A Half Square Shawl.
Commence with a chain of nine hundred stitches in black eight-thread zephyr fleecy.
First row—black.
Second and Third rows—white.
Crochet eleven rows, alternately with black, and any pretty chiné wool.
Fourteenth and Fifteenth rows—white.
Sixteenth and Seventeenth rows—green.
Crochet eleven rows, alternately with scarlet, and any bright chiné wool.
Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth rows—green.
Thirty-first and Thirty-second rows—black.
Crochet eleven rows, alternately with white, and a chiné wool.
Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth rows—black.
Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh rows—red.
Crochet eleven rows, alternately with green, and a chiné wool.
Fifty-ninth and Sixtieth rows—scarlet.
Repeat from second row.
By omitting a stitch in the centre of each row, the shawl will assume, whilst working, a pointed form, similar to that of a half square, at the same time that the rows of crochet will run in a diagonal direction from either side of the centre. It may be trimmed with a black fringe of about four inches deep sewn on the two sides.
To form the striped pattern as above directed, four chiné wools, of different colours, should be employed.