30th: (b) 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, 1 open, 15 close, 2 open, 4 close, 2 open, 6 close, 5 open, 2 close, 1 open, (a) 3 close, 2 open, 2 close.

31st: (b) 2 close, X 1 open, 3 close, X twice, 5 open, 5 close, 2 open, 5 close, 1 open, 7 close, 5 open, 2 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open, (a) 1 close.

32nd: (b) 2 close, X 1 open, 2 close, X twice, 5 open, 5 close, 2 open, 6 close, 1 open, 7 close, 5 open, 3 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open, (a) 1 close.

33rd: (b) 2 close, 2 open, 4 close, 4 open, 6 close, 2 open, 5 close, 1 open, 7 close, 5 open, 3 close, 1 open, 2 close, 3 open, (a) 1 close.

34th: (b) 2 close, 2 open, 3 close, 3 open, 6 close, 3 open, 5 close, 1 open, 8 close, 4 open, 3 close, 1 open, 3 close, (a) 4 open, 1 close, 2 open.

35th: (b) 2 close, 3 open, 1 close, 3 open, 5 close, 4 open, X 5 close, 1 open, X twice, 2 close, 4 open, 3 close, 1 open, 3 close, (a) 5 open, 1 close, 3 open.

36th: (b) 2 close, 6 open, 5 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open, 4 close, 2 open, 4 close, 3 open, 1 close, 2 open, 4 close, 1 open, 4 close, (a) 5 open, 1 close, 3 open.

37th: (b) 2 close, 5 open, 4 close, 2 open, 3 close, X 1 open, 5 close, X twice, 5 open, 4 close, 1 open, 4 close, 3 open, (a) 3 close, 1 open, 1 close.

38th: (b) 2 close, 4 open, 4 close, 1 open, 4 close, 1 open, 6 close, 1 open, 4 close, 5 open, 3 close, 2 open, 4 close, (a) 2 open, 8 close, 3 open.

39th: (b) 2 close, 4 open, 3 close, 1 open, 5 close, 1 open, 3 close, X 1 open, 2 close, X twice, 1 open, 1 close, 4 open, 3 close, 1 open, 6 close, (a) 1 open, 2 close, 2 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, 2 open.

40th: (b) 2 close, 3 open, 4 close, 1 open, 5 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open, 5 close, 5 open, 3 close, 1 open, 6 close, (a) 1 open, 2 close, 1 open, 7 close, 4 open, 1 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open.

41st: (b) 2 close, 3 open, 3 close, 1 open, 6 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open., 5 close, 5 open, 2 close, 1 open, 6 close, (a) 1 open, 2 close, 1 open, 7 close, 1 open, 2 close, 3 open.

42nd: (b) 2 close, 2 open, 3 close, 1 open, 6 close, 1 open, 3 close, 3 open, 3 close, 5 open, 2 close, 1 open, 6 close, (a) 2 open, 2 close, 1 open, 4 close, 1 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, 3 open.

43rd (b) 2 close, 2 open, 2 close, 1 open, 7 close, 1 open, 3 close, 4 open, 3 close, 4 open, 2 close, 1 open, 4 close, 3 open, (a) 2 close, 1 open, 5 close, 1 open, 3 close, 1 open, 2 close, 5 open.

44th: (b) 2 close, 2 open, 4 close, 1 open, 5 close, 1 open, 3 close, 11 open, 4 close, (a) 6 open, 2 close, 1 open, 4 close, 2 open, X 1 close, 1 open, X twice, 2 close, 8 open.

45th: (b) 2 close, 2 open, 3 close, 2 open, 4 close, 1 open, 5 close, 10 open, 2 close, 2 open, 2 close, (a) 3 open, 2 close, 1 open, 4 close, X 1 open, 1 close, X 3 times, 1 open, 2 close, 6 open.

46th: (b) X 2 close, 2 open, X twice, 4 close, 2 open, 6 close, 9 open, 1 close, 2 open, 2 close, (a) 4 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, * 1 open, 3 close, * twice, 2 open, 2 close, 7 open.

47th: (b) 2 close, 3 open, 1 close, 2 open, 3 close, 1 open, 1 close, 1 open, 7 close, 9 open, 4 close, (a) 4 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, X 1 open, 2 close, X twice, 1 open, 3 close, 7 open.

48th: (b) 2 close, 5 open, 3 close, 1 open, X 2 close, 1 open, X twice, 3 close, 9 open, 4 close, (a) 6 open, 1 close, 1 open, 3 close, 1 open, 2 close, 1 open, 1 close, 2 open, 2 close, 9 open.

49th: (b) 2 close, 4 open, X 3 close, 1 open, X twice, 2 close, 13 open, 4 close, (a) 7 open, 1 close, 1 open, 6 close, 2 open, 3 close, 9 open.

50th: 2 close, 4 open, 2 close, 1 open, 4 close, 1 open, 2 close, 7 open, 1 close, 5 open, 3 close, (a) 8 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, 2 open, 1 close, 1 open, 2 close, 11 open.

51st: (b) 2 close, 4 open, 4 close, 1 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, 5 open, 2 close, 6 open, 3 close, (a) 8 open, 2 close, 3 open, 3 close, 1 open, 1 close, 11 open.

52nd: (b) 2 close, 5 open, X 2 close, 2 open, X twice, 3 close, 3 open, 3 close, (a) 19 open, 3 close, 1 open, 1 close, 23 open.

53rd: (b) 2 close, 6 open, 3 close, 2 open, 3 close, 2 open, 7 close, (a) 49 open.

54th: (b) 2 close, 10 open, 3 close, 4 open, 4 close, (a) 49 open.

55th: (b) 2 close, 11 open, 9 close, (a) 51 open.

56th: (b) 2 close, 12 open, 7 close (a) 53 open.

57th: 2 close, 13 open, 4 close, 57 open, 4 close, 13 open, 2 close.

58th to 78th row inclusive: 2 close squares at each end, and the intermediate all open squares. Finish with two rows double crochet. Two of these pieces are required.

FOR THE POINTED PIECE.—As the narrow edging with which this is trimmed is added at the sides, the piece itself is not so wide as that already given. Make a chain of 268 stitches, and work on one row in d.c.

The second is also worked in d.c., but diminished two squares at each end, thus: begin on the second d.c. stitch, slip 2, s.c. 2, d.c. till you come to within five of the end, then s.c. 2, slip 2.

Decrease the next and all succeeding rows one square at each end, by working on the first four d.c. stitches of the row 1 slip, 2 s.c., 1 d.c., after which three more d.c., the other end being made to correspond.

The row succeeding the two of d.c. is entirely in open square crochet, except these 7 stitches at the ends.

4th row: (b) 1 slip, 2 s.c., 4 d.c., 31 open squares, 3 close, 4 open, (a) 3 close. (Observe that in this and all the following rows, the first open square comes over the second of the preceding line. The first and last 7 stitches are not mentioned, as they occur in every row).

5th: (b) 28 open, 2 close, 3 open, 1 close, 2 open, 1 close, (a) 3 open.

6th: (b) 24 open, 3 close, 6 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, (a) 3 open.

7th: (b) 23 open, 1 close, 9 open, 1 close, 1 open, (a) 3 close.

8th: 21 open, 1 close, 27 open, 1 close, 21 open.

9th: Here the initial begins. I have chosen an M as being a common letter; any other may be substituted; care being taken to place it in the exact centre of the space indicated between the brackets. 19 open, 1 close, [7 open, 1 close, 2 open, 2 close, 3 open, 3 close, 11 open,] 1 close, 19 open.

10th: 12 open, 3 close, 3 open, 1 close, [8 open, 3 close, 1 open, 1 close, 1 open, 2 close, 2 open, 1 close, 10 open,] 1 close, 3 open, 3 close, 12 open.

11th: 10 open, 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, [10 open, 1 close, X 3 open, 2 close, X twice, 10 open,] 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, 10 open.

12th: 9 open, X 1 close, 2 open, X twice, 1 close, [10 open, 2 close, 2 open, 2 close, 1 open, 1 close, 1 open, 3 close, 9 open,] 1 close, * 2 open, 1 close, * twice, 9 open.

13th: 9 open, 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, [11 open, 2 close, 2 open, 3 close, 2 open, 2 close, 11 open,] 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, 9 open.

14th: 9 open, 3 close, [12 open, X 2 close, 2 open, X twice, 3 close, 12 open,] 3 close, 9 open.

15th: 8 open, 3 close, [12 open, 2 close, 1 open, 3 close, 2 open, 2 close, 1 open, 1 close, 11 open,] 3 close, 8 open.

16th: 6 open, 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, [11 open, X 2 close, 2 open, X twice, 2 close, 12 open,] 1 close, 3 open, 1 close, 6 open.

17th: 4 open, X 1 close, 2 open, X twice, 1 close, [10 open, 2 close, 2 open, 2 close, 3 open, 1 close, 11 open,] * 1 close, 2 open, * twice, 1 close, 4 open.

18th: X 3 open, 1 close, X twice, 1 open, 1 close, [7 open, 1 close, X 2 open, 2 close, X twice, 1 open, 1 close, 2 open, 1 close, 10 open,] 1 close, 1 open, X 1 close, 1 open, X twice.

19th: 3 open, 3 close, 3 open, 1 close, [7 open, 4 close, 2 open, 2 close, 2 open, 1 close 2 open, 3 close, 6 open,] 1 close, 3 open, 3 close, 3 open.

20th: 8 open, 1 close, [8 open, 2 close, 2 open, 2 close, 4 open, 3 close, 2 open, 1 close, 5 open,] 1 close, 8 open. This is the last row of the letter.

21st: 8 open, 1 close, 27 open, 1 close, 8 open.

22nd: (b) 8 open, 1 close, 9 open, 1 close, 1 open (a) 3 close.

23rd: (b) 7 open, 3 close, 6 open, 1 close, 1 open, 1 close, (a) 3 open.

24th: (b) 9 open, 2 close, 3 open, 1 close, 2 open, 1 close, (a) 3 open.

25th: (b) 10 open, 3 close, 4 open, (a) 3 close.

26th: Open square crochet, except the ends.

27th: All d.c.

It will be remembered that when the letters b a occur, the stitches between are to be repeated backwards, those following the a being the centre of the line, whether few or many.

The knitted edgings for trimming this sachet are given separately; the narrow one trims the point, which is then sewed to the top of one of the squares; the two squares are then sewed together at the bottom and sides, and the broad lace goes all round. The whole is lined with silk or gingham.

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A LADY'S NIGHTCAP IN CROCHET.

MATERIALS.—3 reels No. 20 Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. No. 4 Penelope Hook.

Make 386 chain, turn back, work 1 l., 2 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop, make 138 squares. 2nd row: Insertion.—6 sq., * 9 l., 3 sq., repeat from *, end with 9 sq.



