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Utopia Yarn Book Long Crochet Swatch

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A two-row stitch pattern from a 1919 yarn company booklet. Rows of double crochet take turns with rows where a taller stitch, which the book calls long crochet, alternates with a double crochet and leaves a line of small holes. The wording is already in American terms, and the counts come out even.

Yarn: Medium woolnone named in 1919
Hook: 4 mmnone given in 1919
Finished: about 8 in wide11 rows

Every count checked by KrowsheaNo errors in the 1919 original. Modern US and UK terms, and a chart drawn from the counts.

Black and white 1919 photo of a crocheted rectangle with solid rows and rows of small holes by turns — **1919** · Pattern No. 6 as photographed in the 1919 book: five rows of holes, about fifteen holes in each.

Chart

Utopia Yarn Book Long Crochet Swatch chart

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Crochet symbol chart of Utopia Yarn Book Long Crochet Swatch, drawn by Krowshea

The same chart drawn left-handed, mirrored

Reading this chart

Start at the bottom. Each row begins at its number, beside its turning chain, and the rows turn back and forth.
Rows alternate dark and blue so they read apart.
The key under the chart names every symbol. Symbols follow the Craft Yarn Council chart standard.

Drawn by Krowshea from the checked counts, not traced from the original. New to charts? How to read crochet charts.

Written pattern

Row by row

US termsUK terms

Written in US crochet terms

Ch 35.

1
Starting in the 5th ch from the hook, dc in each ch across, turn.
31 dc
2
Ch 3 (counts as a dc), [edc in next st, dc in next st] 15 times, turn.
16 dc, 15 edc
3
Ch 3 (counts as a dc), dc in each st across, turn.
31 dc
4–11
Repeat rows 2–3.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

Written in UK crochet terms

Ch 35.

1
Starting in the 5th ch from the hook, tr in each ch across, turn.
31 tr
2
Ch 3 (counts as a tr), [etr in next st, tr in next st] 15 times, turn.
16 tr, 15 etr
3
Ch 3 (counts as a tr), tr in each st across, turn.
31 tr
4–11
Repeat rows 2–3.
Fasten off and weave in ends.

The 1919 original

As it was printed

Utopia Yarn Book · "Crochet Patterns", No. 6
Ch. 35, turn, skip 4 sts., 1 d. c. on every stitch, ch. 3, turn. Second Row—* Over, draw loop through next st., over, draw through 1 loop, over, draw through 2 loops, over, draw through 2 loops, 1 d. c. in next st., repeat from * to end of row. Third Row—1 d. c. in every stitch, ch. 3, turn, repeat second and third rows for pattern.

The 1919 stitch names

This 1919 book explains every stitch with pictures in its "Explanation of Terms Used in Crocheting", and its names are the ones American crocheters still use. Nothing needed translating, only spelling out:

In 1919	US today	How we know
d. c.	dc	The book's lesson: over, insert the hook, draw a loop through, then over and through two loops, twice.
Over, draw loop through next st., over, draw through 1 loop, over, draw through 2 loops, over, draw through 2 loops	extended dc	The same words as the book's lesson No. 6, "Long Crochet": a double crochet with one more step, drawing through a single loop first.

What we checked

Row 1: 35 chains with 4 skipped leave 31 double crochet.
Row 2: the ch 3 counts as the first stitch, and the other 30 stitches make exactly 15 pairs of 1 extended dc and 1 dc.
Every row: 31 stitches.
The 1919 photo shows 5 rows of holes with about 15 holes in each, which agrees with 15 pairs and 11 rows.

How we read the old wording

The 4 chains skipped at the start are not counted as a stitch. Only then does row 2 come out in whole pairs.
Row 3 opens with ch 3, counted as its first dc. The 1919 text gives the ch 3 after rows 1 and 3 and leaves it out after row 2.
The book does not say how many rows. We made 11, as in the photo.

No count errors in the original. One turning chain is left unsaid, after the second row.

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