(6) BULLION STITCH (figs. 424 and 425).—For bullion stitch, select a needle, a little thicker towards the handle, and finer than you would use for any other crochet stitch.
[Illustration: FIG. 424. BULLION STITCH.]
[Illustration: FIG. 425. BULLION STITCH.]
Begin by making a chain of very loose stitches, then wind the thread several times, very evenly, round the needle. Insert the needle into a loop of the chain, make a single over, and draw it with the last over upon it, through all the other overs.
Trebles in bullion stitch, fig. 425, are worked in just the same manner, only that you have to turn the thread, at least 10 or 12 times round the needle and draw it through all the overs at once. To facilitate the passage of the needle, keep the overs in their place with the thumb and forefinger of the left hand.
Bullion stitch can only be worked with wool or a very fleecy thread, such as Coton à repriser D.M.C,[A] but trebles in bullion stitch can be worked in any of the D.M.C threads and cottons.
(7) CLUSTER STITCH (fig. 426).—Generally used as an insertion between rows of plain crochet.
[Illustration: FIG. 426. CLUSTER STITCH.]
Put the needle under one stitch of the preceding row, make an over, draw the thread through in a loop, make another over, put the needle in again under the same stitch, bring it back, make a third over, and pass a third time under the same stitch; bring the needle back, make a fourth over and pass the needle through all the loops that are upon it.
Then, after making a chain stitch, begin the same stitch over again, placing it in the second stitch of the lower row.
Cluster stitch may also be finished off by retaining the two last loops on the needle, making an over, and ending with a plain stitch.
(8) DOUBLE STITCH (fig. 427).—A rather coarse thread, such as Coton à tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 12, Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3 to 10, or Fil à pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30[A] is better for this stitch than a loose fleecy thread which is apt to render it indistinct. Take up a loop right and left of a stitch of the preceding row, so that counting the loop of the last stitch, you have 3 loops on the needle, make an over and draw it through the 3 loops. Then take up a loop again by the side of the one you made on the left, and which now lies on the right. Take 2 loops in the next stitch, make an over and draw it through all the loops.