3rd: Decrease a sq. by d.c. on 1st l. stitch, 3 ch., 1 l. on 2nd l., then 6 sq., * 9 l., 3 sq., repeat from *, end with 7 sq., decrease a sq.

4th: Decrease a sq., then 6 sq., * 9 l., 3 sq., repeat from *, end with 5 sq., decrease a sq.

5th: Decrease a sq., then 2 sq., * 9 l., 3 sq., these 3 sq., should come over the 9 l. of last row, repeat from *, end with 1 sq., decrease a sq.

6th: 1 sq., * 9 l., 3 sq., repeat from *, end with 3 sq.

7th: * 9 l., 3 sq., repeat from *, end with 4 sq.

8th and 9th: 2 rows of squares.

10th: Decrease a sq., then 8 sq., 5 ch., 1 l. under every 2 ch. till within 9 squares of the end, then 8 sq., decrease a sq.

11th: Decrease a sq., then 7 sq., 5 ch., 1 l. under every 5 ch., then 7 sq., decrease a sq.

12th: 7 sq., 5 ch., 1 l. under every 5 ch., 7 sq.

13th: Decrease a sq., then 6 sq., 5 ch., 1 l. under every 5, 6 sq., decrease a sq.

14th: 6 sq., work as before, end with 6 sq.

15th: Decrease a sq., 5 sq., work as before, then 5 sq., decrease a sq.

16th: 5 sq., 1 l. under every 5 ch., with 2 ch. between each 5 sq.

17th and 18th: 2 rows of squares.

19th: Begin with 6 sq., then work the same as at 1st row of insertion, and end with 9 sq.

20th: Begin with 7 sq., work as 2nd row of insertion, end with 10 sq.

21st: Begin with 8 sq., work as 3rd row of insertion, end with 5 sq.

22nd: Begin with 5 sq., work as 4th row of insertion, end with 5 sq.

23rd: Begin with 4 sq., work as 5th row of insertion, end with 6 sq.

24th: Begin with 3 sq., work as 6th row of insertion, end with 7 sq.

25th, 26, and 27th: 3 rows of squares.

To SLOPE THE BACK OF THE CAP.—Begin on the right side of the work, under the 1st 2 ch., work 2 l. with 2 ch. between each, then 2 ch., 1 l. on next l., this must be carefully attended to, otherwise 1 stitch will be lost; after this, work 38 sq., then 2 ch., d.c. on next l., turn on reverse side, 3 ch., d.c. on 1st l., then 2 ch., 1 l. on next l., then 38 sq., 2 ch., 1 l. under the last 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 more l. under same, turn on reverse side, 5 ch., 1 l., under the 1st 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 16 sq., 2 ch., d.c. on next l., turn on reverse side, 3 ch., d.c. on 1st l., 2 ch., d.c. on next l., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 15 sq., 2 ch., 1 l. into the 5 ch. at the end, turn on reverse side, 5 ch., 1 l. under 1st 2 ch. 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 8 sq., 2 ch., d.c. on next l., turn on reverse side, 3 ch., d.c. on 1st l., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 8 sq., 2 ch., 1 l. under the 5 ch., turn on reverse side, 5 ch., 1 l., under 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 l. on 1st l.; after this, work 5 sq., 2 ch., d.c. on next l., turn on reverse side, 3 ch., d.c. on 1st l., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 5 sq., 2 ch., 1 l. under 5 ch., turn on reverse side, 5 ch., 1 l. under 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 3 sq., 2 ch., d.c. on next l., turn on reverse side, 3 ch., d.c. on 1st l., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 3 sq., 2 ch., 1 l. under the 5 ch., turn on reverse side, 5 ch., 1 l. under the 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 2 sq., 2 ch., d.c. on next l., turn on reverse side, 3 ch., d.c. on 1st l., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 2 sq., 2 ch., 1 l. under 5 ch., turn on reverse side, 5 ch., 1 l. under 2 ch., 2 ch., 1 l. on next l.; after this, work 1 sq., 2 ch., d.c. on next l. This finishes the slope on one side; now slope the other side the same, only beginning on the wrong side of the work instead of the right. Now crochet the two sides together, and under every space, and under the chain stitches which form the slope, all round and where the crown is to be sewed in, work 2 d.c. stitches; and round the front and back, where the border will be worked, crotchet 3 d.c. stitches into every space, making 7 d.c. at the 2 corners.

FOR THE CROWN OF THE CAP.—Make 7 ch., unite, 7 ch., d.c. into every loop, thus making 7 chains of seven. The cotton must be cut off at every row.

2nd: D.c. into centre loop of 7, 7 ch., repeat.

3rd: D.c. into centre loop of 7, 7 ch., d.c. on d.c. stitch, 7 ch., repeat.

4th: Same as 2nd.

5th: Same as 3rd.

6th: Same as 2nd.

8th: Same as 3rd.

Now repeat again 2nd, 3rd and 2nd rows.

12th: D.c. into centre loop of 7, 5 ch., repeat.

13th: 1 l., 2 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop all round, including the d.c. stitches. In this row there are not sufficient stitches for the next row by 5, therefore for 5 times miss 1 loop instead of 2, at different intervals. There must be 114 squares in this row, therefore it is not very material whether 1 loop or 2 be missed occasionally, so that 114 squares are made.

14th: 10 l., 3 sq., * 9 l., 3 sq., repeat from * all round

15th: 10 l. the 1st on 4th l. of the 10 l, * 3 sq., 9 l., repeat from *.

16th: Same as last.

17th: 10 l. the 1st on the last of the 9 l., * 3 sq., 9 l., repeat from *.

18th: 10 l. the 1st on the last l. of the 2nd sq., * 3 sq., 9 l., repeat from *.

19th: The same as last row. This pattern is simply the same as the insertion in the front.

20th: 1 l., 2 ch., miss 1 loop, repeat.

21st: 5 ch., d c. on every l.

22nd: 5 ch., d.c. into centre loop of 5 ch., repeat.

23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, and 27th: The same as 22nd.

28th: 1 l. into the centre loop of the 5 ch., 2 ch., repeat.

29th: Begin on a l. stitch, 10 l. in the next 7 loops, including the 1st stitch, 3 sq., 9 l., in the next 7 loops, 3 sq., 9 l., in the next 7 loops, * 3 sq., 9 l. in the next 9 loops, repeat from *; the reason for commencing the row in this manner is, that there were not squares enough in the last row for the pattern. This row is the same as the 14th row. Now work as at 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th rows.

Now 1 l., 2 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop.

Now 1 l. on l., 2 ch., repeat.

2 d.c. under ever 2 ch., worked tightly. Now sew the crown into the front, gathering it in as it may be required.

BORDER.—1st row: Work all round 1 l. into every loop, with 2 ch. between each.

2nd: 5 ch., 1 l. under every 2 ch., all round.

3rd and 4th: 1 l. under the 5 ch., 5 ch., repeat.

5th: Work an extra row the same as the last, along the front, beginning and ending at the ears, just where the chains of 5, in the centre of the 2 rows of insertion, begin.

6th: Work all round, * 5 l., with 3 ch. between each, under the 5 ch., 3 ch., d.c. under next 5, 3 ch, d.c. under next 5, 3 ch., d.c. under next 5, 3 ch., repeat from * under next 5.

7th: 3 ch., d.c. under every 3 ch., all round. Narrow ribbon, or wide white cotton-braid, may be drawn in round the crown and along the front, but it is not actually necessary excepting for ornament.

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SHAVING TIDY.

MATERIALS.—No. 16 Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. No. 4 Penelope Hook.

1st row: Make 180 chain, turn back, 1 l. into 9th loop, in the next row this forms 1 sq., by working the 1st l. into the 5th loop of the 8 ch., new 2 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop till there are 58 sq.

2nd: 1 row all squares.

3rd: 6 sq., 3 l., 51 sq.

4th: 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 44 sq.

5th: 5 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 43 sq.

6th: 6 sq., 12 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 43 sq.

7th and 8th: 14 sq., 3 l., 43 sq.

9th: 13 sq., 3 l., 24 sq., 3 l., 19 sq.

10th: 8 sq., 15 l., 7 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 18 l., 9 sq.

11th: 6 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 8 sq.

12th: 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq.; 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 7 sq.

13th: 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 7 sq.

14th: 5 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 7 sq.

15th: 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l.; 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 7 sq.

16th: 5 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 9 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 7 sq.

17th: 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 8 sq.

18th: 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 5 sq.



19th: 5 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 18 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 5 sq.

20th: 5 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 33 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 21 l., 6 sq.

21st: 6 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 15 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 12 l., 7 sq.

22nd: 11 sq., 3 l., 4 sq.

23rd and 24th: 58 sq.

25th: 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 48 sq.

26th: 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 49 sq.

27th: 3 sq., 3 l., 35 sq., 3 l., 18 sq.

28th: 3 sq., 6 l., 33 sq., 3 l., 19 sq.

29th: 4 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 3 sq.

30th: 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 3 sq.

31st: 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 4 sq.

32nd: 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l, 7 sq.

33rd: 5 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 5 sq.

34th: 42 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 1 sq.

35th: 42 sq., 3 l., 2 l., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 3 sq.

36th: 20 sq., 3 l., 21 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq.

37th: 28 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 24 l., 3 sq.

38th: 39 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 4 sq.

39th: 45 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 4 sq.

40th: 45 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 5 sq.

41st and 42nd: Two rows of squares.

Now work 3 d.c. into ever space on three sides, but not on the side above the top of the letters, making 7 d.c. at each corner.

BORDER.—1st row: Begin at the side where the letter S is, 3 l. the first into 1st loop, 3 ch., 3 l. the 1st into 4th loop, repeat this till within 4 loops of the corner, then in the corner loop make 3 l., 3 ch., 3 more l. into same loop, now 3 ch., miss 3 loops, then 3 l. the 1st into 4th loop, now repeat till the corner loop of next corner, then 3 ch., then 3 l. into the same loop in which the last of the 3 l. was worked, now 3 ch., 3 l. the 1st into 4th loop, and repeat.

2nd: When at the end, turn back, work 3 l. on l., 3 ch., repeat; at the corner, after the last 3 l. and 3 ch., make 3 l. under the 3 ch. at corner, 3 ch., 3 more l. under same, 3 ch. 3 l. on l., repeat.

3rd: Turn back and work the same.

4th: Turn back, d.c. on the 1st of the l. stitches, * 5 ch., 3 d.c. under the 3 ch, repeat from *.

5th: Turn back, 6 ch., 3 d.c. on the d.c., repeat.

6th: Turn back, 7 ch, 3 d.c. on d.c., repeat.

