OTTOMAN COVER.
MATERIALS:.—Brooks' Goat's-head Netting Cotton, Nos. 30 and 36; Embroidering, No. 40; Steel Mesh, No. 12, and Steel Netting Needle. For the upper side of the cushion use No. 36 Cotton, and commence with one stitch, and make one at the end of every row until you have 83 loops on your mesh; then decrease one at the end of every row until you have only one left; then fasten off; then darn it with Embroidering Cotton, No. 40, according to the engraving, always taking care that there are the same number of threads in every square, and that the threads all run the same way, making as few breaks in the cotton as possible; in fastening off, or beginning again, always let it be on the under-side, that the ends may not be seen. Then for the under-side of the cushion, make another piece exactly similar to the other one in size, but with a thicker cotton, No. 30. The two pieces must then be joined together, and placed upon a cushion stuffed with wool and covered with a dark purple, crimson, or green velvet; the whole afterwards finished with a thick twisted cord in two colours, with massive tassels at the corners to match.
THE PINE COUVRETTE, FOR A MUSIC STOOL, IN CROCHET.
MATERIALS..—Eight reels of Brooks' Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 8; crochet hook, No. 18.
This couvrette is begun in the centre, and worked round and round, the thread never being broken off but when it is so mentioned in the receipt.
Make a chain of 6; close it into a round, on which do 8 s.c. stitches.
2nd round: X 1 d.c. under a stitch (taking up both sides of the chain), 2 ch., miss none, X 8 times. Close the round with a slip stitch on the first d.c.