Free antique crochet pattern for sailor collar and cuffs from 1892.

To make the wheel: Make 12 chain. Join.
First Round One chain, 24 singles under the ring.
Second Round Seven chain, skip 1 stitch, 1 double into the next * 4 chain, skip 1 stitch, 1 double into the next. Repeat from * 9 times, 4 chain, slip stitch into third of 7 chain.

Third Round One chain, 1 single into first 2 stitches of 4 chain, 3 chain, 1 single into next 2 stitches, * 1 single into first 2 stitches of next 4 chain, 3 chain, 3 singles into next 2 stitches. Repeat from * 10 times. Join with slip stitch to first single.

In joining the wheels, join center stitches of 3 points on 1 wheel to center stitches of 3 points on next wheel with single, making the back of the collar 9 wheels in width and 6 in depth, and the straps over the shoulder 3 wheels in width and 5 in length.

For the edge around the neck: One single in first point on first wheel, * 3 chain, 1 single in next point, 3 chain, 1 single in next point, 7 chain, 1 single in first point on next wheel. Repeat from * all round the neck, excepting between fifth, sixth, eighth and ninth wheels at corners, make only 3 chain.

2nd Row One single into each stitch of first row.

Make cuffs to match, 8 wheels in width and five in depth, making an edge on the bottom the same as round the neck of the collar.

Antique Ad (left): Ladies Work Box 1892

Made of wood with fine silk plush, and lined with fine sateen in contrasting colors. It is ornamented by a handsome nickel clasp. It is 7 1/4 inches long, 5 1/4 inches wide, and 3 1/4 inches high. The box is furnished with a silver-plated thimble, a pair of scissors, one crochet needle, one bodkin, and one tape needle, all of ivory, and is of sufficient size to contain all that is necessary for a lady’s sewing or fancy work. It is a beautiful ornament, as well as a very useful article, and it is a dainty receptacle for sewing implements, quite worthy a place in the most charming boudoir.