Materials.-1 oz. ruby-coloured beads, No. 2, and one reel, No. 16 Messrs. W. Evans and Co.'s Boar's-head crochet cotton. BEGIN by threading all the beads on the cotton; then make a chain of 8 stitches, and close into a round. All the d'oyley is done in Sc, except the edge. 1st Round.+ 1 Ch, 1 Sc on Sc, + 8 times. 2nd Round.+1 Ch, 2 Sc on 2 Sc, + 8 times. It will be observed that instead of the usual way of increasing by working two stitches in one, a chainstitch is made, and one Sc only is worked on each Sc. 3rd Round.+ 1 Ch, 3 Sc on Sc, 8. times. + 7th Round. + 1 Ch, 7 Sc on Sc, + 8 times. 1st Bead Round.+ 2 cotton, 6 beads, +8 times. 2nd Round.-+4 beads, coming over 2 cotton, and 1 bead at each side, cotton over 4 beads, + 8 times. 3rd Round.+ 2 beads over the centre 2 of 4, 8 cotton, + 8 times. 4th Round.-+ 3 beads, the first 2 over 2, 3 cotton, 1 bead, 4 cotton, + 8 times. 5th Round.-+ 7 beads (the first over first of last round), 5 cotton, + 8 times. End with one bead on the last stitch. 6th Round. + 6 beads, (1st on 1st), 6 cotton, 1 bead, + 8 times. 7th Round.-+ 3 beads, 10 cotton, 1 bead, +8 times. End with 2 beads. 8th Round.+ 3 beads, 10 cotton, 2 beads, 8 times. End with 3 beads. 364 ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON FANCY NEEDLEWORK. 9th Round. + 3 beads, 11 cotton, 3 beads,+7 times, 3 beads. This round is not perfect. 10th Round.-+ 3 cotton over cotton, 1 bead, 4 cotton, 4 beads, 1 cotton, 3 beads, 8 times. 11th Round.-+2 cotton, 9 beads, 3 cotton, (over 1 bead, 1 cotton,) 3 beads, + 8 times. 12th Round.-3 cotton over 2, +7 beads, 5 cotton, 4 beads, 2 cotton, + 8 times. 13th Round.+ 1 cotton, 5 beads, 5 cotton, 3 beads, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 1 cotton,+8 times. 14th Round.-+ 4 cotton, (over 1 cotton, 2 beads), 3 beads, 5 cotton, 4 beads, (the last on last of 3), 4 cotton, + 8 times. 15th Round.+ 2 cotton, 5 beads, (the last on last of 3), 3 cotton, 6 beads, 5 cotton,+8 times. 16th Round.+ 13 beads, 1 cotton, 2 beads, 6 cotton on 5, + 7 times. Eighth time, 4 cotton only on 3. 17th Round.+ 9 beads, 1 cotton, 4 beads, 2 cotton, (last over 1 cotton), 3 beads, 4 cotton over 3, + 7 times. Eighth time, 3 cotton on 2. 18th Round.+ 9 beads, 1 cotton, 5 beads, 2 cotton, 5 beads, 2 cotton on 1, +7 times. Eighth, 1 cotton. 19th Round. + 5 beads, 5 cotton, 5 beads, 10 cotton, (over 9 stitches), + 8 times. 20th Round.- + 3 beads, 8 cotton, (over 7 stitches), 5 beads, 5 cotton, 1 bead, 4 cotton, + 8 times. 21st Round. +3 beads over 3, 10 cotton (making 1), 5 beads, (beginning on the 2nd of 5), 3 cotton, 2 beads, 4 cotton, + 8 times. 22nd Round.- + 3 beads on 3, 12 cotton, (making 1), 9 beads, 4 cotton, + 8 times. 23rd Round.- + 3 beads on 3, 6 cotton, 4 beads, 3 cotton, 7 beads, (on centre 7 of 9), 5 cotton, + 8 times. 24th Round.+ 3 beads on 3, 6 cotton on 5, 6 beads, 14 cotton, + 8 times. 25th Round.- +4 beads, (beginning over 1st of 3), 7 cotton, (on 5 and 1 bead), 5 beads, 14 cotton, + 8 times. 26th Round.-+1 cotton over 1 bead, 4 beads, 3 cotton, 1 bead, 3 cotton, 4 beads, (over last 4 of 5), 13 cotton, + 8 times. 27th Round.+ 2 cotton on I cotton, 8 beads, 3 cotton, 4 beads, 13 cotton, + 8 times. 28th Round.-+ 3 cotton over 2 C and 1 B, 6 beads, 3 cotton, 4 beads, 14 cotton,+8 times. 29th Round. +4 cotton, 3 beads, (the 1st over 2nd of 6), 3 cotton, 5 beads, 16 cotton, + 8 times, 5 cotton. 2nd Round.-2 slip on 2 cotton, + 2 Sc with cotton, on the first 2 beads, 1 bead, 1 cotton, alternately 6 times, 1 cotton, 5 Ch, with beads, 1 Sc with bead on 4th of 13, 7 Ch with beads, miss 5 of 13, Sc with bead on next, 5 Ch with beads, + 8 times. * 3rd Round.-+ 2 Sc with cotton on 2nd Sc and 1 bead, * 1 bead, 1 cotton, 5 times, 1 cotton, 5 Ch with beads. 