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_Pattern No. 9._
_Berlin wool. Make a chain of 350 st.i.tches in single wool, or 200 in double, for each 1/2-yard. Colors--4 shades of crimson, green, and violet; ground--black and shaded orange._
1st row--Black.
2nd row--Lightest crimson and black.
3rd row--2nd shade crimson and black.
4th row--3rd shade and black.
5th row--4th shade and black.
6th row--Dark green and black.
7th row--2nd shade and black.
8th row--3rd shade and black.
9th row--4th shade and black.
10th row--White and black.
11th row--Lightest violet and black.
12th row--2nd shade of violet and black.
13th row--3rd shade and black.
14th row--4th shade and black.
Then 1 row of black, and 6 rows of shaded orange.
A Chain.
_Fine brown braid._
Wind the braid in 2 b.a.l.l.s, join them together, and make a loop; then, holding the 2 braids over the 4th finger, work a chain st.i.tch with each of the braids alternately, until 1 yard and a 1/4 long. Fasten it with a steel slide.
Cap.
_In Berlin wool shaded, and floss silk. Make a chain of 120 st.i.tches._
Pattern--1 treble, 1 chain, miss 1.
Work 12 rows, leaving 1 st.i.tch at the beginning and end of every row, to decrease it; work a row all round, and then commence the
BORDER.
1st row--Work 3 chain st.i.tches, miss 1, 1 plain.
2nd row--The same.
3rd row--5 chain, miss 4, 1 plain; the plain st.i.tch in the middle of the chain of last row.
4th row--Same as 3rd for a 3rd of the row; break the wool off.
5th row--6 chain, miss 6, 1 plain, for a 3rd of the row.
Work the other side the same; then a row of the floss silk, the same as the 5th, all along.
Finish with a ribbon for the back and ends.
NETTING.
Anti-Maca.s.sar.
_As Pattern No. 10._
_Mesh No. 6, cotton No. 12, foundation 70 st.i.tches._
Net 120 rows. For the fringe, with double cotton, and a mesh 2 inches wide, net 2 st.i.tches in 1 all round; it is then embroidered thus--thread a rug needle with the cotton, and begin in the corner; take 1 thread, and miss 1, twice, as in darning; work 5 threads in each; then work the contrary way, forming a vand.y.k.e. Work 2 rows in this manner; then count the middle st.i.tch of the work, and make a diamond, same as the border.
Various patterns may be worked in this manner, but they are impossible to describe.
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D'Oyley.
_Mesh No. 8, cotton No. 12, 34 st.i.tches._
Net 53 rows.
Fringe--Mesh 1 inch wide, 2 st.i.tches in 1, all round.
Embroidered as Anti-Maca.s.sar.
Bread Basket D'Oyley.
_Mesh No. 6, cotton No. 12, 50 st.i.tches._