Now, along the top work a row of extra long stitches, made by twisting the cotton twice over the hook instead of once, beginning on the d.c. stitches of the border, and working 5 l. stitches across the width of the border at regular spaces, then 1 l., 2 ch., 1 l. on every l. across the squares, terminating with 5 l. in the width of the border.

Now 3 d.c. into every space between the l. stitches, then crochet the two pieces together on the right side of the work, or sewing will do as well. If the tidy should require washing, let it now be done, and pressed between a double linen cloth, under a heavy weight; when dry, line it with coloured cambric, omitting the border; double it in half, and run a small tuck at the bottom of the extra l. stitches; in this tuck insert a narrow piece of whalebone, not quite so long as the work, and secure it at both ends; get a yard of satin ribbon, place a pin in the centre, and on one side of this pin sew on to the ribbon some pieces of old linen fringed about 3 inches in width, and 8 inches long, if this is doubled over the ribbon it will make each piece 4 inches long; sew then on the other side of the pin some soft chamois leather the same width and length, now place it in the centre of the tidy, draw the ribbon over, and tie it in a bow at the back. This should be laid on the toilet table, and not hung up; it will have the appearance of a book.

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EXHIBITION OVAL TIDY FOR EASY CHAIR.

MATERIALS.—12 Reels No. 10 or 12 Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. No. 3 Penelope Hook.

Make 266 chain stitches; this chain must be worked very evenly and well, as it is the centre of the pattern, and will have to be worked into on the other side after the 33rd row; turn back 1 l., into 4th loop from hook, 3 more long into successive loops, now 14 square, formed by working 2 ch., 1 l. into 3rd loop, 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 15 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 11 sq., 3 l.

The cotton must be cut off every row.

2nd: 4 l., 7 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 21 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 9 l., 10 sq., 3 l.

3rd: 4 l., 9 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l.

4th: 4 l., 8 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 27 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 33 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 16 sq., 3 l.

5th: 4 l., 12 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 2 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 3 l. 4 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 13 sq., 3 l.

6th: 4 l., 11 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l.

7th: 4 l., 11 sq., 12 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 3 sq., 21 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 11 sq., 3 l.

8th: 7 l., 8 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 1 sq., 45 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 8 sq., 6 l.; the cotton at the end of every row must now be left sufficiently long to run in with a needle, not as before the end woven in with the last stitch.

9th: 4 l. the 1st on the 4th l. of last row, this is to form the oval, 9 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 15 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l.

10th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 7 sq., 6 l., 7 sq., 12 l., 2 sq. 3 l., 2 sq., 18 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 14 sq., 3 l.

11th: 7 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 12 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 12 sq., 6 l.

12th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 14 sq., 3 l., 13 sq., 27 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 19 sq., 3 l.



13th: 7 l., 18 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 18 sq., 6 l.

14th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 15 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 6 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 18 sq., 3 l.

15th: 7 l., 9 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 24 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 14 sq., 6 l.

16th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 10 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 5 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 15 sq., 3 l.

17th: 7 l., 12 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 12 l. 2 sq., 3 l., 16 sq., 6 l.

18th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 10 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 12 sq., 6 l.

19th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 13 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 9 sq., 6 l.

20th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 12 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 6 l.

21st: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 9 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 13 sq., 6 l.

22nd: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 7 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 6 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 12 sq., 3 l., 14 sq., 6 l.

23rd: 7 l., beginning on 4th l., 13 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 12 sq., 6 l.

24th: 7 l., beginning on 4th l., 14 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 11 sq., 6 l.

25th: 10 l. the 1st on 4th l., 11 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 9 l.

26th: 7 l. the 1st on 7th l., 18 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 25 sq., 6 l.

27th: 10 l. the 1st on 4th l., 15 sq., 3 l., 12 sq., 3 l., 22 sq., 9 l.

28th: 10 l. the 1st on 7th l., 25 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 19 sq., 9 l.

29th: 13 l. the 1st on 7th l., 21 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 15 sq., 12 l.

30th: 13 l. the 1st on 10th l., 35 sq., 12 l.

31st: 16 l. the 1st on 10th l., 27 sq., 15 l.

32nd: 19 l. the 1st on 13th l., 17 sq., 18 l.

33rd: 58 l., the 1st on 16th l.

34th: Now work the other half, keeping on the right side of the work, and working on the other side of the foundation chain, 4 l., 12 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 4 l., 13 sq., 3 l.

35th: 4 l., 9 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 7 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 5 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l.

36th: 4 l., 8 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 4 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 11 sq., 3 l.

37th: 4 l., 7 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 9 sq., 3 l.

38th: 4 l., 11 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 11 sq., 27 l., 3 sq., 36 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 10 sq., 3 l.

39th: 4 l., 21 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l.

40th: 7 l., 16 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 6 l.

41st: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 13 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 2 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 9 sq., 3 l., 18 sq., 3 l.

42nd: 4 l., 15 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 27 l., 1 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 17 sq., 3 l.

43rd: 7 l., 10 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 19 sq., 6 l.

44th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 11 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 5 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 27 l., 4 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 18 l., 18 sq., 3 l.

45th: 7 l., 7 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 12 sq., 6 l.

46th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 8 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 21 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 4 sq., 15 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 15 l., 13 sq., 3 l.

47th: 7 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 15 l., 3 sq., 15 l., 5 sq., 6 l, 1 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 9 sq., 6 l.

48th: 4 l. the 1st on 4th l., 5 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 12 l., 2 sq., 6 l.,7 sq., 15 l., 4 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 10 sq., 3 l.

49th: 7 l., 12 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 18 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 6 l., 7 sq., 6 l.

50th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 14 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 6 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 9 l., 9 sq., 15 l., 8 sq., 15 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 6 l.

51st: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 12 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 7 sq., 9 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 9 sq., 12 l., 14 sq., 6 l.

52nd: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 11 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 12 l., 1 sq., 9 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 13 sq., 6 l.

53rd: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 10 sq., 6 l., 9 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 24 sq., 6 l.

54th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 9 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 9 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 12 l., 19 sq., 6 l.

55th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 8 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 3 l., 4 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 12 l., 3 sq., 6 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 17 sq., 6 l.

56th: 7 l. the 1st on 4th l., 19 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 4 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 18 sq., 6 l.

57th: 10 l. the 1st on 4th l., 17 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 7 sq., 6 l., 1 sq., 6 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 16 sq., 9 l.

58th: 7 l. the 1st on 7th l., 15 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 3 l., 3 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 6 l., 13 sq., 6 l.

59th: 10 l. the 1st on 4th l., 17 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 3 l., 1 sq., 3 l., 2 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 3 l., 10 sq., 9 l.

60th: 10 l. the 1st on 7th l., 15 sq., 3 l., 8 sq., 3 l., 5 sq., 3 l., 16 sq., 9 l.

61st: 13 l. the 1st on 7th l., 13 sq., 3 l., 6 sq., 3 l., 20 sq., 12 l.

62nd: 13 l. the 1st on 10th l., 35 sq., 12 l.

63rd: 16 l. the 1st on 10th l., 27 sq., 15 l.

64th: 19 l. the 1st on 13th l., 17 sq., 18 l.

65th: 58 l. the 1st on 16th l.

Now run in all the ends neatly and very secure; this may be done by darning the end backwards and forwards on the thick part. D.c. on the 1st of the 58 l. stitches at the side, 7 ch., d.c. into 6th loop, then 7 ch., d.c. into every 5th loop, 7 ch., d.c. on last l., 7 ch., d.c. into the 5th loop of the next l. stitches, 7 ch., d.c. into 5th loop, 7 ch., d.c. on last l., 7 ch., d.c. into 4th loop of the next l. stitches, 7 ch., d.c. on last l., * 7 ch., d.c. on the last l. of next l. stitches, 11 times more, * now there are 2 even rows of l. stitches, ** 7 ch., d.c. into the loop between the two rows. 7 ch., d.c. on last l. of the next l. stitches, repeat from ** twice more, now there are three even rows; now work the same, now there are 15 even rows, make 7 ch., d.c. between every alternate row for 3 times, then 7 ch., d.c. on next row; now work all round the same. There must be 31 chains of 7 on each of the four sloping sides of the oval, 11 chains of 7 on the long stitches on each side, and 8 chains of 7 on the top and bottom.

BORDER.—Under each of the 7 chains work 2 l. with 1 ch. between each, 3 ch., repeat.

2nd: Under each 3 ch. work 2 l. with 1 ch. between each, 5 ch., repeat.

3rd: Under the 5 ch. work 2 l. with 1 ch. between each, 7 ch., repeat.

4th: 7 d.c. under the 7 ch., repeat.

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HONITON SPRIGS IN CROCHET.

The beautiful and expensive lace for which Honiton is famous may be closely imitated in crochet, with the occasional aid of some point-lace stitches.

Honiton sprigs and edgings are done in detached pieces, which are afterwards laid on Brussels net, and run on in any form that fancy may dictate. Sometimes they are connected together into a solid mass by means of twisted bars, in a manner termed guipuring. Being thus separate, the directions for each sprig or edging are comparatively short. Each sprig is usually begun at the end of the stem, which is formed by a chain, any leaves or flowers that come on the right side of it being then made as you come to them; generally a flower forms the point of the spray, and this being made, the stem is finished by working the chain stitches in s.c., adding the leaves or flowers on the left side whenever they occur, and working down to the commencement of the chain. Leave about three inches of thread on beginning and ending; thread these with a fine needle and run a few stitches up and down the stem, on the wrong side, to secure them. They may then be cut off closely, and the sprig is complete.

As these general observations refer to all imitations of Honiton lace in crochet, we shall beg our readers to refer to them, when directions for other specimens are given.

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CROCHET WINDOW CURTAIN.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. Penelope Hook.

May be worked from the engraving in any thickness of cotton, amounting to the size of curtain required; the larger the curtain the thicker the cotton should be. It likewise, in thick cotton, looks remarkably well for bed curtains.



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WINDOW CURTAIN.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 70. Penelope Hook.

The extreme elaboration of this pattern demands that the material in which it is worked should be lighter than it need be when the design is simpler and less rich. The use of finer materials also diminishes the size of the pattern; we, therefore, recommend No. 70: but, of course, it is optional to use coarser.

In No. 70 Cotton, about 6 patterns, besides the border, will make a curtain two yards wide; but in No. 40, not more than five patterns would be required.

The border should be worked at each edge, which may very easily be done by working backwards from the centre of the last pattern, to the edge. It is not necessary to work a border at the top of the curtains.

