From About Crochet: Chicken and Rabbit For Filet Crochet or Cross Stitch
| This chart has the same number of squares as the chart above (the squares themselves are a smaller size in this chart, making the design appear smaller). The 1916 book had only one chart, with the animals facing to the left (as in chart above). I charted this extra chart, with the animals facing to the right, so that you could combine the two ways in a project if you wanted. |
| Above are my recharted charts (see a scan showing what the 1916 chart looked like, at left). As you can see, I combined the two corner motifs into one square and changed the design slightly from the original. The 1916 pattern book had a chart only, with no instructions whatsoever. To make it easier for crocheters who are just starting with filet crochet, I've given the starting chain below; I wrote out instructions for the first two rows, along with approximate finished sizes when made with various weights of yarn and sizes of thread. |
The chart is 31 squares wide and 31 rows high. To make a crocheted background to cross-stitch the design on, starting chain is 31 chains for afghan stitch or 32 chains for single crochet. Make 31 rows.
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Working the Chart in Filet Crochet
For a 4 dc mesh, beginning chain is 94, plus chain 3, (which will count as first dc of first row), plus chain 2 more (which is the ch-2 of the first open mesh). Total starting chain = 99 chains. Chart is worked starting at the bottom right; work first row right to left. Second row is worked left to right. Continue alternating row directions in this same manner, following chart. White square on the chart = an open mesh made by: chain 2, skip next chain-2 (if open mesh is below) or skip next 2 dc (if solid mesh is below), dc in next stitch. Black square on the chart = a solid mesh made by: 2 dc in chain-2 space (if open mesh is below) or 1 dc in each of next 2 dc (if solid mesh is below), dc in next dc. |
There were no instructions in the 1916 pattern book.
I've written instructions (in 4 dc mesh) for the first few rows to help
you get started:
Row 1: Begin by working a double crochet in
the 9th chain from the hook (first open mesh made).
(chain 2, skip next 2 chains, dc in next chain) 30 times.
(31 open mesh)
Row 2: Chain 5, skip chain-2, dc in next dc,
(2 dc in chain-2 space, dc in next dc) 3 times, (chain 2,
skip chain-2, dc in next) 3 times,
(2 dc in chain-2 space, dc in next dc) 5 times, (chain 2,
skip chain-2, dc in next) 8 times,
(2 dc in chain-2 space, dc in next dc) 4 times, chain 2,
skip chain-2, dc in next,
(2 dc in chain-2 space, dc in next dc) 4 times, (chain 2,
skip chain-2, dc in next) twice. (1 open mesh, 3 solid
mesh, 3 open mesh, 5 solid mesh, 8 open mesh, 4 solid
mesh, 1 open mesh, 4 solid mesh, 2 open mesh)
With the first two rows crocheted, the pattern is established, so you can now continue, following the chart to see if each square is a solid mesh or an open mesh.
Once you know the basics of filet crochet, written instructions are not needed for each new chart.
Basics in How to Do Filet Crochet, here:
http://crochet.about.com/library/weekly/aa050298.htm
Approximate finished sizes in filet crochet
(once through the chart, worked in 4 dc mesh):
With size 5 thread (123 yards) and a size US 4 steel hook, finished size is about
8.6 inches x 9.8 inches.
With size 10 thread (110 yards) and a size US 7 steel hook, finished size is about
7.1 inches x 7.8 inches.
With size 20 thread (103 yards) and a size US 9 steel hook, finished size is about
6.8 inches x 7.4 inches.
With size 30 thread (96 yards) and a size US 11 steel hook, finished size is about
6.5 inches x 7.1 inches.
With fingering/baby weight yarn (240 yards) and a size US F hook, finished size is about
21.7 inches x 22.3 inches.
With sport weight yarn (279 yards) and a size US G hook, finished size is about
24.8 inches x 25.4 inches.
With worsted weight yarn (317 yards) and a size US I hook, finished size is about
27.9 inches x 28.5 inches.
Gauge:
With size 5 thread: 5 squares = 1.4 inches, 5 rows = 1.6 inches
With size 10 thread: 5 squares = 1.2 inches, 5 rows = 1.3 inches
With size 20 thread: 5 squares = 1.1 inches, 5 rows = 1.2 inches
With size 30 thread: 5 squares = 1 inch, 5 rows = 1.1 inches
With fingering/baby weight yarn: 5 squares = 3.5 inch, 5 rows = 3.6 inches
With sport weight yarn: 5 squares = 4 inch, 5 rows = 4.1 inches
With worsted weight yarn: 5 squares = 4.5 inch, 5 rows = 4.6 inches
So that you would have a better quality chart to work from, I did the work of recharting it, using a chart-making software program, by counting squares and clicking within each square that should be filled in.
Recharted charts, my added instructions and image of finished filet copyright © 2001 by Sandi Marshall, licensed to About.com, Inc. Do not redistribute.
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