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BY MRS. JANE WEAVER. common tricot. The second row commences the pattern, in which, in taking up the stitches, the thread is always drawn under the firm, single edge stitches of the preceding row. In order to preserve the proper slanting form of the shawl, at the beginning of every row forward, stick the needle in the first hole, and at the end in the last hole of the preceding row. The number of stitches must always remain the same. Our model consists of red, lilac, green, cerise, blue, and brown stripes of three rows each, and separated by four rows of white. The middle row of these is worked with Shetland wool four times double, lilac, green, yellow, and red twisted together. Repeat this striped pattern until the work is thirteen inches and a half broad, and thirty-four inches long, finishing with a white stripe. Fold the work, which will form the sloped ends of the shawl. The corners must be filled in afterward. Chain off only half of the stitches, and work out the corMATERIALS.-White, dark-red, lilac, dark- ners with the remainder ; for this, at the begingreen, cerise, blue, and fawn- colored Berlinning of each row on the open side of the work, wool, lilac, blue, green, maize, and dark- red decrease regularly, and join the other side of Shetland wool, a suitable hook for tricot. the work, which is to be worked straight at each This shawl is worked in stripes of interrupted row to the chained - off stitches. Sew the outer tricot. Commence with seventy stitches with edges of the finished shawl together with white the white wool, and crochet the first row in wool.

OPEN PATTERN ON LINEN, FOR INSERTIONS FOR DRAWERS. BY MRS. JANE WEAVER. THE cotton must be coarser or finer, according to the material. Draw out fifteen threads lengthwise and crosswise, and leave in eighteen threads ; from one of these draw out stripes to the other. Then draw a thread a little coarser than the linen, through the part where the threads are drawn out, (see design, ) and cross four and four threads with it. A thread is drawn through the empty squares ; the cross stitches extend over eight threads in breadth and height. The plain, thick squares may be filled up with little knots or stars in point Russe, with white or colored thread. This pattern is extremely pretty in Java canvas for anti- macassars, etc.

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