ANTIMACASSAR, CUSHION, SQUARE DOYLEY, ETC.
DESIGN No. 4.
Materials—Two shades of Green, one of light Mauve, and the Gold, &c., according to the following directions:—
For a Doyley 7 inches square, use Single Berlin Wool and Gold Twine or Gold-Colored Crochet Silk; Penelope Needle No. 2; Tatting Pin No. 3, and a small Shuttle.
For Cushions, Antimacassars, and Couvre-Pieds, use Double Berlin Wool; Gold-Colored Wool or Filoselle; Steel Penelope Needle No. 0, or Ivory No. 10 Bell Guage; Tatting Pin or Mesh which measures No. 9, Bell Guage.
For Dress and Mantle Trimmings, Headdresses, &c., use Andalusian Wool or Netting Silk; and Gold Twine or Tatting Silk No. 2; Penelope Needle No. 3; Tatting Pin, No. 2.
FIRST STRIPE OF DIAMONDS.
1st Diamond—With the gold twine or silk work a diamond as page 4; and for the 1st round—With the light green wool and crochet needle commence in one of the pearl loops of the diamond, work 4 chain and 1 plain in the next pearl; repeat 11 times more, and fasten off, always knotting the ends together.
2nd round—With the dark green commence in a loop of the light green, which is between the 2nd and 3rd pearls of one of the ovals, work 6 chain, miss 4 and 1 plain in the next 4 chain; repeat all round; fasten off.