LAMP MAT, IN CROCHET.
MATERIALS..—6 skeins of white netting silk, and 3 skeins each of four shades of cerise ditto, the darkest being almost brown, and the lightest a rich and brilliant cerise. A hank of rather large steel beads, a string of short square steel bugles, and 1 oz. of fluted ditto, 1/2 inch long. A skein of rather fine white cotton cord, and 54 rings. Tapered, indented crochet-hook, No. 22. Begin with the darkest cerise, and do not change until the directions require it.
1st round: With this silk work 8 s.c. on the end of the cord, and form into a round, after which 6 s.c. to secure it.
2nd (Cerise and white): X 1 cerise in the same stitch as the last, 1 white, 2 cerise in 1, x 6 times.
3rd: X 1 cerise worked in the same stitch as the last two, 3 white, 2 cerise in one, X 6 times.
4th: Like 3rd, with 5 white instead of 3.
5th: X 1 cerise in the same stitch as the last two, 7 white, 4 cerise in 1, X 6 times.
6th: X 1 cerise in the same as the last four, 11 white (the last 2 being over 2 cerise), 4 cerise in one, X 6 times.
7th: X 1 cerise on the next stitch, 13 white, 1 cerise on 1, 3 on the centre one of 5, X 6 times.
8th: Like 7th, with 15 white. Change to the next shade of cerise.