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_Pattern No. 5. Berlin wool._
_Make a chain of 160 st.i.tches, or 100 for double Berlin wool. Colours, 4 shades of green, 4 of scarlet, 4 of stone, and white._
1st pattern--Open crochet, 3 treble, 3 chain, miss 3.
1st row--Darkest green.
2nd row--3rd shade of green, working the 3 treble st.i.tches in the 3 chain of the last row.
3rd row--2nd shade of green.
4th row--1st shade of green.
2nd pattern, No. 5.
1st row--Darkest stone and darkest scarlet.
2nd row--3rd shades of stone and scarlet.
3rd row--2nd shades of stone and scarlet.
4th row--1st shades of stone and scarlet.
5th row--White. This is the ground of the stripe.
6th row--1st shade of green and white.
7th row--2nd shade and white.
8th row--3rd shade and white.
9th row--4th shade and white.
10th row--Same as 9th.
11th row--Same as 8th.
12th row--Same as 7th.
13th row--Same as 6th.
14th row--As 5th.
15th row--As 4th.
16th row--As 3rd.
17th row--As 2nd.
18th row--As 1st.
Then work the open pattern again, and repeat until square.
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Half-Square Shawl.
_Plain Crochet. Double Chene wool of various colors and black. Make a chain of 3 st.i.tches._
1st row--Work 2 st.i.tches in 1 at the beginning of the row; work the rest plain at the end of the row; leave 7 inches of wool for the fringe. In commencing a row the ends must be worked under for a few st.i.tches.
Pattern--1 row black and 2 chene. Increase until there are 350 st.i.tches; then loop in a fringe to correspond with the other side.
Another Shawl.
_3 Shades of Violet, 3 of Stone, and White._
Increase as the last, and work 1 row of each shade.
Crochet Shoes.
_Berlin wool, pattern No. 6._
The shoes must be worked from a paper pattern the size required.
Commence at the toe, and increase by working 2 st.i.tches in 1 at the beginning and end of the row until sufficiently deep. For the sides work about a third of the front.
Gold color and French blue for the ground, and 3 shades of each for the pattern.
1st row--2 st.i.tches of blue and 2 of gold.
2nd row--Gold.
3rd row--Gold and dark blue.
4th row--2nd shade of blue and gold.
5th row--3rd shade of blue and gold.
6th row--Gold color, repeat from 1st row.
The next pattern the same, except the ground is blue, and the spots shades of gold.
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