Some other Pretty Corners.
Perhaps you would rather work another kind of corner. Six others are shown, any of which you would be able to manage, I am sure. For four of them, you do not have to cut any threads. The one with the cross in the middle, [Fig. 8], would be very quickly worked. The outer part of this is worked almost like the corner on the sachet, only there are no straight blocks in a row here, and you take 5 stitches over 5 threads for each block. Then you work 5 stitches over 5 threads each way into one hole in the middle for the centre cross.
[Fig. 9] is another little corner, just like the one on the sachet, only instead of cutting any threads, you fill up alternate squares with satin-stitch blocks.
Then the star pattern, [Fig. 10], is pretty and easy. You start by taking a stitch over 8 threads, then take one over 7, over 6, over 5, over 4, over 3, over 2. Now over 2 again, and so on, up to 8. Then start another row at right angles to the first, and two more rows in the same way. The long stitches in the middle are taken into the holes from which the short stitches were taken.
Another easy little design shows two straight rows of satin-stitch crossing two in opposite ways ([Fig. 11]).
Sometimes a few rows of blocks outside a design will improve it, and make it look bolder. This is the case with the open-work square, [Fig. 12]. A second row of blocks has been added outside the first, working the stitches the other way.
In the last open-work corner, [Fig. 13], 4 stitches are taken over 4 threads, and 5 over 8 threads, then 4 over 5 threads again, and so on. All the threads are then cut away, except the 4 in the middle of each side, and these are woven as usual.
Now set to work and see what you can do. After a little practice, you will probably be able to make up some corners for yourself, but until you are quite sure of the work, it is better to practise those I have shown you.
