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SCARF IN KNITTING.-Materials-8 ply Berlin gether, and repeat from to the end of the wool or 4 ply fleecy, selecting any two colors row. that contrast for the ends, the centre being made with one of the colors only; two knitting pins, No. 8 Bell guage.

Cast on with the wool 74 stitches; that is, 3 stitches for each pattern, and 2 over for the edge stitches.

1st row-Bring the wool in front of the pin in the right hand, then turn the wool quite round the pin so as to bring it in the front again, and purl 2 stitches together; the wool will now be in the front; turn it round the pin so as to bring it in the front again, pass the needle down the next stitch, and take it off without knitting it; then purl the next 2 stitches to

2d row-Bring the wool in front of the pin and turn it round as before, then purl 2 stitches together* turn the wool round the pin, bringing it in the front; then slip the next stitch, thusput the pin down at the back of the stitch, and bringing the pin in the front, take off the front part of the stitch without knitting it, this stitch slipped is a long loop; then purl the next 2 stitches together, and repeat from to the end of the row.

All the rows are the same as the second:

Knit 6 rows of each color alternately for about one quarter of a yard, then working the same stitch, but only one of the rools, knit about one

yard, and make the other end to correspond with the plain stitch in the 5 chain of the preceding the beginning. Cast off.

The Edge.-Use the same color as the centre, and Walker's uncotopic needle No. 1. Crochet on the edge of the knitting a row of 5 chain and 1 plain, then two rows more the same, working

row.

For the fringe, cut the wool in lengths of about eight inches, and loop them into the last row of crochet.

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GLOVE SACHET.-Materials-Cardboard, white and cerise-colored glacé silk, ribbon of the same color one third of an inch wide, fine chenille of several shades of red and green, pearl beads. This elegant sachet is formed of two pieces of cardboard of the shape of the pattern. The under part is covered on both sides with cerise-colored silk, and quilted on the upper side. The upper part is covered with cerise-colored silk and quilted on the under side, and covered with white silk embroidered in chenille on the outside; both parts are edged round with a narrow quilling of cerise-colored ribbon.

No. 4.-FASTENING OF GLOVE SACHET. nille on one side and gathered on the other. The shape of the flower is obtained by drawing in the gathers tightly; one large pearl bead with small steel ones round it is placed in the centre of each flower. The foliage is worked with green chenille.

The cotton wool, which is laid inside the quilted parts of the sachet, is sprinkled over with violet-powder to perfume the gloves.

Both parts of the sachet are joined and pressed down together by strips of ribbon, which are fastened on the under part, and passed through slits made in the upper part, as seen in illustration No. 4.

No. 2 is one of the flowers formed of ribbon, and No. 3 one of the rose-buds of the pattern, in

The rose-buds are embroidered upon the white silk in several shades of red and green chenille. The flowers of the wreath in the centre are formed of cerise-colored ribbon edged with che-full size.

EMBROIDERY.

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FANCHON-SHAPED CROCHET HOOD.-This simple but pretty pattern is worked in fine white wool.

Make a chain of 206 stitches, come back, miss the 9 first (reckoning backwards), and work 3 treble in the 10th; then * 3 chain, miss 4, 3 treble in the next, repeat from * to the end of the row. Make 6 chain at the end of the row, and turn to begin the next. Work 50 rows in this manner, always placing the treble over the chain stitches; then work in the same manner twice all round the square piece you have formed,

increasing at the corners, and finish with a round worked thus:-2 chain, 6 treble over the nearest loop of chain, 2 chain, one double over next loop, and repeat.

Fold the square piece slantways across the middle, and run a piece of woollen cord finished off with tassels, or a ribbon, through the top. row of the double corner-shaped piece thus formed. One half of the fanchon is worn as a kerchief over the neck and shoulders, the other as a hood over the head, the point coming down upon the forehead.

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