Each pattern contains 61 squares or 183 stitches; the border 45 squares or 135 stitches; reckoning from the extreme edge to the straight line 8 squares, which occurs in every scroll between the patterns. For 6 patterns and 2 borders, therefore, 1,368 stitches would be required for a foundation, with the one over, always needed in square crochet. In working the border along the bottom, care must be taken completely to reverse it at the centre, that is, after 3 patterns, otherwise the corner would not be found to go right.

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KNITTED LACE FOR CURTAINS, &c.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No, 40. Penelope Hook. Cast on twelve stitches.

1st row: Slip 1, knit 3, make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slip stitch over, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2.

2nd: Knit 3, purl 8, knit 2.

3rd: Slip 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3.

4th: Knit 6, purl 8, knit 2.

5th: Slip 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together.

6th: Knit 2, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 3, purl 8, knit 2.

7th: Slip 1, knit 2 together, make l, knit 4, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 8.

8th: Cast off seven, knit 1, purl 8, knit 2. Repeat for the length required.



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WINDOW CURTAIN AND STOVE APRON.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 40, with a suitable Crochet Hook.

The number of stitches in this curtain must depend, of course, on the width of the window for which it is intended. Each pattern requires a foundation of 102 chain stitches; and the borders at the sides 57 chain each. As there will be about 560 stitches in a yard, or very nearly five patterns and one border, it will be easy to reckon the number required for any given width. A curtain two yards wide will require 1,135 stitches, which will allow ten patterns of the convulvulus, and the two borders; to this, every 102 stitches added will make one wreath more, nearly equalling in width the sixth of a yard.

The whole of this curtain is done in square crochet, the design in close squares, and the ground in open.

Square crochet (the majority of our readers are aware) consists of d.c. chain stitches exclusively. A close, or solid square is formed of three successive d.c. stitches: an open square of 1 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2 of the preceding row. Almost all square crochet patterns are intended to be worked from the engraving, which is laid open before the worker and copied. To assist in guiding the eye it is advisable to cover each row of the engraving after it is copied.

We will only observe, with regard to this pattern, that the first two rows are done in ch., and that two stitches at each end are also close, which affords an opportunity for working in the ends of the previous rows.

This design is also extremely suitable for a curtain for a grate. For this purpose, Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 70, will be preferable to the coarser numbers. It would be greatly improved by the addition of a bead border, similar to that of the anti-macassar, given in a former part of this work.

The effect of the bead border being to add weight to the end of the stove apron, it would keep it in its place better than anything else, besides being very ornamental.

A handsome fringe may be knotted on the end, and it may be lined with calico to correspond with the furniture of the room.

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NETTED WINDOW CURTAIN.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Netting Cotton, No. 24: Embroidering Goat's-head Cotton, No. 30; a middle-sized Netting Needle; Steel Mesh, No. 9; and a long Embroidering Needle.

If worked with the above cotton and mesh four squares will measure one inch, which will be a guide for the number of foundation stitches to make in the beginning for the curtain. The pattern must afterwards be darned in embroidering cotton, No. 30, according to the engraving, by passing the needle under and over the threads of the meshes very regularly and even, always keeping the same number of threads in every square, and all must run the same way and be drawn to one degree of tightness, for all the beauty of the work depends upon its evenness and regularity. This pattern may be extended to any size, and would look very well if the flowers were sewn in pale pink ingrain cotton, and the fretwork in white cotton.



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A FLOWER VASE SCREEN, FOR CONCEALING A FLOWER-POT OR BASIN WITH FLOWERS.

MATERIALS.—4 shades of Green Wool, the lightest almost a pale Lemon, 1 skein only of this, and 3 each of the darkest; 5 shades of Pink, 2 skeins of each, all 4-thread Berlin Wool; 3 yards of ordinary sized skirt cord, the size of blind cord.

D.c. 14 stitches over the end of the cord with the darkest green, unite; now work 2 d.c. into every loop; the next row the same; from this row increase as may be required, working 4 rows of darkest green, 4 rows of next shade, 3 rows of next shade, in all 11 rows; there must by 154 stitches in the outside row.

Fasten off the cord neatly, and with darkest shade of green, work 21 d.c. stitches; now turn on reverse side, and work 21 rows of ridged crochet, which is done by working into the lower loop instead of the upper one, and omitting at the end of every row the 1 ch. which in ordinary ridged crochet prevents it decreasing, but by omitting this 1 ch. these 21 d.c. stitches will be decreased to a point; work 6 rows of the 2 darkest shades, and 9 of the lightest of the 3 shades: make 7 of these points, but be careful, in joining on every shade, that the knots are concealed, and run in the last end very neatly. With the lightest green of the 3 shades, commence on the wrong side of the mat, begin on the first dark ridge of the point, make 5 ch., d.c. on every ridge, but d.c. into the point, make 5 ch., d.c. into same loop, then 5 ch., d.c. on every ridge till the last, then crochet into the 1st ridge of next point, without making any chain between.

Palest Green.—D.c. into centre of 2nd 5 ch. from the bottom of the point, 5 ch., d.c. into centre of every 5 ch. till the point, then d.c. in centre of top, 5 ch., 5 ch., d.c. into same, then work down till within the last ch. of 5, omit this, and d.c. in 2nd ch. of 5 from the bottom of next point.

1st row.—Darkest Pink: Make 41 ch., turn back, 1 l. into 9th loop from hook, * 3 ch., 1 l. into 4th loop, repeat from * 7 times more, in all 9 spaces.

2nd: Turn on reverse side, 3 l. under the 3 ch., 1 ch., repeat at the point, work 9 l., 2 ch., 6 more l. under same space, then 1 ch., 3 l. under the 3 ch., repeat; at the end cut off the wool.

3rd: With next shade commence on same side as 1st row, 1 l. between each long, but after every 3rd l., make 1 ch. at the point, and between each of the 6 l., make 1 l., 1 ch., then under the 2 ch., make 1 l., 3 ch., 1 more l. under same, then work the same as the half just completed.

4th.—Next Shade: With same colour, inclose some white wire drawn from ribbon wire, thus—between each l. stitch, and under each 1 ch., work 1 d.c. stitch with the wire between, first bending the end of the wire to prevent it slipping, but over the point work 2 d.c. under each 1 ch., and under the 3 ch., work 3 d.c.; now work the remaining half, and d.c. along the bottom, still enclosing the wire to the side where this row was commenced, twist the 2 ends of the wire together, after pulling it into shape.

5th: Great care must be taken in working this row not to bend the work; next shade, 1 l. on 1st d.c. stitch at the side, 3 ch., * 1 l. into successive loops for 4 times, 3 ch., repeat from *, be careful that a 3 ch. comes at the point; this row will end as it was begun; then crochet along the bottom.

6th.—Next Shade: 2 l. under the 1st 3 ch., 3 ch., 2 more l. under same; repeat this 6 times more, then repeat the same over the point, but for 5 times make 5 ch. instead of 3. Now sew these pink points up at the side, joining them for 6 times by the chain of 3, slipping the wool on from chain to chain; now pin each green point on to the part of the pink which is sewed together, stretching each green point as high as possible; then sew these green points at about the second shade of green, on to the pink, as in engraving.



MATERIALS.—Three reels of Brooks' No. 24, and two of No. 16, Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. A hook suitable for the fine number.

The octagon shape is one extremely well adapted for bread baskets, as well as for papier-mache trays of the usual forms; but it requires a little nicety to produce even edges at the sloping sides. The way it is done is this. The whole pattern, it will be perceived, is done in square crochet, and in the increasing sides a close square is added at each end. This is done by making one chain extra at the beginning and end of the first row of d.c. 2nd row: 1 ch., 2 d.c. on the chain, and 2 on the first d.c. at the commencement, thus increasing three stitches, besides the one chain which is merely a foundation for the next increase; then at the other extremity of the row, 2 d.c. on the last stitch, 2 d.c. on the chain, and make one chain. Do this for every row which is increased, working in all the ends.

For the decreasing rows begin with 1 slip, 1 s.c., 1 short double crochet, 1 d.c.—this last coming on the first stitch in the second square of last row, keeps the squares evenly over each other. At the other end of the row reverse the process, by doing 1 d.c., 1 short d.c., 1 s.c., 1 slip, which completes it.

The short double-crochet stitch, being new to our readers, may be briefly described. It is, as its name implies, a medium stitch between a s.c. and a d.c. stitch. Begin as for a d.c. stitch, with the thread round the hook, but after the latter is inserted in the stitch, and the thread drawn through, so that there are three loops on the needle, the thread must be drawn through all three at once.

Short treble crochet (contracted to s.t.c.), is done in a similar manner. The thread being passed twice round the needle, there are four loops on the latter, after the one is drawn through the stitch of the preceding row. The thread is now drawn through three loops together, and afterwards through two.

When the bread cloth is worked, do open square crochet all round it, taking the d.c. stitches sufficiently close at the corners to lie smoothly. Knot a fringe 2-1/2 inches deep in every square. It is to be made of the coarse cotton.

To increase the size of this d'oyley, for a tray, or other article, use coarser cotton and hook.

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BREAD CLOTH.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, Nos. 14, 16, 18, 20. Walker's Penelope Hook, No. 3.

a. With cotton No. 18 make 10 chain, 1 s.c., in 1st chain; then in round loop 3 d.c., ** 9 chain, miss 3, 1 s.c. in 4th; then in round loop. * 1 s.c. 7 chain, * repeat twice more; 1 chain to cross and in 1st 7 chain,** [.1.] 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., repeat in the other two 7 chains; 1 s.c. in the 1 chain that crosses the stem: [.2.] 5 chain; 3 d.c. in the centre round loop.

Repeat from ** to ** 1 d.c., 5 long, join to 5th long in 3rd section, 4 long, 1 d.c. in same 7 chain; in the next two 7 chains: 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., 1 s.c. in the chain that crosses the stem [.2.] Repeat from [.2.] to [.2.] 5 chain, 3 d.c. in the centre round loop.

Repeat again from ** to ** 1 d.c., 5 long, join, 4 long, 1 d.c., in next 7 chain, 1 d.c., 9 long, 1 d.c., in next 7 chain, 1 d.c., 1 s.c. on the chain that crosses, 5 chain, 1 s.c. on 1st d.c. in centre, fasten off.

Make 11 more a's like the 1st, only joining, as in the engraving:—"thus, 1 d.c., 5 long, join, 4 long, 1 d.c."

b. With cotton No. 20. 15 chain, 1 s.c., in 1st stitch and in round loop. * 4 d.c., 10 chain, join where the two a's join, turn, 10 s.c. down the 10 chain; 4 d.c., 10 chain, join where the two 9 long of a are joined together; 10 s.c. down the 10 chain; repeat from * 3 times more; * 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 2, * repeat all round; fasten off. Make 5 more, placing them as in the engraving.

c. With cotton No. 16. 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 1st, make it round. * 1 d.c., 3 chain, 3 long, 3 chain, * repeat 3 times more in round loop. ** 1 d.c. on d.c., 7 chain, 1 d.c. on 2 long, 7 chain repeat all round. ** 9 d.c. in each 7 chain; fasten off.

