Spiral Crochet Purse
Make a chain of one hundred and seventy stitches, in reel silk. To the commencement of this chain, crochet another short chain (as in plain stitch open crochet), of three stitches, the third stitch of which pass through the fourth stitch of the chain, and work three plain stitches. Crochet another chain of three stitches, and pass the last stitch, as before, through the fourth stitch of the chain. This is to be repeated to the end of the row.
All the succeeding rows are the same, except that the plain stitches of the next row are always one stitch in advance of the preceding.
Spiral crochet may be varied by working five, or seven stitches, instead of three, as above directed. Most elegant purses and bags may thus be made, by the introduction of gold, and using the silk in shades.