or carpets, it should have a firm inside lining, and be backed with a coarse woollen cloth or baize.

An eight or ten-thread fleecy may be used for the coarser articles. N.B. In the directions for working the different patterns in crochet, it must be borne in mind, that unless any other stitch be mentioned, the plain or double crochet stitch is to be always employed.

The above pattern is intended for a slipper in German wool or crochet silk, in stripes across the front, continued in the same direction round the back. The colours of the different stripes. are as follow::

First stripe-yellow, with the pattern composed of lilac, green, claret, bright scarlet, and blue.

Second stripe-lilac, the pattern in stone colour, gold colour, green, white, and pink.

Third stripe-green; this stripe is wider than any other on the slipper. The pattern on it, is composed of scarlet, claret, black,

gold colour, lilac, white, stone colour, scarlet, blue, gold colour, and lilac.

Fourth stripe-white, pattern in blue, yellow, lilac, green, and scarlet.

Fifth stripe-scarlet, pattern in black, yellow, green, lilac, and white.

Sixth stripe-blue, pattern in gold colour, claret, pink, green, and white.

The narrow stripes are repeated round the back of the slipper, the sole of which may be formed of coarse crochet in black.

For a moderate sized gentleman's-slipper in crochet silk, the toe might be commenced with twenty-four stitches, and increased in the succeeding rows until the width across the instep were eighty stitches, but as some persons work so much tighter than others, a positive number cannot be given. The silk also may

vary in size, as well as the dimensions required for a slipper. The increasing is made by the addition of a stitch on each side of the work.

The stripes in the front of the slipper are yellow, lilac, green, and white, which crosses the instep. Count the number of stitches across the white stripe, and commence with the scarlet; the third of its width on one side, to form the back. Continue these stripes until the back be of sufficient length to be sewn to the front on the other side. It is advisable before commencing a slipper, to cut a paper pattern of the desired size and shape.

The above form chaussons to wear over the shoes, or they may be made up by the shoemaker in the usual way for slippers, either for ladies or gentlemen. In crochet silk they are extremely warm and durable.

The ends of the wool or silk, are to be threaded with a needle and run into the work on the inside.

As it is impossible to give the exact number of stitches,each row varying,—it is advisable to cut a shape in stiff paper of a proper size, as the pattern, first of the top, and then of the border. Where it is requisite to increase the width of the work, it must be done by making an extra stitch on each side. The stitches of the band are to be worked in a contrary direction to those of the top, as shewn in the above engraving.-The annexed pattern will be found suitable for a chancelière.

Commence at the toe by working two plain rows of ground in scarlet, and crochet the centre stripe of the pattern in a rich green, on the same coloured ground.

The ground of the next stripe is black, on which the pattern is to be worked in three shades of gold colour.

Work a plain row of middle blue, which also forms the ground of the small chain pattern, with the exception of the centre row, which is claret. The chain is in white.

Work a plain row of claret, and then repeat the second stripe as before, with the colours reversed.

The above colours, if well chosen, are exceedingly pretty, but of course they may be varied according to fancy.

The slipper pattern No. 6, and also the Turkish pattern No. 2, are equally adapted for a chancelière.

Four-thread fleecy, and a steel needle are to be used.

The inside of the chancelière is made separate and knitted with the brioche stitch, in six or eight-thread fleecy. The ermine ruff, or trimming, in worsted, may easily be procured, but if it cannot readily be so, a thick knitted fringe three or four times doubled, will be a good substitute. The bottom is formed of leather or cloth. They should be made up on a very firm foundation, and stuffed between the lining and the work with wool.

A PLAIN CROCHET BAG IN SILK.

Commence at the top with a chain of about one hundred and forty stitches, in crochet silk (black), on which work a plain row, and then one row alternately every two stitches with black and middle blue. The blue afterwards forms the ground of the pattern, of which one plain row should then be worked.

The small stars in the pattern are in rich gold colour, the other parts in light yellow brown; crochet one row of plain ground on each side of the pattern, and repeat the row of black and blue stitches.

The next ground is black, the pattern in bright blue, the smaller stars of gold colour.

Repeat these stripes with the dividing row of black and blue, until the bag is of a sufficient length. It is to be square at the bottom.

If the above colours are not approved, black, green, ponceau, and white, will be equally good The dividing stripe may be worked in gold if desired.

An usual sized bag will take about seven skeins of crochet silk.

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Make a chain of fourteen stitches, in claret crochet silk join both ends together, and crochet one plain row all round. In the next row (in order to keep the circle flat,) every other stitch is to be made a seam or dividing stitch, which is done by putting the needle under both loops, instead of one, and making two stitches in the same place, every other stitch being