1 s.c. in 5th d.c., 9 chain repeat all round. In 1st 9 chain 6 d.c., join to 5th long of a 5 d.c. in same 9 chain: * in next 9 chain 11 d.c., repeat all round; fasten off.

Make another c, joining to a and first c. Make 12 more; join as in the engraving.



d. With cotton No. 18. 7 chain make it round; 11 d.c. in round loop, join to 5th d.c. of 11 d.c. of e, * 7 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., repeat * twice more; join to the other c to the 5th d.c. of 11 d.c., fasten off. 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 1st 7 chain. ** 5 chain 1 s.c. in same as last s.c., then in 5 chain, 1 d.c. 4 long, 2 chain, join to a, turn, 1 chain, 2 long on 2 chain, 4 long, 1 d.c. in same 5 chain. 1 s.c. in next 7 chain; 7 chain join to next division of d 7 chain; 1 s.c. in 4th chain stitch of 7 chain, repeat from ** to ** 7 chain, join, 7 chain, repeat from ** to ** again, fasten off. Make 9 more d's, joining in the same manner, and as placed in the engraving.

e. With cotton No. 18. 10 chain, make it round and work in loop 17 d.c.; 1 d.c. on 1st d.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next 4 chain join to c's 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. in 3rd, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 6 chain join to a 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c. in next, 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 4 chain, join to c 3 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c., 5 chain, miss 1, 1 s.c., 7 chain 1 s.c. fasten off. Make 3 more, placing them as in the engraving.

f. With cotton No. 14. 1 long between two c's; 1 c before the corner. Commence: 6 chain, . 1 d.c. in 6th d.c. of 11 d.c. of c 9 chain, repeat . 3 times more; 10 chain, 1 s.c. in 4th chain of 7 chain of e 10 chain, .. 1 d.c. in the centre of 11 d.c., 9 chain, repeat .. 3 times more. Repeat all round the d'oyley, making the corners alike.

2nd: . 3 long, 2 chain, miss 2, . this is the . pattern all round, except at the corners. You miss 2 and make no chain, this is to be done by e, and by the 1 long between the two c's. You work as follows: make no chain, and miss 4, 2 each side of one long.

3rd: 5 chain, miss 2, 1 s.c. repeat all round.

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HONITON SPRIG.

Materials.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 60. Penelope Hook, No. 24. 6 ch. for the end of the stem.

Leaf: 14 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c. on the next 9, 2 s.c., 1 slip, 24 ch., miss 3, 2 d.c. in next, 2 d.c. in next, 9 d.c. in the next 9, 2 s.c. in the next 2, slip in the next, which leaves 7 for the stem. Slip stitch on the 2 s.c., and 7 of the d.c., taking great care not to contract the leaf, 10 ch., miss 4 d.c. in the fifth, X 2 ch., miss 2, t.c. in 3rd, X twice, 2 ch., miss 2, d.c. in 3rd, 2 ch., miss 2, s.c. on 3rd, 1 ch., miss 1, slip at the base of the flower. Do 9 slip stitches up the last row, the open hem of which forms the centre of the flower; then 11 ch., miss 3, 2 contracted d.c. stitches on the next 4, d.c. down all but the last 3, 2 s.c., 1 slip. The flower thus formed consists of an open hem for the centre petal, and a closer petal on each side. Work entirely round the flowers in s.c.

S.c. on the seven chains of the stem, before you get to the leaf, opposite which make another, exactly like it. S.c. to the end of the stem, and fasten off.

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A SPANGLED WOOL NETTED COVER FOR A TEA-POY.

Materials.—If a fire-veil is required, use a flat thin bone or boxwood mesh, nearly half an inch in width; but if for a table-cover, etc., use a flat mesh scarcely three-eighths of an inch wide. 3 reels of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 10, of a good drab, or dark claret colour, the latter is preferable; 1 ounce of maize colour spangled wool; 1 ounce of green ditto, and 1 ounce of violet ditto. No. 13 Netting Needles.

[Footnote: This spangled wool is a new article, extremely brilliant, and may be obtained, by inquiry, at any Berlin Shop, at 1s. 6d. or 2s. per ounce, and weighing much the same as any other Berlin wool.]

Begin on a foundation of 85 diamonds, and net with the cotton until the piece is 68 diamonds long; if for a fire-veil, darn, as in ordinary darned netting, the centre with maize wool, and the border with green, darn the outer row of diamonds with violet, and also the pattern inside the border; but if for any other purpose, use any colour of the spangled wool that may harmonise or contrast well with the draperies of the room; but, as a general rule, the netted ground should be dark. For the fringe, cut some shaded 4-thread Berlin wool of the same colour as the spangled—in the pattern given it is violet—into lengths of 10 inches, tie this in tufts of 9 threads into every other diamond; or, if preferred, 6 lengths in every diamond. Draw the wool through the loop, placing the wool exactly in the centre, double the two ends evenly, and tie in a tight knot; then, with a rug needle, draw in two or three lengths of spangled wool, so as to lie on the surface of every tuft; but, if preferred, all spangled wool may be used, but then the work would be rendered very costly, whereas, with the present directions, the work is sufficiently elegant, brilliant, and exceedingly new. Darn the centre first and the border last. Count 37 clear diamonds from the left-hand side of the work, and 19th diamond from the bottom. In the 39th diamond from the left-hand side and 20th from the bottom, darn the 2 first diamonds for the stem of a flower, then work from engraving.



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NETTED ANTI-MACASSAR



MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 40, and Embroidery Cotton, No 70; mesh, one-third of an inch wide.

This anti-macassar is done in the fashionable style of netting, with a pattern darned on it after it is worked. Make a foundation, on which work 67 stitches. Repeat these, backwards and forwards, until a square is done, of as many holes up the sides as along the width. Remove the foundation, and add either a crochet-bead border all round, or a netted one. The bead border makes the shape more solid; the netted one is certainly lighter, and the following is very pretty:—

With a mesh three times the size of that used for the square, do one entire round, with three stitches in one at the corners.

2nd round: With the small mesh. Miss the first stitch, net the second, then the missed one, repeat all round.

3rd: X Net a stitch in each of seven stitches, miss one stitch of last round, X repeat all round.

Observe, before doing this round, count the number of stitches; if they cannot be divided by eight, add at the corners as many as may be required. Supposing there are so many eights and five over, then three more will be wanted, and one must be added (by doing two in one) in each of the three corners.

4th: X 6 over seven, miss the long stitch, X repeat.

5th: X 5 over six, missing as before, X repeat.

6th: X 4 over five, as before, X repeat.

7th: X 3 over four, as before, X repeat.

8th: X 2 over three, as before, X repeat.

Before darning netting, wash it perfectly clean, stiffen it by dipping it into a little gum-water, and pin it out on a pillow, in the proper form, to dry. Then darn it with embroidery cotton, every square of the pattern being closely filled up.

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SHORT PURSE, IN NETTING.

As the following specimen is done only in the ordinary netting stitch, we do not think any particular explanation of the art of netting can be needed by our readers, it being so universally known. Indeed, it would be extremely difficult to teach the stitch by writing. Whenever any stitch, except that used in common netting, may occur in any of the following designs, we will endeavour to explain it as clearly as possible.

MATERIALS.—Very fine crimson netting silk, and gold thread. Two steel meshes are required, one about No. 15, and one No. 11. Eagle card-board gauge.

Make a piece of foundation of 9 stitches, and join your silk in the first.

1st round (small mesh). 1 stitch in every stitch of the foundation.

2nd: The same.

3rd: 2 stitches in every one of the previous round.

4th: A stitch in every one of the last round.

5th: X 2 stitches in the first, and one in the second, X 8 times.

6th: A stitch in every stitch.

7th: Increase eight stitches in the round, by doing two in one eight times, taking care that the stitch increased is the one which precedes the increased stitch of the last augmented round.

8th: Like 6th.

9th: Like 7th.

10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd: Like 6th.

The intermediate rounds like the 7th. There ought now to be 88 stitches in the round. Do 44 more rounds, without any increase. Then take the large mesh, and do another round. Take the small mesh, X miss one stitch, take a stitch in the second, then one in the stitch that was missed. X Repeat this all round.



Do four rounds of plain netting with the small mesh, then begin to make the points. 1st point: 7 stitches; draw out the mesh, X turn the work, and make a stitch on every one but the last; X repeat till you come to a point.

2nd and following points, like the first, so that there are 11 in the round.

The pattern is then to be darned with the gold thread, according to the design we have given.

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BRIDAL PURSE, IN CROCHET.

MATERIALS.—Six skeins of white crochet silk, two skeins of ombre scarlet ditto, in long shades, three skeins of slate-colour, and one of bright scarlet. Two ounces of transparent white beads, rather larger than seed beads, four strings of gold, the same size, and a hank of steel to match. For the garnitures (which must be entirely of bright steel), two rings, a handsome tassel for one end, and a deep fringe for the other. Boulton's tapered indented Crochet Hook, No. 23.

Begin by threading all the white beads on the white silk; half the gold on the ombre cerise, and the steel on the slate-coloured. What scarlet silk is used in the square end is without beads; the few rows at the other end, of that colour, are threaded with gold, which may be put on afterwards.

The design of the square end consists of a spray of roses and leaves, the former in scarlet ombre with gold beads intermixed, the latter with slate-silk and steel. The ground is composed wholly of white beads, one being dropped on every stitch; where, therefore, the scarlet and slate silks are worked without beads, they appear to be in intaglio. A scroll of steel beads below the group is intermixed with the white, and the top and bottom of the square end are finished off with vandykes of plain scarlet without beads. At the bottom is an open pattern in scarlet, to which is attached the fringe.

Begin with the plain scarlet silk, with which make a chain of 100 stitches, and close it into a round. Work one round in scarlet, using in the end of white silk.

2nd round: In which you begin to drop on the white beads. X 2 white, 3 scarlet, X 20 times.

3rd: X 3 white, 1 scarlet, 1 white, X 20 times.

4th: All white; work in the scarlet silk all round, and then fasten it off, as no more is required until the whole square end is worked.

5th: X 22 white, 1 steel, 23 white, 1 steel, 3 white, X twice.

6th: X 21 white, 2 steel, 22 white, 2 steel, 3 white, X twice.

7th: X 3 white, 1 steel, 5 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 4 white, 3 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 6 white, 2 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 3 steel, 4 white, X twice.

8th: X 3 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 3 steel, * 2 white, 4 steel, * twice; 2 white, 2 steel, 4 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 3 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 4 white, X twice.

