A Diagonal-Striped Bag, with Star-Shaped Bottom.
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 a plain stitch. In the next row, work the seam-stitch in the same place, leaving two plain stitches between each, instead of one. Repeat this circle sixteen times, always observing to keep the seam stitch in the same place, the number of plain stitches gradually increasing, when a flat surface of about four inches in diameter will be produced, intersected with seven raised stripes. A vandyke border in claret and green may now be made as follows.
First row—five stitches claret; one green.
Second row—three stitches claret; three green.
Third row—one stitch claret; five green.
Fourth row—green.
No. 18.
The annexed pattern may then be worked in green on the claret ground.
When within five rows of the top of the bag, work one plain row of the ground, repeat the vandyke, and work two plain rows of the claret ground.
This bag is very pretty and delicate worked in white and gold, and in blue and gold; it may also be varied in colour as taste may dictate. The pattern looks extremely well in steel beads.