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 CROCHET

SLIPPER.

BY MRS. JANE WEAVER.

THIS is a very warm slipper, and, therefore, THE SOLE OF SHOE.-You commence with most suitable for an elderly person, or one suf- white wool, and make a ch of 12. 1st row: fering from cold feet. It is worked in ribbed Work 11 de (double crochet. ) 2nd row : 13 de or Russian crochet, (which is plain double ( the increasings are generally made in the plain crochet worked always in the back of the loop rows. ) 3rd row: 13 white looped stitches. 4th instead of the front, ) with a row of looped row : 15 dc. 5th row : 3 white loops, * join the crochet between. The detail No. 1 a gives such black, 1 black lp, 3 white lps ; repeat twice. 6th a clear idea of the stitch that it scarcely re- row : 17 dc. 7th row: 17 white loops. 8th row: quires more explanation ; but for those who 19 de. 9th row: 5 white, 1 black, 6 white, 1 may not be able to work from it, we will de- black, 5 white loops. 10th row : 17 de. 11th scribe the manner of its execution. row : 17 white loops. 12th row: 8 white, 1 In making a looped stitch, you still take up black, 8 white loops. 13th row : 15 dc. 14th the back of the loop, take up the stitch, then row: 15 white loops. 15th row: 13 dc. 16th wind the wool 3 times round the mesh, pass the row: 3 white, 1 black, 5 white, 1 black, 3 white crochet-hook under the loops, draw the wool loops. 17th row: 11 dc. 18th row: 11 white under, then loop the wool over the loops ; then loops. 19th row: 13 dc. 20th row: 6 white, 1 draw through the two on the needle. The loop black, 6 white loops. 21st row : 15 dc. 22nd can be made quite as well by winding over the row : 15 white loops. 23rd row: 17 de. 24th fingers and working in the same manner. The row: 5 white, 1 black, 5 white, 1 black, 5 white top of the shoe is worked to the shape required loops. 25th row: 19 dc. 26th row: 19 white of alternate rows ofblack and white loops. Your loops. 27th row: 19 dc. 28th row: 4 white, * shoemaker will give you a pattern. The stitches1 black, 4 white loops ; repeat twice. 29th row: are increased by working 2 stitches in the 2nd 19 dc. 30th row: 19 white loops. 31st row: stitch at the commencement of a row, and 2 in 19 dc. 32nd row: 3 white, 1 black, 3 white the last but one of the same row. In working loops ; repeat 3 times. 33rd row : 19 dc. 84th the rows, always make 1 ch before commencing. row : 19 white loops. 35th row: 17 dc. 36th After these explanations, you will only require row : As the 28th row. 37th row: 15 dc. 38th the number of looped stitches and plain ones for row: 15 white loops. 39th row: 13 dc. 40th the respective rows, to form the pattern. Mate- row: 3 white, 1 black, 5 white, 1 black, 3 white rials required : 1 ounce of white and black loops. 41st row: 11 de. 42nd row: 11 white Angola wool, a short bone crochet- hook, medium loops. The loops are to be cut and combed, which makes them more fleecy-looking. size, a netting-mesh of an inch wide.

GLOVE-CASE IN SQUARE CROCHET, OR DARNED NETTING. BY MRS. JANE WEAVER. THIS design, for the top of glove-case, (given in the front of the number, ) may be done in fine spool cotton in square crochet, or be netted, and then darned with fine French working cotton ; then stretched over a box or case of the proper 226

size, being previously covered with silk or carebric of some pretty color ; or again, this design may be worked upon canvas, the pattern in clear crystal beads, filling up with a solid color, either in floss silk or zephyr.