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 Handbook of Crochet No. 2
> Bonnet in Roll-Stitch with Strawberry Crown
Bonnet in Roll-Stitch with Strawberry Crown
No yardage given, no hook size, gauge given was as follows: 
“White crochet-cotton, No. 50, was used for 
the model; coarser thread will result in a larger bonnet, 
using the same directions. The one illustrated is about 
fourteen inches face measurement, or from one corner of 
front to the other.”
The pattern appears to be written with UK crochet terms, despite being produced in Maine. Read the explanation of stitches carefully.
Roll-stitch. This stitch. revived as are so many of 
the “new” things, was formerly called bullion-stitch, It 
consists simply of a coil of “overs” through which the 
thread is drawn. Working on any foundation. and 
having a stitch on the needle, wind thread around the 
latter smoothly ten times, or as many times as called for by 
your directions-such details are always given; insert 
hook in work, take up thread and draw through, again 
and draw carefully through the coil on the needle, again 
and draw through the remaining stitch. A slender 
needle, tapering to the hook, is better for the purpose 
than a straight one, and its passage through the coil or 
roll is facilitated if the latter be held firmly between the 
thumb and finger of the left hand as the hook is worked 
through by the right, The length of the roll-stitch is 
determined by the number of “overs” used. Abbreviation is 
roll st.
- First published: January 1921
- Page created: June 30, 2023
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