Horseshoe Trim Variation Crocheted on Rick Rack
Variation by Sandi Marshall
The original pattern in the 1916 issue of Needlecraft doesn't specify any size thread, hook or width of rick rack. I tried two different sizes of thread with medium rick rack, using the 1916 directions (substituting sc for doubles and dc for trebles) but the rick rack ruffled (a lot). With a little more experimenting, I would eventually discover the size thread that Lillian Barr, the designer, used to make her pattern in the year 1916. For now, though, it was faster for me to just adjust the number of rick rack scallops used, number and type of stitches to find out what will work to keep the rick rack flat. Here's what I came up with:
Materials: Medium Rick Rack, size 10 thread, US size 8 steel crochet hook
Finished size: Width of one circle (measuring to outside points
of rick rack) - about 2 1/2 inches
Skip first 3 scallops. Attach thread in the top of the 4th scallop.
Rnd 1: Chain 6 (counts as first dc and ch-3), * dc in top of
next scallop, chain 3, repeat from * until you have crocheted in
13 scallops, turn.
Rnd 2: Chain 5 (counts as first dc and ch-2), * dc in next ch-3 space,
chain 2, repeat from * around, turn.
Rnd 3: Chain 4 (counts as first dc and ch-1), * dc in next
ch-2 space, chain 1, repeat from * around. To join into a circle, slip
stitch in 3rd chain of beginning ch-4. Chain about 11 (or number of
chains needed to reach next unworked scallop, without ruffling the rick
rack). Slip stitch in top of that scallop, chain 1, slip stitch in
the unworked scallop opposite (same point as indicated by a
number 1 in photo below). Referring to the photo should help in
seeing where the slip stitch is done.
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In the vintage pattern, a long chain was made to get from the end of one circle to the point where the next circle would be started (in the rick rack scallop point opposite the 2nd dc of 1st round). However, when using this method, the chain shows behind the pattern stitches and distracts from the flow of the circle patterning. So I came up with an alternate method of getting to the next beginning point. |
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Crocheting from behind (so these chain stitches will not show from the front), I did a slip stitch in the top of a scallop, chain 4 (adjust number of chains needed according to your own crochet tension), slip stitch in scallop at opposite side and repeat until reaching the point where you will begin the next circle. To the photo at left, I added yellow lines to show the path of these chain stitches. The number 1 indicates where you start this and number 2 is the point of beginning the new circle. |
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Here's how this pattern looks when in-progress, with the first circle made and the first round of the second circle done. |
Repeat rounds 1 - 3 (and the instructions for getting to the next beginning point) until you have the length you want. At the beginning and end you have a length of rick rack leftover. Fold under twice to make a hem (trim as necessary) and handsew with a few small stitches on wrong side of the piece, to secure.
Click on the link below if you'd like to take a look at the vintage Horseshoe Trim pattern, exactly as originally written:
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Page 2 - What the 1916 Directions Said
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