# The ladies' complete guide to crochet, fancy knitting, and needlework

Author: Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia), 1810-1886

Genre: Category: How To ...

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73303

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+ladies%27+complete+guide+to+crochet%2C+fancy+knitting%2C+and+needlework+Stephens&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

THE LARGE SPRIG.—30 ch., close for a loop, and work round it thus: 1 sl., 2 sc. dc. all the rest but 3; 2 sc., 1 slip. Turn the work on the wrong side; 16 ch., miss 3, slip on 4th, + 4 slip on the last 4 of the chain; 16 ch., miss 4, slip on 5th, + 5 times; 4 slip on last 4 of the 16; 12 ch., miss 3, slip on closing stitch; work all round these loops in dc., except the first and last stitches of each loop, which must be sc. This completes the flower: 16 ch., on which work back, 1 sc. + 2 dc. in one chain, + 4 times, 1 dc., 9 ch., 1 sc., 7 dc. on the 9; 1 dc. 1 tc., in next chain of 16; 1 dc., in next; 1 sc. in next; 1 slip in next; slip back on the last 3 stitches; 6 ch., on which 1 slip,...

## Chapters

- [PART IV. DICK & FITZGERALD, NEW-YORK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ladies-complete-guide-to-crochet-fancy-knitting-and-needlework-73303/chapters/5/index.md)
- [PART IV. DICK & FITZGERALD, NEW-YORK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ladies-complete-guide-to-crochet-fancy-knitting-and-needlework-73303/chapters/4/index.md)
- [PART II. DICK & FITZGERALD, NEW-YORK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ladies-complete-guide-to-crochet-fancy-knitting-and-needlework-73303/chapters/1/index.md)
- [PART III. DICK & FITZGERALD, NEW-YORK](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ladies-complete-guide-to-crochet-fancy-knitting-and-needlework-73303/chapters/2/index.md)
- [part I. of this book.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-ladies-complete-guide-to-crochet-fancy-knitting-and-needlework-73303/chapters/3/index.md)