Roll Stitch Scarf Wheel from 1896

Scarf Wheel This charming wheel is a combination of ordinary crochet stitches and the Roll stitch, and is made of Brainerd & Armstrong’s Victoria Knitting silk and a No. 4 hook. It is best to obtain a crochet hook which is slightly bent at the end, one in which the point is perfectly straight does not work as well.

Chain 8 stitches, join in a ring, Ch 3, 3 dc in ring, * 5 ch, 4 dc in ring, repeat twice from *, 5 ch, join to 3rd ch.

2nd round 1 ch, 3 sc over 3 dc, * 1 sc , 8 dc, 1 sc under 5 ch: 4 sc over 4 dc, repeat from * twice, 1 sc, 8 dc, 1 sc under 5 ch, join to 1st chain. ( you should have 8 dc with four open spaces at each corner).

3rd round 3 ch , 2 dc in 2 sc , 5 ch, dc in the same place where last dc was worked in, 2 dc in 2 sc, * 5 chain, on center of scallop work 2 dc with 5 ch, between, 5 ch, 3 dc in 3 sc, 5 ch, 3 dc in 3 sc, repeat from * twice, then 5 ch, on center of scallop 2 dc with 5 ch between: 5 ch, join to 3rd ch.

4th round 8 ch, under 5 ch work a shll of 3 dc, 5 ch, 3 dc * 5 ch. In the middle 5 chain work 6 roll sts. “O” 20, 5 ch, a shell, repeat from * twice, 5 ch, 6 rolls in middle 5 chain, join to third of 8th chain. (means 5th stitch of beginning ch 8)

5th round 1 ch, sc under chains until full and 1 sc in each dc and w sc in each roll st. join.

6th round *3 ch, 5 trebles in space made by 5 ch. (working it over the sc0 with 3 ch between, 3 ch, fasten to the edge of roll scallop. Over roll scallop work 6 spaces of 5 ch, sl st in each roll, repeat from * three times.

7th round 6 ch, sl st in each of 5 chain around, join.

Resources: The last and Best book on Art Needlework by The Brainerd & Armstrong Company. New London, Conn. 1896

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