Irish Crochet Reticule

Materials required:
1 large skein Perle Cotton, No. 3 ; 1 Star crochet hook,
No. 1 1/2

THE Rose is made first.
Chain 6 and join in a ring.
Second round: chain 5, * 1 d. c. in the ring, ch. 2 and repeat from * 4 times, join to third chain of the chain 5 at beginning of the round, with a slip stitch, thus forming six spaces.
Third round: turn, 1 s. c., 6 treble crochet (see page 4), 1 s. c. all in the first space, repeat in each space of round, chain 3, turn work and catch around first spoke of second round, with a slip stitch.
Fourth round: chain 6, catch around next spoke and repeat all around. '1' urn.
Fifth round: 1 s. c., 9 tr. c., 1 s. c. in first space and repeat all around, chain 3 and turn.
Sixth round: catch around first spoke of fourth round with a slip stitch, ch. 8 and catch around next spoke and repeat all around, turn work.
Seventh round: 1 s. c., 13 tr. c., 1 s. c. in each space all around, ch. 3 and turn.
Eighth round: catch around first spoke, ch. lo, catch around next spoke and repeat all around. Turn.

Ninth round: 1 s. c., 15 tr. c., 1 s. c. in each space. This completes the rose.

Leaf: chain 10, turn and make 9 s. c. on one side of the chain, ch. 3, 6 s. c. down other side of the chain, ch. 3 and turn. 1 slip stitch in the first stitch of preceding row, taken on the back thread to form a rib, 6 s. c. Chain 3, skip 1 ch., 6 s. c. down the other side, as in first petal, ch. 3 and turn.
Continue in this way, working back and forth until there are six petals on each side of leaf in addition to the center petal, then chain 5, turn, 4 s. c. on chain just made, then s. c. down center of leaf, to form vein. Make two more leaves in the same way.
Sew motifs on a piece of cambric, 93 in. by 8j, in the desired de¬sign, and fill in with picots around the rose and leaves.
First round around rose: catch thread in second treble of petal, chain 7 and catch back in second chain to form picot, chain 8, catch back in third chain, to form another picot, ch. 2 and catch down in middle of petal, with a single crochet. This forms one set of picots. Make another set of picots and catch clown in the next to the last treble of petal and continue in this way all around rose. Make a second round of picots around the rose, on this round and all succeeding rounds making the set of picots, as directed for the first round and catching down the picots in the center between the two picots of preceding round. Keep the sets of picots as nearly even in size as possible. When working around the leaves the picots are caught down on every other petal.

When the desired size has been attained, fasten off.
Make the reverse side of reticule entirely of picots and the same size as first side; then join with a single crochet caught through the center of picots on each side, chain 6 and catch down again and repeat on three sides of reticule. Turn, * 2 s. c. in ch. 6 just made, ch. 3 and catch back for a picot, 3 s. c., ch. 3 and catch back for a picot, 2 s. c. and repeat from * in each chain 6 all around.
Make a round of ribbon holes around top by making 1 d. c., ch. 2 and skipping enough chains to keep work flat and repeating all around. Make a second round of ribbon holes, putting the d. c. in the top of d. c. of preceding round. Then make a final round to match the final round as made around the sides of reticule.
Balls: chain 4 and join in a ring. Make 8 s. c. in the ring. Do not join as the balls are worked around and around, both threads of stitch being taken up.
Next round: 1 s. c., 2 s. c. in next stitch and repeat all around.
Make four more rounds of 12 s. c., then two rounds skipping every third stitch on each round. Fill with cotton and make two rounds skipping every other stitch. Draw up with 1 s. c., chain 12 and fasten off. Tic a small knot in the ch. close to top of ball. Make eleven more balls and put five on each side of reticule and two across the bottom.