Filet Handkerchief Bag

Materials required:
3 balls Cordonnet Special, No. 3; 1 Bone Ring; 1 Star crochet hook, No. 3

Chain 77: turn, make 1 double crochet stitch (1 d. c.), in the eighth chain from the needle, 1 d. c. in each of the next 3 chains, * ch. 2, skip 2 chains of foundation ch., 1 d. c. in the next and repeat from 19 times (20 spaces in all), then 1 d. c. in each of the next 3 chs., making 4 in all, ch. 2, skip 2, 1 d. c. in last ch.
Second row: turn, ch. 5, 1 d. c. in each of the group of 4 d. c. of pre¬ceding row, thus forming the border which continues the full length of bag on both sides; * ch. 2, 1 d. c. on next d. c. and repeat from * until there are 8 spaces in all, 2 d. c. in next space, 1 d. c. on d. c. until 13 d. c. stitches, in all, have been made. Make 8 spaces as before, then 4 d. c. in all for border, ch. 2, 1 d. c. in third stitch of 8 ch. made when turning for first row. No further mention will be made of the details of border.
Third row: border, 6 spaces, 10 d. c., as directed for the 13 d. c. of pre¬ceding row, ch. 3, 1 s. c. in seventh d. c. of second row, ch. 3, skip 2, to d. c., 6 spaces, border.
Fourth row: border, 5 spaces, 7 d. c. in all, ch. 3, skip 2, 1 s. c. in next
stitch, ch. 3, skip 2, 1 d. c., ch. 5, 1 d. c. on next d. c., ch. 3, skip 2, 1 s. c., ch. 3, skip 2, 7 d. c., 5 spaces, border.
Fifth row : border, 3 spaces, 7 d. c., * ch. 3, skip 2, 1 s.c., ch. 3, skip 2, 1 d. c., ch. 5, 1 d. c. on d. c., repeat from *, ch. 3, skip 2, 1 s. c., ch. 3, skip 2, 7 d. c., 3 spaces, border.
Sixth row: border, 3 spaces, 7 d. c., * ch. 5, 1 d. c. on d. c., ch. 3, skip 2, 1 s. c., ch. 3, skip 2, 1 d. c. on d. c.. Repeat from * ch. 5, 7 d. c. on 7 d. c., 3 spaces, border.
Repeat the fifth and sixth rows until there are eleven rows in all. This forms the turnover of the bag.
Twelfth row: border, 20 spaces, border. Repeat the twelfth row twelve times.
Twenty-fifth row: like second row.
Twenty-sixth row: border, 7 spaces, 7 d. c. in all, ch. 2, skip 2, 1 d. c., ch. 2, skip 2, 7 d. c., 7 spaces, border.
Twenty-seventh row: border, 6 spaces, * 7 d. c., ch. 2, skip 2. Repeat from * until there are three groups of 7 d. c. each, 6 spaces, border.
Twenty-eighth row: border, 5 spaces, 7 d. C., ch. 2, skip 2, 13 d. c., ch. 2, skip 2, 7 d. c., 5 spaces, border.
This completes one-half of the back of the bag. work back, making twenty-ninth row like twenty-seventh, etc., until pattern is complete, then twelve rows of 20 spaces each, as before. Do not break off thread.
First row of front : border, 20 spaces, border, catch with a slip stitch to corresponding row of the back, to join the front and back.
Second row: ch. 2 and catch to next row of back, turn, ch. 2, skip 2, 4 d. c. for border. Then make row as directed for first row. The bag is to be joined on each side as directed.
Third row: work as directed for second row of turnover.
Continue following directions as given for the turnover, repeating the
fifth and sixth rows until there are eighteen rows in all, for the front. Nineteenth row: like fourth.
Twentieth row: like third.
Twenty-first row: like second.
Next repeat the pattern as made on the back of the bag beginning with the twenty-sixth row: finish front with four rows of border, 20 spaces, border.
The cords for closing the bag are next to be made. Slipstitch to center of first space of front, ch. 50, draw through first space of the first row of spaces on the back. Fasten over the ring with 1 s. c., then ch. 50, draw through same space, 1 s. c. in space with beginning of ch. Slip stitch over 4 d. c., 1 s. c. in next space, ch. 50, fasten to ring and proceed as before.
Continue in this way, putting the chains in every other space and catch¬ing to ring with s. c. until the last space has been worked into, then ch. 50, fasten on the ring and cover the remaining space of ring with s. c. worked closely. Then ch. 50 and fasten to last space of front.
Balls: ch. 3 and join. Put 8 s. c. in the ring. Do not join as the balls are worked around and around.
Second row: 2 s. c. in each stitch of preceding row. Make four more rows of 16 stitches, then two rows skipping every third stitch. Fill with cotton and work around, skipping every other stitch until one remains. Ch. 3 and fasten off, leaving a long thread to sew ball in place. Make seven more balls in same manner. Line as desired and place a piece of feather bone in one of the hems at top of bag to hold it in place.