LOUNGING CAP.
MATERIALS..—Six skeins of bright scarlet Berlin wool; 5 shades of green ditto, 6 skeins each; 12 skeins of black, and 4 of gray; 4 skeins of white, and 4 of gray floss silk, or filoselle. A handsome shaded tassel, and a ball of crochet cord.
The whole of this cap is worked in s.c., over the cord. Begin with the band round the head, by working 240 stitches with black wool, on the cord, and closing into a round.
2nd round: (Black and gray wool) X 2 black and 2 gray alternately, X all round.
3rd: (Black wool, white silk) X 1 b., 3 w., X all round.
4th: Black all round.
5th: Scarlet all round.
6th: (Scarlet and darkest green) X 2 s., 4 g., 42 s., X 5 times.
7th: (Scarlet, same green, and white) X 2 s., 5 g., 6 s., 3 w., 9 s., 3 g., 16 s., 2 w., 2 s., X 5 times.
8th: (Scarlet, second darkest green, black, and white) X 2 s., 2 g., 1 b., 3 g., 4 s., 5 w., 4 s., 2 g., 1 s., 3 g., 5 s., 4 g., 4 s., 3 w., 1 s., 3 w., 1 s., 3 w., 1 s., X 5 times.