Ladies Turban

Materials required: ROYAL SOCIETY Six-Ply 305: 7 balls or 270: 4 balls. Or any colors desired.

1st Row—Blue, ch. 6, join, ch. 3, 30 d. c. in ring, join.

2d Row—Star st., ch. 4, draw up a loop in each of 3 chs. and first two d. c. (taking up back rib only), which gives six loops on needle, thread over, pull through all loops, ch. 1 (this forms star st. ) * For next star draw one loop through ch., one loop through back of previous star, one loop in same st. as previous star, one loop through each of next two d. c., finish off 6 loops, ch. 1, repeat from * around (15 stars), join.

3d Row—2 s. c. in each st. around (60 s. c.)

4th Row—Star sts. like second row (30 star sts. around), join.

5th Row—2 s. c, in one st., * 1 s. c. in next st., 2 s. c. in next, repeat from * around (90 s. c.)

6th Row—Star sts. (45 stars) around, join.

7th Row—2 s. c. in first st., * 1 s. c. in each of next two sts., 2 s. c. in next st., repeat from (120 s. c. ), join.

8th Row—Star sts. (60 stars) around, join.

9th Row—1 s. c. in each st. around (120), join.

10th Row—Star sts. (6O) around, join.

llth Row—1 s. c. in each st. around (120), join.

12th Row—Star sts. (60) around, join.

13th Row— 2 s. c. in first st., * 1 s. c. in each of next two sts., 2 s. c. in next st., repeat from * around (160 s. c. ), join.

14th Row—Star sts., (80) around, join.

15th Row—2 s. c. in first st., * 1 s. c. in each of next 15 sts. 2 s. c. in next st., repeat from * around (170 s. c. ), join.

16th Row—Star sts. (85) around, join.

17th Row—1 s. c. in each st. around (170). join.

Work seven more rows of each like 16th and 17th rows to finish crown, work one row of s. c., skipping every seventh st.

BRIM

33d Row—With Black cotton start crazy st., 1 s. c in first s. c. of previous row, ch. 3, 3 d. c. in same st. as s. c., * sk. 3 sts. of previous row, 1 s. c. in next st., ch. 3, 3 d. c. in same st. as s. c., repeat from * around, join, turn, drop Black cotton.

34th Row—With Blue cotton, 1 s. c. in third d. c., ch. 3, 3 d. c. around ch. 3 of previous row, * sk. 2 d. c. of previous row, 1 s. c. in third d. c., ch. 3, 3 d. c. around ch. 3 of previous row, repeat from* around, join, turn, drop Blue cotton.

35th Row—With Black cotton, same as 34th row. Repeat with alternating colors until six rows of Blue and seven rows of Black are worked. This finishes brim.

TASSEL Around cardboard 4 1\2 inches long wind cotton (both colons) 75 times, cut, tie in center, tie again one inch from top, winding cotton eight times evenly around. From top of tassel with double cotton work 29 chs, attach to other tassel. With Black cotton cover a mould with s. c. With Blue cotton around edge of mould work picot (1 s. c., ch. 3, 1 d. c. in same st., sk. 2), repeat around. Trim hat as shown in cut and stretch over buckram frame.