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Work 5 rows more the same, always working the 3 treble st.i.tches in the chain st.i.tch of the row before; then 6 rows of green, 6 of scarlet, 6 blue, 6 orange, and commence at 1st row.
The size must be according to the pillow it is to cover, about 16 inches.
Bead Crochet.
Thread the beads on the silk, and pa.s.s a bead down before working the st.i.tch; this is always worked on the wrong side.
Handsome Bead Purse.
_With square ends, pattern No. 1, middle size netting silk, colours ponceau white, shaded green, and No. 5 steel beads. Make a chain of 80 st.i.tches._
With ponceau make it round, and work 2 rounds plain; then 5 rounds of pattern in ponceau, 5 in white, 14 in shaded green, 5 in white, 5 of ponceau, 8 rounds plain ponceau, and 34 rows backwards and forwards, for the opening, working 3 bead st.i.tches at the beginning and end of every other row; make it round again, work 3 plain rounds, repeat pattern.
Finish the ends with a fringe of steel beads.
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Bead Purse.
_Pattern No. 4._
_Colours white and shaded blue, gold or steel beads, No. 5. Make a chain of 88 st.i.tches white._
Make it round; work 2 rounds plain, and 3 rounds, putting a bead on every st.i.tch, shaded blue; work the star pattern; then 3 rounds in beads with white, 6 rounds plain, and 34 rows backwards and forwards for the opening, working 3 bead st.i.tches at the beginning and end of every other row; make it round, and repeat the pattern.
Finish with a fringe of beads.
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Table Cover.
_In squares, plain crochet._
_Each square is a different color in Berlin wool; colors violet, green, scarlet, stone, blue, and orange, 6 shades of each color and black; work 2 rounds of each shade. Make a chain of 8 st.i.tches with the lightest shade._
1st round--Work 2 st.i.tches in 1.
2nd round--3 st.i.tches in 1, 3 plain.
3rd round--3 st.i.tches in 1, 5 plain.
4th round--2nd shade, 3 in 1, 7 plain.
5th round--3 st.i.tches in 1, 9 plain.
6th round--3rd shade, 3 in 1, 11 plain.
7th round--3 in 1, 13 plain.
8th round--4th shade, 3 in 1, 15 plain.
9th round--3 in 1, 17 plain.
10th round--5th shade, 5 in 1, 19 plain.
11th round--3 in 1, 21 plain.
12th round--6th shade, 3 in 1, 23 plain.
13th round--3 in 1, 25 plain.
14th round--Black, 3 in 1, 27 plain.
15th round--3 in 1, 29 plain.
This finishes 1 square. Work all the colors the same; when sufficient are made, crochet them together with black. A small pattern may also be worked in each square.
Bell Pulls.
_Pattern No. 2._
_In double Berlin wool, the ground claret, 4 shades of green, and 3 of orange; make a chain of 50 st.i.tches for each quarter of a yard._
1st row--Orange.
2nd row--2nd shade.
3rd row--3rd shade.
4th row--Claret.
5th row--Darkest green and claret; work the first row of pattern with the green.
6th row--2nd shade of green and claret.
7th row--3rd shade of green and claret.
8th row--4th shade of green and 2nd shade of orange.
9th row--4th shade of green, 3rd shade of orange.
10th row--Same as 7th.
