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.
A Star Bottom for a Bag, with Beads.
Make a chain of fourteen stitches, join both ends together with the crochet, and crochet one plain row all round. In the next row, every other stitch is to be made a seam or dividing stitch, which is done by putting the needle under both loops, instead of under one, and making two stitches in the same place: every other stitch being a plain stitch, on which is to be a bead. In the next row, work the seam stitch exactly over the last, which will leave two plain stitches between, instead of one; this is to be repeated until eight circles are formed, every plain stitch having a bead on it. Crochet eight rows more, leaving the seam-stitch in the same place, but diminish the number of beads, by leaving out one bead in each division on each successive circle, so that the last row will have but one bead in each division. Then, crochet four plain rows, keeping the seam-stitch in the same place as before, then one plain row all round, without a seam-stitch, which forms the bottom of the bag.
A Round Bag, with Star Bottom, and Sprigs in Silk and Gold.
This bag is worked in plain stitch double crochet, with crochet silk, and gold of the same size. A steel needle, with twenty-five yards of gold cord, and about twelve skeins of silk, will be required. The colours of the silk are claret, three shades of green, and black.