16. CARD-CASE. (SCAGLIOLA WORK.)

      See directions in page 22.

      19. CLARET-JUG MAT. (EMBROIDERY.)

      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-stitch 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.

      20, 21. CORNER FOR HANDKERCHIEF. (EMBROIDERY.)

      Materials—French cotton No. 120.

      Work in raised satin stitch.

      22. COVER FOR EASY-CHAIR. (CROCHET.)

      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 stitch 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-stitches 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 stitch of chain; repeat.—

      10th, 11th, and 12th rows. As 9th row, increasing the number of edge-stitches.—

      13th row. With white, double crochet.—

      14th row. 1 long, 2 chain, miss 2; repeat.—

      15th row. 7 stitches of double, (a) make a chain of 15 loops, form a circle by working a plain stitch 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 stitch of single crochet in each of the remaining chain stitches, then 15 stitches of double crochet in the fifteen following stitches 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 stitch 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 tassels of the colours used in the cover for chair, and attach to the sides.