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Trimming for Chemise Pattern

From The Young Ladies' Journal, Complete Guide to the Work-table (1885)

Pattern No. 44 and 48, page 53 and 54

Charting and examples by A.Ma (Ai)

Symbol Key

  Spacer (do nothing)

  Knit

  Yarn over

  Knit one and purl one in the made stitch

  Knit 2 together

  Slip stitch

Cast on 24 stitches.  The first two rows are knitted.  After the 18th row, repeat from row 3.  Odd rows are read right to left on the chart. Even rows are read left to right.

Notes:  This is a garter stitch lace.  Also note that after every five repeats of the edge motif, there will be an extra plain knitted row.  This chart was taken directly from the text.

The example shown in the image was knitted on size 1 (US) needles, with size 10 cotton thread.


Crochet Edging

Note that the text reads 'double' which corresponds to a modern 'single crochet'.  (Instructions for the crochet stitches are given earlier in the book.)  A chart, and instructions with single crochet stitches, follows after the revised (stockinette stitch lace) charts below.

Stockinette Stitch Lace Trimming

Revised charts for stockinette stitch lace

Symbol Key

Spacer (do nothing)

Knit

Yarn over

Knit one and purl one in the yarn over

Knit 2 together

Slip one, knit one, pass slipped stitch over. (Or preferred left slanting decrease.)

 

Slip one knit-wise, slip one knit-wise, pass both stitches back to left needle, purl through both. (Or preferred right slanting, on the front side, purl-wise decrease.)

Purl two together

Slip stitch (knit-wise)

Slip stitch, purl-wise

As before, cast on 24 stitches.  Knit one row plain, then begin on row two (reading left to right) of Revised Chart A.  After row 16 continue with row one of Revised Chart B.  Continue alternating Charts A and B until length desired.  Note that Chart B is simply Chart A with all the purl rows changed to knit rows and all the knit rows changed to purl rows.

The example shown in the image was knitted on size 1 (US) needles, with size 10 cotton thread.  The crochet edging used a size 8, 1.5mm, crochet hook.


Crochet Edging

On one edge crochet the following edging:

Row 1: 1 single crochet and chain 1 in each stitch along the edge.

Row 2: 1 single crochet and chain 2 in each space formed by the chain 1.

Row 3: 1 single crochet in space formed by chain 1.  [Chain 3, single crochet into first of chain 3, chain 1. Skip over one chain 1 space, and single crochet into the next chain one space.]  Repeat [ ] across.

Further information on this project, and a link to this page at http://nequientinmode.blogspot.com/2008/08/charted-victorian-knitted-lace-part-ii.html