12th.—✕ 3 tc. on 3 ch., 3 ch., miss 3, + repeat.
13th.—✕ 4 tc., 4 ch., miss 4, ✕ repeat.
14th.—+ 4 tc. on 4 ch., 5 ch., miss 4, + repeat.
The elastic ribbon is to be run in the 11th round, and tassels fastened to hang over the ear.
BERLIN WORK AND CANVAS EMBROIDERY.
It being one of the chief objects of the Proprietors of this little work, to present to the reader, in a very portable form, the clearest and most accurate elementary instructions for every kind of fashionable Needlework, I have selected Berlin Work or Canvas Embroidery as the subject for explanation in this part.
Berlin work is the general term for what might perhaps be more properly termed embroidery on canvas; a material with which, doubtless, most of my readers are well acquainted, although they may not be familiar with the names of the different kinds and sizes.
The French Canvas, (sometimes called Patent) is the one which I prefer for all ordinary purposes. The open squares are very exact, and the threads and selvage usually firm and strong. It is the only kind that is suitable for large pieces, or for wreaths, or any thing else, in fact, in which squareness and strength are essential.
Penelope Canvas has the threads placed two and two in both directions; and took its name, I presume, from the appearance it presents of having been worked, and the work picked out again, like that of the faithful wife of Ulysses. As all trouble of counting the threads is saved, it is very easy to work on, but can only be worked in cross-stitch.
German Canvas differs from the French in having every tenth thread a different color, and not being so true a square in the mesh.