1 Sc with bead on 4th of 5, 6 Ch with beads, 1 Sc on 4th of 7 with beads, 6 Ch with beads, Sc with bead on 2nd of 5 Sc, 5 Ch with beads + 8 times. 4th Round.+ 2 Sc cotton as before, * 1 bead over cotton, 1 cotton over bead, * 4 times. 1 more cotton, 5 Ch with beads, 1 Sc with bead on 4th of 5, 6 Ch with beads, 1 Sc with bead on 4th of 6, 6 Ch with bead, 1 Sc with bead on 3rd of next 6, 6 Ch with beads, 1 Sc with bead on 2nd of 5, 5 Ch with beads. These D'Oyleys must be washed with white Windsor soap and soft water only. When quite clean rinse them in fresh water, and hang them before a fire, or in the air to dry. When nearly dry, pull them out into shape. On no account use any starch, nor an iron. Beads, when of good quality, and properly washed, will remain for years uninjured EXPERIENCED workers often find a rounds are done, and it is still perfectly difficulty in knowing the exact ter-easy to see the end of the round, draw mination of a round in D'Oyley's, the needleful of thread through the and frequently the pattern is destroyed by an error in the calculation. This difficulty may be remedied at once, by attention to the following rule:Take a thread very opposite in colour to that of your work, and only a few inches long. When only two or three chain of the last stitch. Do the same with every other round, so that the coloured thread finally runs in a straight line from the centre to the edge. It will save much trouble and many blunders, especially when working the Jewelled D'Oyleys. CROCHET À TRICOTER. TAKE rather a long crochet hook, with a button on the end. Make a chain as for ordinary crochet, leaving the last made stitch on the hook to form the first stitch of the next row; this kind of crochet being worked backward and forwards. 2nd Row.-Put the hook through the next loop on the chain to the loop already on the hook and draw the thread through, leaving this last made loop on the hook. Continue till you have taken up on the hook as many loops as there were in the original chain. 3rd Row.-Put the thread once round the hook and draw it through the two first loops on the hook. Thread once round the hook and through the last | loop made and the one next to it on the hook. Repeat till all are worked off. 4th Row.-Put the hook through the first long perpendicular loop, draw the thread through, leaving the last made loop on the hook. Repeat till all the long loops have been worked, keeping all the loops on the hook and taking always the loop at the edge. 5th Row.-Same as 3rd. This stitch is only suitable for straight work. To narrow, leave out the edge loop. A chain of 30 makes a pretty scarf for a lady. It should measure a yard and half long, with fringe 4 or 6 inches long at each end. ounce lilac filoselle. (forwards). Take up 1 loop in every other stitch. 2nd part of the 1st double row (backwards). Alternately cast off 1 loop, 1 chain. LADIES COMFORTER IN CROCHET.1 Materials.-2 ounces white double Berlin wool, THIS Comforter is worked with white wool in ribbed stitch, a variety of crochet à tricoter; it is edged all round with some rows of chain and double stitches. These, as well as the fringe at both ends of the scarf, can be made with white wool and lilac filoselle, or only with wool. The pattern is 20 stitches wide and 120 double rows long. Begin the scarf at one end on a foundation chain of 20 stitches, and work as follows: 1st part of 1st double row 1st part of the 2nd double row. Take up alternately one loop in the previously missed stitch of the foundation chain, working at the same time round the top chain of the stitch in the preceding row, and one loop in the next long chain of the preceding row. By permission of the Proprietors of the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine. NETTING. 