9th: X 2 white, 3 steel, * 2 white, 4 steel, * 3 times; 1 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, ** 2 white, 4 steel, ** twice, 4 white, X twice.

10th: X 2 white, 2 steel, * 3 white, 3 steel, * 3 times; 2 white, 2 steel, 4 white, 3 steel, ** 3 white 3 steel, ** twice, 5 white, X twice.

11th: X 1 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 4 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 1 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 4 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 1 steel, 3 white, X twice.

12th: x 4 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 5 steel, 3 white, 3 steel, 4 white, 4 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 5 steel, 3 white, 3 steel, 4 white, 1 steel, 3 white, X twice.

13th: X 3 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 4 white, 5 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 4 white, 5 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 4 white, X twice.

14th: 3 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 4 white, 4 steel, 8 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 4 white, 4 steel, 9 white, X twice.

15th: X 4 white, 1 steel, * 3 white, 4 steel, * twice, 8 white, 1 steel, ** 3 white, 4 steel, ** twice, 8 white, X twice.

16th: X 9 white, 4 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 13 white, 4 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 8 white, X twice.

17th: All white.

18th: x 14 white, 2 slate silk, 34 white, X twice.

19th: X 14 white, 3 slate, 8 white, 5 steel, 20 white, X twice.

20th: X 14 white, 5 slate, 4 white, 9 steel, 12 white, 2 steel, 4 white, X twice.

21st: X 14 white, 11 slate, 1 steel, 3 slate, 2 steel, 10 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 4 white, X twice.

22nd: Begin the ombre scarlet, X 16 white, 7 slate, 2 steel, 12 white, 2 gold, 2 white, 2 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 1 white, X twice.

23rd: x 13 white, 11 steel, 12 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet silk, 1 gold, 7 white, 2 steel, 1 white, X twice.

24th: X 14 white, 9 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 7 white, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 6 gold, 5 white, X twice.

25th: X 10 white, 1 gold, 5 white, 7 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 6 white, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 1 gold, 5 scarlet, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 steel, 1 white, x twice.

26th: x 7 white, 2 gold, 2 scarlet, 4 gold, 5 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 2 slate silk, 4 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 6 scarlet, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 steel, 1 white, X twice.

27th: x 9 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 white, 1 steel, 1 slate silk, 3 white, 4 steel, 4 slate, 2 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 white, X twice.

28th: x 11 white, 3 gold, 1 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 white, 1 steel, 1 slate, 3 white, 3 steel, 5 slate, 2 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 3 gold, 2 white, X twice.

29th: x 8 white, 3 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 1 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 white, 1 steel, 1 slate, 3 white, 3 steel, 5 slate, 2 white, 1 gold, 1 scarlet, 2 gold, 1 scarlet, 2 gold, 3 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 1 white, X twice.

30th: x 8 white, 1 gold, 1 scarlet, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 2 gold, 3 white, 2 steel, 1 slate, 3 white, 3 steel, 5 slate, 3 white, 3 gold, 3 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 white, x twice.

31st: X 8 white, 1 gold, 1 scarlet, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 2 gold, 3 white, 1 steel, 2 slate, 4 white, 2 steel, 5 slate, 4 white, 7 gold, 3 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 white, X twice.

32nd: X 8 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 4 gold, 3 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 5 slate, 5 white, 4 gold, 5 scarlet, 1 gold, 2 white, X twice.

33rd: X 9 white, 5 gold, 1 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 1 slate, 1 steel, 3 white, 1 steel, 5 slate, 5 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 1 gold, 5 scarlet, 1 gold, 3 white, X twice.

34th: x 20 white, 1 slate, 1 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 2 steel, 5 slate, 4 white, 1 steel, 4 white, 5 gold, 4 white, x twice.

35th: x 19 white, 3 slate, 2 white, 2 steel, 4 slate, 5 white, 1 steel, 14 white, X twice.

36th: X 14 white, 1 slate, 3 white, 3 slate, 1 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 7 slate, 2 steel, 12 white, X twice.

37th: X 14 white, 7 slate, 1 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 9 slate, 2 steel, 10 white, X twice.

38th: X 14 white, 6 slate, 2 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 1 slate, 1 steel, 5 white, 5 slate, 2 steel, 9 white, X twice.

39th: X 10 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 4 slate, 2 steel, 4 white, 6 steel, 5 white, 4 slate, 3 steel, 8 white, x twice.

40th: x 10 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 6 steel, 5 white, 1 steel, 3 slate, 2 steel, 5 white, 4 slate, 3 steel, 6 white, 1 steel, X twice.

41st: x 1 steel, 6 white, 2 steel, 16 white, 1 steel, 3 slate, 3 steel, 4 white, 5 slate, 3 steel, 4 white, 1 steel, 1 slate, X twice.

42nd: X 1 steel, 7 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 5 gold, 7 white, 1 steel, 4 slate, 2 steel, 5 white, 3 slate, 1 white, 3 steel. 3 white, 2 steel, 1 white, X twice.

43rd: 10 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 1 gold, 4 scarlet, 1 gold, 6 white, 1 steel, 4 slate, 3 steel, 5 white, 2 slate, 2 white, 2 steel, 5 white, 1 steel, X twice.

44th: X 12 white, 3 gold, 3 scarlet, 2 gold, 4 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 4 slate, 3 steel, 5 white, 2 slate, 3 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, X twice.

45th: X 7 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 2 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 5 slate, 2 steel, 5 white, 2 slate, 4 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, X twice.

46th: X 7 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 1 gold, 6 scarlet, 1 gold, 1 scarlet, 1 gold, 3 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 5 slate, 2 steel, 4 white, 2 slate, 3 white, 1 slate, 1 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, X twice.

47th: X 10 white, 1 gold, 7 scarlet, 2 gold, 3 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 5 slate, 2 steel, 1 slate, 8 white, 2 slate, * 2 slate, 1 white, * twice, X twice.

48th: X 10 white, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 2 gold, 2 scarlet, 2 gold, 2 white, 1 steel, 3 white, 5 slate, 2 steel, 2 slate, 7 white, 2 slate, 1 white, 3 slate, 2 white, X twice.

49th: X 9 white, 3 gold, 4 scarlet, 6 gold, 4 white, 4 slate, 3 steel, 3 slate, 5 white, 3 slate, 3 white, 1 steel, 2 white, X twice.

50th: X 9 white, 1 gold, 2 scarlet, 1 gold, 4 scarlet, 2 gold, 6 white, 4 slate, 1 white, 4 steel, 3 slate, 3 white, 4 slate, 3 white, 1 steel, 2 white, X twice.

51st: X 9 white, 1 gold, 3 scarlet, 5 gold, 6 white, 4 slate, 1 steel, * 1 white, 2 steel, * twice, 9 slate, 2 white, 1 steel, 3 white, X twice.

52nd: X 10 white, 1 gold, 5 scarlet, 2 gold, 5 white, 4 slate, 1 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 7 slate, 3 steel, 4 white, X twice.

53rd: X 11 white, 6 gold, 5 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 1 steel, 5 white, 6 steel, 10 white, X twice.

54th: X 22 white, 1 steel, 2 white, * 1 steel, 1 white, * twice, 1 steel, 5 white, 9 steel, 6 white, X twice.

55th: X 23 white, 4 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 7 steel, 7 white, X twice.

56th: X 19 white, 2 steel, 4 white, 1 steel, 4 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 8 white, X twice.

57th: X 18 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 25 white, X twice.

58th: X All white, work round to the centre of one side; also

59th: (Begin again with the plain scarlet), X 1 scarlet, 4 white, X 20 times.

60th: X 2 scarlet, 2 white, 1 scarlet, X 20 times.

61st: All scarlet; fasten off scarlet.

62nd: With the white silk, 3 chain, dropping a bead on every chain, miss 3, s.c. on both sides of the fourth; repeat all round.

Now, instead of working round, work backward and forward, dropping a bead on every chain stitch, so that they may all come on the right side of the purse.

1st row: 5 ch., turn, s.c. in same stitch, X 5 ch., miss 3, s.c. on s.c., X all along the row.

2nd: 6 ch., turn, s.c. on centre of 5 ch., X 5 ch., s.c. on centre of next loop of 5, X to the end.

Repeat this row backwards and forwards until 24 are done; then work the same pattern all round for 6 rounds. Thread the rest of the gold beads on the scarlet silk, and do 2 rounds in the same way with it; then 3 rounds of white; then 2 more scarlet, 3 white, then 2 scarlet.

To diminish at the end, do 2 rounds of white, like the previous; then 1 with only 4 chain; then 1 with 3 chain; and finally, a round with 2 chain between the s.c.

Draw it up with a needle and white silk; sew on the tassel, and slip on the rings.

At the other end, do a row to close the round, with the plain scarlet in s.c.; on which work X 6 ch., miss 4, s.c. under 5th, X 10 times. Turn, and in each loop work 2 s.c., 4 d.c., 2 s.c.

Fasten off, and sew on the deep fringe garniture.

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LADY'S SHORT PURSE.

MATERIALS.—Purse silk, of any two colours that contrast well, gold beads, and glass ones of one of the colours. Of the silk that matches the beads, two skeins will be required, and of the other, four. For the garniture, a clasp and handsome fringe.

Begin by threading a hank of gold beads on two of the four skeins, leaving two without any.

With regard to the colours to be selected for this purse, we may be allowed to suggest a few good contrasts, leaving the choice to the taste of the worker. A brilliant scarlet looks well with white; brown with blue; lilac with green, or vice versa; and pink with some of the warmer tints of stone or fawn colour. In all these, the first-named colour is to be the predominant one, except in the case of green and lilac, in which either colour may be the principal one. The immense variety of tints in German beads (nearly three hundred), gives such a power of choice, that the most artistic taste may be gratified.

For the sake of accuracy in the description, we will select scarlet and white for this purse. The white beads are to be threaded on the white silk, and dropped on every stitch where white is named.

With a fine crochet-hook make a chain of 120 stitches with the scarlet silk, close it into a round, and do one round of single crochet.

2nd row: X 1 gold bead, 18 silk, 1 gold, 18 silk, 2 gold, X 3 times.

3rd: X 1 silk, 1 gold, 16 silk, 3 gold, 16 silk, 1 gold, 2 silk, X 3 times.

4th: X 1 silk, 4 gold, 11 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 11 silk, 4 gold, 2 silk, X 3 times.

5th: X 1 silk, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 10 silk, 7 gold, 10 silk, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, X. This, and every future pattern must, like the preceding ones, be repeated three times. Now join on the white silk, and whenever white occurs, drop on a white bead.

6th: X 1 gold, 4 silk, 1 gold, 8 silk, 2 gold, 2 silk, 1 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 8 silk, 1 gold, 4 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, X repeat.

