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Chaud Comme L'Enfer Lettered Band

A lettered band reading CHAUD COMME L'ENFER in block capitals with a square medallion stop, charted as two stacked strips on one grid; it belongs to the same French motto sequence as its companion bands. Made to run as an insertion along a towel or curtain edge. Mind the two-strip layout when reading rows, and the shaped ends call for edge increases and decreases as drawn.

Filet crochet chart: lettered band reading CHAUD COMME L'ENFER in block letters across two stacked chart rows, ending in a square medallion.

VINTAGE · 1914 EDGINGS & BORDERS

Chart size104 × 31 meshes (incl. 2 blank)
Worked rows29
Stitches usedch, dc — that's all
DifficultyAdvanced
Written rowsevery row, with per-row shaping
SourcePriscilla Filet Book No. 2, 1914

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Restored, not scanned. Shaped chart — the row edges step in and out. Every row that changes width carries a [Shaping: …] note saying how many meshes wider or narrower it is at its start and end, read straight off the chart. Finished size depends on your thread and tension — swatch first.

Left-handed? These rows are written for right-handed working (odd rows read right to left). Reverse the reading direction of every row, or use the chart maker, which writes the pattern left-handed for you.

Written instructions

How to count. The turning chain at the start of a row stands in for the first stitch of that row's first mesh, and that mesh is already included in the counts below — work only what the counts say, not one mesh more.
Row 1: 2 filled meshes (2 meshes in total). Turn.
Row 2: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 13 filled meshes, 84 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 3: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 84 open meshes, 13 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn. [Shaping: starts 1 mesh narrower than the row before.]
Row 4: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Row 5: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 6: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 11 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Show all 29 rows
Row 1: 2 filled meshes (2 meshes in total). Turn.
Row 2: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 13 filled meshes, 84 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 3: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 84 open meshes, 13 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn. [Shaping: starts 1 mesh narrower than the row before.]
Row 4: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Row 5: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 6: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 11 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Row 7: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 8: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 5 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 5 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 5 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes. Turn.
Row 9: ch 3, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 10: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 11 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Row 11: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Turn.
Row 12: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 10 open meshes, 5 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 5 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Row 13: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 74 open meshes, 14 filled meshes. Turn.
Row 14: ch 3, 14 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 68 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 9 open meshes, 2 filled meshes. Turn. [Shaping: ends 1 mesh wider than the row before.]
Row 15: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 101 open meshes. Turn.
Row 16: ch 5, 100 open meshes. Turn. [Shaping: ends 2 meshes narrower than the row before.]
Row 17: ch 5, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 4 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 8 open meshes, 5 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 4 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 4 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 9 open meshes. Turn.
Row 18: ch 5, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 19: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes. Turn.
Row 20: ch 5, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 7 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 21: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 9 filled meshes, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 3 open meshes. Turn.
Row 22: ch 5, 7 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 10 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 5 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 2 filled meshes, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes. Turn.
Row 23: ch 3, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 9 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 5 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 10 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 7 open meshes. Turn.
Row 24: ch 5, 8 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 5 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 3 filled meshes, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh. Turn.
Row 25: ch 5, 2 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 5 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 4 filled meshes, 4 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 8 open meshes, 5 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 4 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 6 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 3 open meshes, 2 filled meshes, 1 open mesh, 1 filled mesh, 2 open meshes, 6 filled meshes, 9 open meshes. Turn. [Shaping: starts 1 mesh wider than the row before.]
Row 26: ch 5, 101 open meshes. Turn.
Row 27: ch 5, 101 open meshes. Turn. [Shaping: starts 1 mesh wider than the row before.]
Row 28: ch 5, 40 open meshes. Turn. [Shaping: the charted edge changes sharply at this row and we could not read it reliably from the plate — take the edge from the chart image.]
Row 29: ch 3, 13 filled meshes, 67 open meshes, 1 filled mesh, 1 open mesh, 4 filled meshes, 2 open meshes, 7 filled meshes, 1 open mesh. Fasten off. [Shaping: the charted edge changes sharply at this row and we could not read it reliably from the plate — take the edge from the chart image.]

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