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Garniture for Toilet-Basket (1850): vintage crochet pattern
An oval crochet lining for a dressing-table basket in Raworth's crochet-thread No. 40, worked in open double-crochet mesh with a ten-round lace border, set over rose-coloured satin. Originally published as "Garniture for Toilet-Basket" in The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 by Not printed (the Address names only “the Publishers of the Lady's Album of Fancy-Work”) in.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Intermediate |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | Not printed. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 1.15 mm |
| Gauge | Not printed. Work to the size of the article. |
| Finished size | To fit the basket (60-ch foundation); no size is printed. |
| Time | about 4 hours |
Materials
- White cotton crochet thread about size 40 (period: Raworth's No. 40)
- Rose-coloured satin to line the basket; ribbon to match for the handle and two small rosettes
- Tapestry needle for weaving in ends
- Hook: Start with a 1.15 mm (US steel 10) hook and adjust to suit your thread; no gauge is printed.
Yarn Kit & Substitution Options
This pattern calls for 350 yards of weight #0 yarn. Select a suggested yarn to see required skeins and estimated cost:
Caron Simply Soft · 100% Acrylic
315 yds per skein · High-yield yardage, silky no-scratch texture
2 skeins required
approx. $$10.98 total
Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- single crochet
- double crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- round
- repeat
- skip
Notes before you start
- Source: "Garniture for Toilet-Basket", The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850, Not printed (the Address names only “the Publishers of the Lady's Album of Fancy-Work”), 1850. Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: Raworth's crochet-thread No. 40; Penelope crochet No. 3.. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: Stitch names converted to modern US terms strictly by the book's own “Explanation of the Various Terms used in Crochet”, not by modern UK usage: “double crochet” / “close double crochet” / “d c” = sc; “single crochet” / “single” / “s c” = sl st; “long stitch” / “long” / “l s” = dc; “double long stitch” / “d l s” = tr; “treble long stitch” / “t l s” = dtr; “chain” / “c s” = ch; “single open crochet” = dc, ch 1, sk 1; “chain-stitch open crochet” = ch loops (5 or another odd number) joined into every 3rd st, then into the centre of each loop below; “three chain crochet” = the same with ch-3 loops; “miss” = sk; “unite” = join (the joining stitch is not named). Note that the book's “double crochet” is a modern sc and its “single crochet” a modern sl st.
- Modernisation note: “Plain” is not defined in the book. It is written as sc throughout this design. Check: some period books meant a sl st by “plain stitch”; compare with the engraving.
- Modernisation note: Period wording modernised: “needle” / “tambour-needle” written as “hook”; “commence” as “begin”; “cotton” / “thread” as “thread”; “receipt” as “directions”. Round and row numbers are kept as printed.
- Modernisation note: Printed paragraphs split into one step per row, round or instruction; no stitches, counts or rows added, removed or reordered. Words in square brackets or marked “Check:” are ours.
- Modernisation note: Raworth's crochet-thread (and Manlove's) was a period English cotton sold by number; the numbers do not match modern crochet-thread sizes exactly. The modern size given is an approximate equivalent only.
- Modernisation note: The book names Penelope crochet hooks by number (No. 1 thickest used here, No. 4 finest). Penelope numbers have no exact modern equivalent; the modern hook is an approximate starting point. No gauge is printed.
- Modernisation note: No yardage is printed and none is estimated.
- Modernisation note: Colour swatches are approximate modern readings of the period colour names; they are not in the book. “Drab” is a dull greyish brown; “puce” a dark purplish brown; “cerise” a deep cherry pink; “geranium” a bright scarlet-pink.
- Modernisation note: Check: Rnd 7 is printed “3 long, the first in the last chain-stitch, the succeeding above the first, 2 long, 2 chain, miss 1, 3 long, 3 chain”; the punctuation is kept. It may mean 3 dc in all (1 in the ch and 2 over the first dc of the group below) or 3 dc followed by 2 more; compare the engraving.
- Modernisation note: Check: in Rnds 8–10, “1 long, miss 3, 1 long” has no chain between; kept as printed.
- Modernisation note: Check: the book does not say whether the ch-3 increase on the sides is kept in the following rounds.
Row progress: 0 of 3 done (0%)
Stitches
0 of 3 done- Double crochet (book's definition): “having made a chain, pass the needle through the first loop on the chain, draw the cotton through the loop, there will now be two loops on the needle, through these draw the cotton.” = single crochet (sc). “Close double crochet” = sc worked in every st with no chain between.Mark row complete
- Long stitch (book's definition): “Twist the cotton round the needle, pass it through the loop, draw the cotton through the first two loops on the needle, then catch the cotton again and draw it through the next two loops; there will be one loop left on the needle.” = double crochet (dc).Mark row complete
- “Plain” (plain stitch, plain crochet) is not defined in the book; it is the stitch that joins the loops of chain-stitch open crochet, and elsewhere an ordinary short stitch. It is written here as sc. Check: a sl st may have been meant; compare the engraving.Mark row complete
Working on:
Double crochet (book's definition): “having made a chain, pass the needle through the first loop on the chain, draw the cotton through the loop, there will now be two loops on the needle, through these draw the cotton.” = single crochet (sc). “Close double crochet” = sc worked in every st with no chain between.
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- Base and sides
- Lace
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Garniture for Toilet-Basket pattern from?
It was published as "Garniture for Toilet-Basket" in The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 by Not printed (the Address names only “the Publishers of the Lady's Album of Fancy-Work”) in 1850. The publication is in the public domain in the United States; this version is transcribed and modernised by crochetpatterns.io.
What yarn or thread do I need for the Garniture for Toilet-Basket?
Cotton crochet thread about size 40 (period: Raworth's No. 40). Not printed.
What hook should I use?
Start with a 1.15 mm (US steel 10) hook and adjust to suit your thread; no gauge is printed. Gauge: Not printed. Work to the size of the article.
