The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 Part 11

_9th row_. Five 3-chain crochet, 5 chain over the 5 long st.i.tches of preceding row; repeat.--

_10th row_. 3-chain crochet.--

_11th row_. 3-chain crochet.--

_12th row_. Three 3-chain crochet, 5 long in centre loop of every fourth 3-chain crochet-st.i.tch of preceding row; repeat.--

_13th row_. Three 3-chain crochet, double crochet over the 5 long st.i.tches of preceding row; repeat.--

_14th row_. Three 3-chain crochet, 1 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, missing 2 loops between each long; repeat.--

_15th row_. Three 3-chain crochet, double crochet over the long st.i.tches of preceding row; repeat.--

_16th row_. 5 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, 1 chain, 1 long, missing 2 loops between each long; repeat.--

_17th row_. Double crochet.--_18th row_. 5-chain crochet.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 39. Ap.r.o.n.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 40.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 41.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 42. SCARF.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 43.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 44.]

EMBROIDERY

39. Ap.r.o.n.

_Materials--Black satin and four shades of crimson, two ditto of blue, three ditto of green, and white embroidery silk_.

Draw the design on the satin, and work in embroidery st.i.tch the large flowers with the shades of crimson, commencing each petal with the second shade, then work with the third, and finish with the lightest.

Commence the centre of the flower with the lightest, then work with the second shade, after which work the two upper divisions with the two next shades in regular order. Work the cup of the flower with the middle shade of green, and the piece beneath with the second shade of crimson.

Work the stems with the lightest green, and the leaves with the other two shades. Work the centre part of the small flowers with the darkest crimson, the small petals which encircle this with the next shade of crimson; then work with the darkest blue, after which with the lightest, and finish the edge of the flower with white. Work the pockets and the band in a similar manner, and finish with cord and ta.s.sels.

TAMBOUR

42. LIMERICK LACE SCARF.

_Materials--Brussels net, French working-cotton No. 120, Raworth's sewing-cotton No. 100, and a fine pearl edge_.

Work the outline of the pattern and the edge with French cotton in tambour-st.i.tch, and fill in the s.p.a.ces with the sewing-cotton in the same st.i.tch, or, if preferred, in darning-st.i.tch; work dots in the places indicated in the design, and, after washing the scarf, sew a pearl edge all round.

A description of head-dress, for which this scarf is intended, will be found in the London and Paris fashions of No. 126 of the _Lady's Newspaper_.

NETTING

45. A KNITTING-BAG.

_Materials--Raworth's crochet-thread No. 40; a reel of pink cotton of the same size, or two pieces of white and two of pink netting-silk; three silk pink and white ta.s.sels; two yards and a half of silk bag-cord; half-a-yard of pink sarsnet; three meshes cornucopia gauge of No. 1, No. 6, and one No. 11; two netting-needles; and a piece of cane used for drawn bonnets_.

Set on 71 st.i.tches with No. 1 mesh, join the round in pink cotton.--_No_. 11 _mesh_. Net 4 rounds of alternate white and pink.--*

_No_. 1 _mesh (white cotton). 2_ plain rounds.--_No. 6 mesh_. Take 2 of the preceding row together in pink cotton; 1 plain round, same cotton and mesh.--_No_. 1 _mesh (white cotton_). Make 2 st.i.tches in each st.i.tch of the preceding row; 1 round plain, same cotton and mesh.--_No_. 11 _mesh (pink cotton_). Net 5 plain rounds; recommence from * twice; finish top of bag by 3 plain rows in white of No. 6 mesh, for the cords to pa.s.s through; 2 plain rows in pink of No. 11 mesh; last row, double pink cotton, with No. 1 mesh.

Take the half-yard of sarsnet, join it up neatly, make 3 runners the width of the cane, the first at three inches from the bottom, the second at two inches from the first, and the third two inches from the second; run a piece of cane ten inches long in the first runner, another piece of sixteen inches and a half long in the second runner, and one of eleven inches and a half long in the third runner; tack each of these bands of cane to the 5 rows of fine netting to form the shape, close up the bottom, and place a ta.s.sel; run the cord round the top of bag, and fasten a ta.s.sel to each end.

NETTING

48. VASE-STAND.

_Materials--Shaded green, shaded scarlet, and shaded amber Berlin wool; meshes Nos. 1, 4, and 8_.

With scarlet make a foundation of 25 loops on mesh No. 4; join and net 1 round on mesh No. 8; fasten on the green; net 2 loops in 1; then net 3 rounds more with green, without increasing; fasten on the scarlet; net 1 round on mesh No. 4, 2 on mesh No. 8, 1 on mesh No. 4, and 2 on mesh No.

8; fasten on the green; net 6 loops in every loop on mesh No. 1; net 1 round with amber on mesh No. 8; fasten on the scarlet wool in the fourth round from edge, that is, in the same loops as that in which the row of scarlet, netted on mesh No. 4, was netted; into this row net 1 row on mesh No. 8; net 2 more rows with scarlet on mesh No. 8; then with green net 6 loops in each loop on mesh No. 1; net 1 row with amber on mesh No 8; fasten on the scarlet in the last row of green in the centre of the mat; into this row net 1 row on mesh No. 8; then net 6 more rows in the same mesh; net 6 loops in each loop on mesh No. 1; 1 row with amber on mesh No. 8.