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Raised Rose Crochet Collar (Victorian): vintage crochet pattern
A Victorian lace collar in Brooks' Goat's-head crochet thread No. 40, assembled from seven raised roses with four tiers of petals, six large and seventy-four small rounds and fourteen leaves, finished with a band along the neck. Originally published as "Raised Rose Crochet Collar" in The Ladies' Work-Book by John Cassell, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London.
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Skill level | Advanced |
| Yarn weight | Lace (#0) |
| Yardage | Not printed. (as printed; yardage not given) |
| Hook | 1 mm |
| Gauge | Not printed. Work to the size of the article. |
| Finished size | Not printed. The collar uses 7 roses, 6 large rounds, 74 small rounds and 14 leaves with stalks. |
| Time | about 12 hours |
Materials
- White cotton crochet thread about size 40 (period: Brooks' Goat's-head Crochet Thread No. 40)
- Sewing needle and the same thread for joining
- Hook: Start with a 1.0 mm (US steel 12) hook and adjust to suit your thread; the book names Penelope hook No. 5, and 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:
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Abbreviations (US terms)
- chain
- slip stitch
- double crochet
- treble crochet
- stitch
- stitches
- round
- row
- repeat
- skip
Notes before you start
- Source: "Raised Rose Crochet Collar", The Ladies' Work-Book, John Cassell, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London (no year printed). Public domain in the USA.
- As printed — materials: Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Thread, No. 40, and Penelope Crochet Hook, No. 5.. Gauge: Not given.
- Modernisation note: Stitch names converted to modern US terms strictly by the book's own crochet lesson: “chain” / “ch.” = ch; “slip” / “slip-stitch” = sl st; “single crochet” / “s.c.” = sc; “double crochet” / “double” / “d.c.” = dc; “treble crochet” / “treble” / “t.c.” = tr; “long treble” / “long t.c.” = dtr; “long” / “l.” = dc (one wrap, from the book's “double long … twisting the cotton twice”); “open square” = dc, ch 2, sk 2; “close square” = 3 dc; “diminished” / “contracted” stitch = dc2tog; “miss” = sk; “loop” (of a chain or row) = st. In this book “double crochet” means the same stitch as the modern US dc, and “single crochet” the modern sc.
- Modernisation note: “Double” is written as dc and “treble” as tr, strictly by the book's lesson.
- Modernisation note: “Plain” is written as sl st (see the Stitches step).
- Modernisation note: Period wording modernised: “needle” written as “hook”; “commence” as “begin”; “unite” / “close into a round” as “join into a ring”; “round loop” as “ring”; “receipt” as “directions”; “scollop” as “scallop”. Round and row numbers are kept as printed.
- Modernisation note: Printed paragraphs split into one step per round, row or instruction; no stitches, counts or rows added, removed or reordered. Words in square brackets or marked “Check:” are ours, and the printed wording is quoted wherever a reading was needed.
- Modernisation note: Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton (and its Knitting Cord) was a period English cotton sold by number; the lower the number, the thicker the cotton. Its numbers do not match modern crochet-thread sizes exactly; the modern size given is an approximate equivalent only.
- Modernisation note: Penelope (and “tapered, indented”) crochet hooks were sold by number; the book notes its own hooks had “the size engraved on every handle”. These numbers have no exact modern equivalent and the book gives no conversion; the modern hook is an approximate starting point only. No gauge is printed.
- Modernisation note: No yardage is printed and none is estimated.
- Modernisation note: Check: in the rose, each petal round is fastened off and the next chain round is worked “at the top of the 1 plain of last round”, so each tier of petals stands behind the one before; the book does not say where each round is rejoined.
- Modernisation note: Check: Rnd 3 of the rose (“repeat in the same 1 treble all round”) is read as beginning each petal in the same tr that ended the petal before.
- Modernisation note: Check: the rose's Rnd 1 is only a ring (“Make a chain of 8 loops, plain 1, to form a round, fasten off”); Rnd 2 is worked into it.
- Modernisation note: Check: the first row of the neck band depends on the engraving (“as you see the stitches in the engraving”) and on how the pieces have been arranged.
- Modernisation note: Check: “Chain round between the edge and the centre” for the stalk is kept as printed; it seems to mean the ch-2 round (Rnd 3) of the leaf.
- Modernisation note: The engraving is referred to where the book says so; the directions themselves are complete enough to work from, but placement and joining of separate pieces follow the illustration.
Row progress: 0 of 3 done (0%)
Stitches
0 of 3 done- Double crochet, “d.c.” (book's definition): “Twist the thread round the hook before inserting it in the stitch, through which you draw the thread in a loop. Three loops being then on the needle, draw the thread through two, and then through the one just formed and the remaining one.” = dc.Mark row complete
- Treble crochet, “t.c.”, and long treble, “long t.c.” (book's definition): “worked in the same manner; in the former the thread is put twice, in the latter three times, round the hook, before inserting it into the stitch.” = tr and dtr.Mark row complete
- “Plain” (“plain 1”) is not defined in the book; its crochet lesson lists only “chain, slip, single, double, treble, and long treble”. It is written here as sl st. Check: some period books meant a sc by “plain”.Mark row complete
Working on:
Double crochet, “d.c.” (book's definition): “Twist the thread round the hook before inserting it in the stitch, through which you draw the thread in a loop. Three loops being then on the needle, draw the thread through two, and then through the one just formed and the remaining one.” = dc.
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Still to come in the full pattern:
- Roses — make 7
- Large rounds — make 6
- Small rounds — make 74
- Leaves — make 14
- Joining and neck band
- Finishing
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Frequently asked questions
Where is the Raised Rose Crochet Collar pattern from?
It was published as "Raised Rose Crochet Collar" in The Ladies' Work-Book by John Cassell, La Belle Sauvage Yard, Ludgate Hill, London (no year printed). 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 Raised Rose Crochet Collar?
Cotton crochet thread about size 40 (period: Brooks' No. 40). Not printed.
What hook should I use?
Start with a 1.0 mm (US steel 12) hook and adjust to suit your thread; the book names Penelope hook No. 5, and no gauge is printed. Gauge: Not printed. Work to the size of the article.
