The Lady's Album of Fancy Work for 1850 Part 4

SCAGLIOLA WORK

16. CARD-CASE.

See directions in page 22.

EMBROIDERY

19. CLARET-JUG MAT.

_Materials--White silk or cachmere; three shades of scarlet, three of blue, three of green, and two of yellow chenille; five shades of scarlet Berlin wool, two skeins of each shade; and two skeins of white wool_.

Draw the pattern on the material; work in embroidery-st.i.tch the centre flower with the shades of scarlet, and the stamens of the flower with two shades of yellow. The buds are worked with scarlet, the small flowers with blue, and the leaves with green.

Work the fringe from the directions for fringe for liqueur-stand, and line with green silk.

EMBROIDERY

20, 21. CORNER FOR HANDKERCHIEF.

_Materials--French cotton No_. 120.

Work in raised satin st.i.tch.

CROCHET.

22. COVER FOR EASY-CHAIR.

_Materials--Raworth's crochet-thread No. 21, and pink and drab crochet-thread of corresponding quality_.

With drab make a chain the length required.--

_1st and 2d rows_. Double crochet.--

_3d row_. 1 long, 2 chain, miss 2; repeat.--

_4th row_. 1 long, 5 chain, (a) 5 long, 5 chain, miss 5; repeat from (a).--

_5th row_. 1 long, 4 chain, (a) 5 long, worked on the last st.i.tch of chain and above the first four long of last row; repeat from (a).--

_6th, 7th, and 8th rows_. As _5th row_, but that the number of edge-st.i.tches must decrease in each row.--

_9th row_. 5 long, the first worked above the second long of last row, the remaining above the remaining long, and in the first st.i.tch of chain; repeat.--

_10th, 11th, and 12th rows_. As _9th row_, increasing the number of edge-st.i.tches.--

_13th row_. With white, double crochet.--

_14th row_. 1 long, 2 chain, miss 2; repeat.--

_15th row_. 7 st.i.tches of double, _(a)_ make a chain of 15 loops, form a circle by working a plain st.i.tch into the ninth loop; 7 chain, 1 plain, worked into the second loop; 7 chain, 1 plain, worked into the third loop; 7 chain, 1 plain, worked into the fifth loop; 7 chain, 1 plain, worked into the sixth loop; 7 chain, 1 plain, worked into the eighth loop; work a st.i.tch of single crochet in each of the remaining chain st.i.tches, then 15 st.i.tches of double crochet in the fifteen following st.i.tches of the 14th row; repeat from _(a)_ to the end of row.

With pink work rows of single open crochet between the flowers already worked with white, attaching the thread to the second st.i.tch of foundation in the _1st row_, and finishing in the third chain in the opposite leaf. In the _2d row_, fasten the thread to the third chain of second leaf, and finish at the opposite leaf.--_3d row_. Fasten on at the fifth chain of second leaf, and finish at the opposite leaf.--_4th row_. Commence at third chain of third leaf, and finish at opposite leaf. Work thus between each of the flowers to the end of row, then work a row of single open crochet.

With white work 1 row in double crochet, and a row, 1 long, 2 chain, miss 2; repeat. Recommence again at 2d row, and repeat the stripes of drab five times, and of pink three times. Procure two ta.s.sels of the colours used in the cover for chair, and attach to the sides.

CROCHET.

23. LADY'S RETICULE.

_Materials--Drab crochet-thread, two shades of narrow blue satin ribbon, cord and ta.s.sels to correspond with the ribbon; a piece of blue and a piece of white silk as a lining_.

Make a chain of 130 st.i.tches.--

_1st row_. Double crochet.--

_2d row_. 3 chain, 3 long.--

_3d row_. 3 long worked in the 3 chain, 3 chain; repeat.--

_4th and two following rows_. 1 long, 3 chain.--

_7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th rows_. Like the _2d_ and _3d_; repeat from the 3d row twice, and finish with 3 rows, 3 long, 3 chain, miss 3. Crochet the sides together, work a row of double-long st.i.tches around the top, in which to insert the cord, and finish with a row of double crochet. Pa.s.s the ribbon through the rows of 3 chain, 3 long, placing the lightest in the centre strip, as will be seen by referring to ill.u.s.tration. Make a double lining with the silk; place the white next the reticule, and the blue inside, and finish with cord and ta.s.sels.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 13. GERMAN KNITTING BAG.]