7th: X 1 gold, 4 silk, 1 gold, 5 silk, * 2 gold, 1 silk, * 5 times, 2 gold, 5 silk, 1 gold, 4 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, X repeat.

8th: X 2 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 5 silk, 2 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 1 white, x repeat.

9th: X 1 white, 2 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 2 silk, 3 gold, 9 silk, 3 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, 2 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 2 white, X repeat.

10th: X 2 white, 2 gold, 3 silk, 5 gold, 15 silk, 5 gold, 3 silk, 2 gold, 3 white, X repeat.

11th: X 3 white, 3 gold, 27 silk, 3 gold, 4 white, X repeat.

12th: X 5 white, 4 gold, 21 silk, 4 gold, 6 white, X repeat.

13th: X 4 white, 1 gold, 3 white, 5 gold, 13 silk, 5 gold, 3 white, 1 gold, 5 white, X repeat.

14th: X 3 white, 4 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 9 silk, 2 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 4 gold, 4 white, X repeat.

15th: X 2 gold, 2 white, 4 gold, 3 white, 3 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 7 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 3 gold, 3 white, 4 gold, 2 white, 3 gold, X repeat.

16th: X 1 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 5 white, 4 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 5 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 4 gold, 5 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, X repeat.

17th: X 2 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 3 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 5 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 3 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 3 gold, X repeat.



18th: X 2 gold, 10 white, 4 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 4 gold, 10 white, 3 gold, X repeat.

19th: X 1 gold, 11 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 11 white, 2 gold, X repeat.

20th: X 6 white, 3 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 3 gold, 7 white, X repeat.

21st: X 1 gold, 4 white, 3 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 3 gold, 4 white, 2 gold, X repeat.

22nd: X 5 white, 3 gold, 6 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 6 white, 3 gold, 6 white, X repeat.

23rd: X 3 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 4 gold, 4 white, 2 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, 2 white, 2 gold, 4 white, 4 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 4 white, X repeat.

24th: X 2 white, 3 gold, 1 white, 9 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 5 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 9 gold, 1 white, 3 gold, 3 white, X repeat.

25th: X 3 white, 1 gold, 2 white, 3 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 5 silk, 1 gold, 2 white, 8 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 4 white, X repeat.

26th: X 1 gold, 7 white, 4 gold, 3 white, 1 gold, 7 silk, 1 gold, 3 white, 4 gold, 7 white, 2 gold, X repeat.

27th: X 1 white, 2 gold, 12 white, 2 gold, 9 silk, 2 gold, 12 white, 2 gold, 2 white, X repeat.

28th: X 3 gold, 6 white, 4 gold, 2 white, 2 gold, 5 silk, 2 gold, 2 white, 4 gold, 6 white, 4 gold, X repeat.

29th: X 1 gold, 6 white, 2 gold, 7 white, 2 gold, 3 silk; 2 gold, 7 white, 2 gold, 6 white, 1 gold, 1 silk, X repeat.

30th: X 3 gold, 3 white, 1 gold, 2 white, 4 gold, 3 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 white, 4 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 3 white, 3 gold, 1 silk, X repeat.

31st: X 2 silk, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 7 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 1 silk, 1 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 7 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 2 silk, 1 gold, X repeat.

32nd: X 3 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 7 gold, 3 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 white, 7 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 3 silk, 1 gold, X repeat.

33rd: X 1 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 1 white, 3 gold, 1 white, 4 gold, 2 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 2 white, 4 gold, 1 white, 3 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, X repeat.

34th: X 2 gold, 2 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 3 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 2 silk, 2 gold, 1 silk, X repeat.

35th: X 1 silk, 1 gold, 2 silk, 1 gold, 1 white, 2 gold, 7 white, 2 gold, 2 white, 1 gold, 2 white, 2 gold, 7 white, 2 gold, 1 white, 1 gold, 2 silk, 1 gold, 2 silk, X repeat.

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HANDSOME PURSE.

MATERIALS.—1 reel of ombre crimson silk, in short shades; 1 of grey ditto; 3 skeins of rich brown purse twist, 1 skein of white ditto, 2 hanks of steel beads, No. 5; 12 rows of transparent white seed beads, 2 handsome steel slides, and a few steel bugles. The silk must all be of the finest size, and the work is to be done very tightly.

Begin the purse by threading the steel beads on the brown silk, and the white on the ombre crimson.

This crimson is used for the rose, and for the three small flowers; the coloured silk seen through the transparent bead has an extremely pretty effect; the leaves are entirely in steel beads, as is also the scroll which ornaments the lower part of the purse. The large flower close to the rose is done in the grey silk.



With the white silk, make a chain of 120 stitches, and do one round in s.c. Join on the brown silk.

1st pattern round: X 1 white, 5 steel, 4 white, 4 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 4 white, 5 steel, X 4 times.

2nd: X 8 steel, 3 white, 3 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 3 steel, 3 white, 7 steel, X 4 times.

3rd: X 3 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, X 4 times.

4th: X 2 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 3 white, 5 steel, 3 white, 4 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, X 4 times.

5th: X 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 2 white, 5 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, X 4 times.

6th: X 1 steel, 3 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 1 white, 7 steel, 1 white, 4 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 3 brown, X 4 times.

7th: X 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 6 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 2 white, 6 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, X 4 times.

8th: x 1 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, 3 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 3 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, X 4 times.

9th: X 1 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 4 brown, 3 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 4 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, X 4 times.

10th: 1 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 4 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 4 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, X 4 times.

11th: X 2 brown, 2 steel, 3 brown, 5 steel, X 1 white, 1 steel, X 3 times, 1 white, 5 steel, 3 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, X 4 times.

12th: X 2 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, X 1 white, 1 steel, X 3 times, 1 white, 2 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, X 4 times.

13th: X 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 3 brown, 2 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 3 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 3 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, X 4 times.

14th: X 2 steel, 4 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, X 3 steel, 1 white, X 3 times, 3 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 4 brown, 1 steel, X 4 times.

15th: X 1 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 2 white, 2 steel, 1 white, 2 steel, 2 white, 3 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, X 4 times.

16th: X 1 steel, 3 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 9 white, 3 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 3 brown, X 4 times.

17th: X 2 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 2 white, 1 steel, 1 white, 1 steel, 2 white, 2 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, X 4 times.

18th: X 2 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 3 brown, 5 steel, 1 white, 5 steel, 3 brown, 3 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, X 4 times.

19th: X 1 steel, 4 brown, 3 steel, 3 brown, 3 steel, 3 brown, 3 steel, 3 brown, 3 steel, 4 brown, X 4 times.

Fasten off the white silk, and do three plain rounds with the brown. Then join on the crimson silk, at a light part of the shade, if possible. In the future part of the pattern crimson means the shaded silk, white one of the white beads threaded on it.

23rd: X 4 brown, 2 white, 10 brown, 1 steel, 16 brown, 4 steel, 23 brown, X twice.

24th: X 3 brown, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 10 brown, 5 steel, 11 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 18 brown. X twice.

25th: X 3 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 3 white, 7 brown, 6 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 8 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 4 steel, 8 brown, 4 steel, 5 brown, X twice.

26th: X 2 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 2 steel, 2 crimson, 1 white, 7 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 5 steel, 8 brown, 6 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 8 brown, 6 steel, 4 brown, X twice.

27th: X 1 brown, 1 white, 3 crimson, 2 steel, 1 crimson, 2 white, 8 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 11 brown, 3 steel, 10 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 4 brown, X twice. Join on the gray.

28th: X 1 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 9 brown, 3 steel, 4 brown, 1 gray, 5 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 3 white, 5 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 4 steel, 5 brown, X twice.

29th: X 2 brown, 2 white, 1 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 1 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 2 gray, 4 brown, 3 gray, 2 brown, 5 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 5 white, 4 brown, 5 steel, 6 brown, X twice.

30th: X 5 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 9 steel, 2 brown, 5 gray, 2 brown, 3 gray, 1 brown, 7 steel, 1 brown, 6 white, 1 brown, 3 white, 11 brown, X twice.

31st: x 6 brown, 2 white, 1 brown, 9 steel, 2 brown, 5 gray, 2 brown, 3 gray, 2 brown, 5 steel, 2 brown, 11 white, 10 brown, X twice.

32nd: x 2 brown, 2 white, 6 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 6 steel, 2 brown, 5 gray, 1 brown, 3 gray, 3 brown, 4 steel, 2 brown, 4 white, 6 crimson, 2 white, 3 brown, 5 steel, 1 brown, X twice.

33rd: X 1 brown, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 3 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 3 brown, 4 gray, 1 brown, 2 gray, 5 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 3 white, 1 crimson, 4 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 2 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 3 steel, X twice.

34th: X 1 brown, X 1 white, 2 crimson, X twice; 1 white, 2 brown, 5 steel, 3 brown, 1 steel, 3 brown, 2 gray, 1 steel, 4 gray, 2 brown, 2 gray, 7 brown, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 3 brown, 1 steel, 1 brown, 4 steel, 1 brown, X twice.

35th: X 2 brown, 1 white, 2 steel, 3 crimson, 1 white, 2 brown, 7 steel, 3 brown, 2 gray, 4 steel, 8 gray, 3 brown, 2 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 2 crimson, 2 white, 2 brown, 5 steel, 2 brown, X twice.

36th: X 2 white, 1 crimson, 2 steel, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 3 brown, 5 steel, 2 brown, 4 gray, 2 steel, 2 gray, 1 steel, 8 gray, 1 brown, 3 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 8 brown, X twice.

37th: X 3 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 1 brown, 2 white, 6 brown, 10 gray, 1 steel, 7 gray, 1 brown, 3 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 3 brown, 2 steel, 3 brown, 1 white, X twice.

38th: X 2 crimson, 1 white, 3 crimson, 1 white, 2 brown, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 6 brown, 9 gray, 1 steel, 8 gray, 2 brown, 2 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 3 crimson, 3 white, 1 brown, 5 steel, 1 brown, 1 white, X twice.

39th: X 2 white, 1 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 1 brown, 2 white, 2 crimson, 3 white, 4 brown, 8 gray, 1 steel, 7 gray, 2 brown, 3 white, X 1 crimson, 2 white, X 3 times, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 brown, 1 steel, 3 brown, 4 steel, X twice.

40th: X 4 brown, 2 white, 1 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 2 steel, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 brown, 2 steel, 3 brown, 3 gray, 1 brown, 1 gray, 2 steel, 3 gray, 1 brown, 2 gray, 3 brown, 3 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 2 crimson, 2 white, 1 brown, 7 steel, 1 brown, X twice.

