming looked like.



I like the look of the two different sized of thread, but I didn't like the extra thread ends that result from joining the different threads, so I cleaned the photo up to see what it might look like without all the loose thread ends.





I wondered what this edge would look like if I just used a single thread throughout the netting.  So I tried it using size 20 crochet thread with this result.





My instructions for Trimmings #23 from The Young Ladies' Journal Complete Guide to the Worktable (page 127, illustration on page 126)

Made with either a single crochet thread (size 20 or 30) or with a thin thread (tatting thread size 80) and a thick thread (size 10).

Row 1:  #0 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 10 loops in the foundation loop. (any even number of loops)

Rows 2-4: #0 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 5: #6 knitting needle for a mesh stick (optional - thicker thread)
     Skip a loop, net 1 knot in the next loop; repeat across the row.

Row 6: #0 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 2 knots in each loop.

Rows 7-9: #0 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 10: #6 knitting needle for a mesh stick (optional - thicker thread)
     Skip a loop, net 1 knot in the next loop; repeat across the row.

Row 11: #0 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 2 knots in each loop.

Rows 12-14: #0 knitting needle for a mesh stick
     Net 1 knot in each loop.

Row 15: #6 knitting needle for a mesh stick (optional - thicker thread)
      Skip a loop, net 1 knot in the next loop; repeat across the row.


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