367 Instructions in Netting. THE beauty of netting consists in its firmness and regularity. All joins in the thread must be made in a very strong knot; and, if possible, at an edge, so that it may not be perceived. The implements used in netting are a netting needle and a mesh. In filling a netting needle with the material, be careful not to make it so full that there will be a difficulty in passing it through the stitches. The size of the needle must depend on the material to be employed, and the fineness of the work. Steel needles are employed for every kind of netting except the very coarsest. They are marked from 12 to 24, the latter being extremely fine. The fine meshes are usually also of steel; but, as this material is heavy, it is better to employ bone or wooden meshes when large ones are required. Many meshes are flat; and in using them the width is given. The first stitch in this work is termed diamond netting, the holes being in the form of diamonds. To do the first row, a stout thread, knotted to form a round, is fastened to the knee with a pin, or passed over the foot, or on the hook sometimes attached to a work cushion for the purpose. The end of the thread on the needle is knotted to this, the mesh being held in the left hand on a line with it. Take the needle in the right hand; let the thread come over the mesh and the third finger, bring it back under the mesh, and hold it between the thumb and first finger. Slip the needle through the loop over the third finger, under the mesh and the foundation thread. In doing this a loop will be formed, which must be passed over the fourth finger. Withdraw the third finger from the loop, and draw up the loop over the fourth, gradually, until it is quite tight on the mesh. The thumb should be kept firmly over the mesh while the stitch is being completed. When the necessary number of stitches is made on this foundation, the future rows are to be worked backwards and forwards To form a round, the first stitch is to be worked immediately after the last, which closes the netting into a circle. ROUND NETTING is very nearly the same stitch. The difference is merely in the way of putting the needle through the loop and foundation, or other stitch. After passing the needle through the loop, it must be brought out, and put downwards through the stitch. This stitch is particularly suitable for purses. SQUARE NETTING is exactly the same stitch as diamond netting, only it is begun at a corner, on one stitch, and increased (by doing two in one) in the last stitch of every row, until the greatest width required is attained. Then, by netting two stitches together at the end of every row, the piece is decreased to a point again. When stretched out, all the holes in this netting are squares. Square and diamond netting are the most frequently used, and are ornamented with patterns darned on them, in simple darning or in various point stitches. In the latter case it forms a variety of the sort of work termed guipure, now so fashionable. GRECIAN NETTING. Do one plain row. First pattern row. Insert the needle in the first stitch, and, without working it, draw through it the second stitch, through the loop of which draw the first, and work it in the ordinary way. This forms a twisted stitch, and the next is a very small loop formed of a part of the second stitch. Repeat this throughout the row. The second row is done plain. The third like the first; but the first and last stitches are to be done in the usual manner, and you begin the twisting with the second and third loops. The fourth is plain. Repeat these four rows as often as required. Use No. 20 mesh for the fancy rows, and No. 14 for the plain. Stitches in netting are always counted by knots. |