41st: X 6 brown, 1 white, 4 crimson, 2 steel, 2 white, 2 brown, 2 steel, 6 brown, 1 gray, 2 steel, 4 gray, 5 brown, 4 white, 1 crimson, 3 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 1 brown, 5 steel, 2 brown, X twice.

42nd: X 6 brown, 1 white, X 2 crimson, 1 white, X twice, 2 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 8 gray, 5 brown, 2 white, 1 brown, 1 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 1 crimson, 2 white, 1 crimson, 1 white, 10 brown, X twice.

43rd: X 7 brown, 2 white, 1 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 4 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 4 gray, 1 brown, 4 gray, 7 brown, 2 white, 5 crimson, 1 white, 11 brown, X twice.

44th: X 10 brown, 1 white, 2 crimson, 1 white, 3 brown, 2 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 5 gray, 2 brown, 3 gray, 5 brown, 1 steel, 2 brown, 6 white, 12 brown, X twice.

45th: X 10 brown, 1 steel, 2 white, 3 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 1 brown, 5 gray, 6 brown, 6 steel, 2 brown, 4 white, 13 brown, X twice.

46th: X 6 brown, 4 steel, 6 brown, 7 steel, 2 brown, 4 gray, 5 brown, 4 steel, 1 brown, 3 steel, 5 brown, 5 steel, 8 brown, X twice.

47th: X 5 brown, 4 steel, 7 brown, 5 steel, 5 brown, 2 gray, 5 brown, 3 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 4 brown, 7 steel, 7 brown, X twice.

48th: x 4 brown, 1 steel, 13 brown, 3 steel, 11 brown, 7 steel, 2 brown, 1 steel, 4 brown, 2 steel, 2 brown, 4 steel, 6 brown, X twice.

49th: X 19 brown, 1 steel, 13 brown, 5 steel, 9 brown, 6 steel, 7 brown, X twice.

Do two plain rounds with the brown; then make the other end, and with the crimson silk do about 20 rows of open square crochet; join it to the second end, with the opening at the centre of one side, having, previously slipped on the rings.

TO CLOSE UP THE ENDS OF THE PURSE.—S.c. the two edges together with white silk, on which do X 4 d.c., 4 ch., miss 4 X, end with 4 d.c.

2nd row: 7 d.c. under every chain, and one s.c. between the second and third d.c. of last row.

Turn with a fringe made of steel beads and bugles.

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MOUSQUETAIRE CROCHET COLLAR.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 40. Penelope Hook, No. 5.

Make a round loop, work 8 double in the loop.

2nd round: Work 2 double at the top of each of the one double of last round, repeat round.

3rd: The same as last, and after you have worked round, plain one to form the round. (You should have 32 loops in the round).

4th: Ch. 3, miss 1, work 1 treble; ch. 5, work 1 treble in the same loop as before; ch. 3 miss 1, work 1 double in the next loop, repeat round, fasten off.

5th: Work 3 treble in the centre of five ch. of last round; ch. 3, work 3 treble in the same loop as before; ch. 2, and repeat round, plain 1 and fasten off with it, complete the round.

Work 4 rounds more, the same for each scollop, or 32 for the collar, then work 18 of the following pattern for the leaf:—

Make a chain of 40 loops, turn back and work them in double crochet, turn back.

2nd round: Work 2 plain and 2 double for the stalk part of the leaf; then ch. 2, miss 2, and work 1 treble, until you come to the end; then ch. 3 and work one treble at the end; work the other side the same, in order to make both sides to correspond; ch. 2, turn back.

3rd: Work 2 plain in the 2 ch. of last round, then ch. 3, miss the 2 ch. of last round, and work 1 treble at the top of the 1 treble of last round; repeat round, and work 2 plain at the end, ch. 2, turn back.

4th: Work 2 plain in the two ch. of last round, ch. 3, miss 2, work 1 treble, then ch. 4 and work 2 treble at the top of the 1 treble of last round, repeat round with the ch. 4, and work 2 treble at the top of the 1 treble of last round, making both sides to correspond, fasten off.

5th: Ch. 12 for the stalk of the leaf, plain 1 in the first four chains of last round, then ch. 4 and plain 1 in the centre of each of the 4 chains all round the leaf; then work the last 8 chains double for the stalk, which completes the leaf; make the number of leaves required, then join the flowers and leaves together, as shown in the illustration, with a needle and crochet thread.



Then work the following band along the neck part of the collar—pass the hook through the two ends of the stalk part of the leaf, and plain 1, chain 40, and repeat to the end, turn back.

2nd row: Ch. 4, miss 2, and plain 1; repeat to the end, turn back. 3rd: Ch. 4, plain 1, in the centre of the 4 chains of last row, repeat to the end, turn back. 4th: Work 3 treble in the centre of 4 chains of last row; ch. 2, and repeat to the end, turn back. 5th: Ch. 3, plain 1, in the centre of the first 2 chain of last row; repeat to the end, turn back. 6th: Ch. 2, plain 1 in the centre of the 3 chain, of last row; repeat to the end, fasten off, which completes the collar.

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RAISED ROSE CROCHET COLLAR.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Thread, No. 40, and Penelope Crochet Hook, No. 5.

This collar is made in portions, and joined together with needle and thread, or worked together with one plain at the option of the worker.

TO FORM THE ROSE.—Make a chain of 8 loops, plain 1, to form a round, fasten off.



2nd: Work 1 treble, ch. 3, repeat round, plain 1, and fasten off; you should have seven treble in the round.

3rd: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 8 treble in the 3 ch. of last round, plain 1 at the top of the next 1 treble of last round, repeat in the same 1 treble all round, fasten off.

4th: Work 1 treble at the top of the 1 plain of last round, chain 6, repeat round, plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble to form the round, fasten off.

5th: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 8 treble in the 6 ch. of last round, plain 1 at the top of the next 1 treble of last round, repeat in the same loop as before, repeat round, fasten off.

6th: Work 1 treble at the top of the 1 plain of last round, ch. 9, repeat round, plain 1, fasten off.

7th: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 10 treble in the 9 ch. of last round, plain 1 at the top of the next 1 treble of last round, repeat in the same loop as before all round.

8th: Work 1 treble at the top of the 1 plain of last round, ch. 12, repeat round, plain 1, fasten off.

9th: Plain 1 at the top of the 1 treble of last round, work 13 treble in the 12 ch. of last round, plain 1 in the 1 treble of last round, repeat round.

10th: Ch. 5, miss 2, plain 1, repeat round each fold of the rose.

11th: Ch. 5, plain 1 in the centre of the 5 ch. of last round, repeat round; fasten off, which completes the rose; you require 7 of these flowers to form the collar, and 6 of the following:—

LARGE ROUNDS.—Make a round loop, the size of this O, and work 30 treble in the round loop.

2nd round: Ch. 19, miss 5, plain 1, repeat round.

3rd: Work double crochet in each loop all round.

4th: Ch. 5, miss 2, plain 1, repeat round.

5th: Ch. 5, plain 1 in the centre of the 5 ch. of last round, repeat round.

6th: Ch. 4, plain 1 in the centre of the 5 ch. of last round, repeat round.

7th: Ch. 3, plain 1 in the centre of the 4 ch. of last round, repeat round, fasten off, which completes the round; you then work 74 of the following:—

SMALL ROUNDS.—Make a round loop, the size of this O, and work 21 double in the round loop.

2nd round: Ch., 9, miss 2, plain 1; repeat round; you should have 7 lots of the 9 chain in the round.

3rd: d.c. in each loop all round, which completes the round; you now require 14 of the following:—

PATTERN FOR LEAF.—Make a ch. of 12 loops, turn back, and work the 12 loops d.c.

2nd round: Ch. 3, miss 2, work two treble in 1 loop, repeat to the end, and in the end loop ch. 3, work 2 treble, work the other side the same, with the treble opposite, the treble and 3 ch. at the end, plain 1 in the end loop, fasten off.

3rd: Plain 1 in the centre of the first 3 ch. of last round, ch. 3, work 1 treble at the top of the first treble of last round, ch. 2, work 1 treble at the top of the next treble of last round; you repeat all round the leaf with 3 ch., opposite the 3 ch. of last round, and 2 treble at the top of the 2 treble of last round, with 2 ch. between them, working both sides to correspond, turn back.

4th: Ch. 4 and plain 1 in each lot of the chain of last round, fasten off, which completes the leaf; you then work a stalk to each leaf as follows: ch. 5, work 1 treble in the centre of the chain round between the edge and the centre, work 1 treble on the other side, the same turn back, and work the 5 chains plain, fasten off, which completes the stalk; after working the number of each portion required and joining them together, as shown in the illustration, you work a band for the neck-part of the collar as follows:—

Work a few plain at the end, then ch. 10, and work 1 treble where it requires a treble, and a double where it requires a double, and a plain in the centre of the stalks and rounds as you see the stitches in the engraving, so as to make it lie to the shape of the neck.

2nd row: Ch. 2, miss 2, work 1 treble, repeat to the end, turn back.

3rd: Ch. 2, work 1 treble at the top of the treble of last row, repeat to the end, turn back.

4th: D.c., fasten off, which completes the collar.



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POINT COLLAR.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 48.

This collar is begun by making the open hem work thus: 2 ch., miss 3, 1 s.d.c., 2 ch., miss 1 s.d.c., X 2 ch., miss 1, 1 d.c., X 3 times, then 2 ch., miss 1, 1 s.t.c., then use the t.c., and finally the long t.c. for the widest parts, and gradually decreasing to s.c. at the end. On the inner side of this, do as many half-circles as the engraving indicates: thus, 1 s.c. 1 s.d.c. 1 d.c., 2 t.c., 1 d.c., 1 s.d.c., 1 s.c.; the roses near the neck may then be worked and joined to these circles in their places. The oblong flowers are then done, beginning in the centre, with a chain, worked in s.c., a round of d.c. on this, and a succession of loops all round. Join these flowers in their places; then make the roses, working from the engraving which is the best guide, joining these to each other, and to the oblong flowers, and finally working the neck with the dotted bars as seen in the engraving.

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POINT COLLAR IN CROCHET.

MATERIALS.—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 48. Penelope Hook.

Each of the rows in this collar, large and small, are done separately, beginning with the circle in the centre, and making the six leaves round it. Each rose is to be joined to the others, where it is indicated in the engraving, and at the point of two of the petals of the largest are three small loops, which serve to connect it with the edge. All the sets of roses required for the length of the collar being done, the barred edge follows, the trefoils being worked on it, where they occur, and the roses being joined to it in their proper places. On this line, another of alternate close and open squares is done, and then a point edging, similar to one already given in this volume. The ground, of chains, worked back in slip-stitch with occasional picots, is to be done when forming the band for the neck. The collars should be worked a little larger than the engraving.