4th round: 3 long, 3 chain, increasing in every other 3rd chain by working twice into it.
5th round: Increasing in every 3rd chain, repeat.
For the leaves: Make a chain of 32 stitches, then work a row of 1 long stitch and 1 chain stitch with the silver twine.
2nd round: Work 1 long stitch into each chain stitch in 1st row, make 1 chain stitch, repeat. (At the point, make 4 long, with a chain stitch between each), repeat on the other side of the chain, 1 long stitch and 1 chain stitch alternately.
3rd round: With pink: Work over a wire in double crochet 1 stitch into each loop, work 15 more leaves in the same way, join each leaf half way, then sew it to the centre, work a row of double crochet 1 yard in length, and twist it for the handle. This should also be crocheted over wire.
240 to 243.--Couvrette in Crochet.
Materials: Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s Boar's Head cotton No. 10, and steel crochet needle.
This very pretty pattern is composed of separate circles representing dahlias in raised work upon an open centre. No. 242 shows one of these large circles in full size, No. 241 one of the small circles placed in the spaces between the larger ones, No. 243 part of the border, and No. 240 the couvrette when completed, but in reduced size.
For each large circle make a chain of 20 stitches, and join it into a circle.