It looks well if worked upon white instead of black satin; and if the
former is used, it is advisable to have plate-glass as a protection to
the needlework.

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[Illustration: No. 1. FRONT FOR LADY'S CABINET.]

[Illustration: No. 2 COVER FOR CAKE-BASKET.]

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NETTING.

2. COVER FOR CAKE-BASKET.

_Materials--Raworth's crochet-thread No. 40, darning-cotton No. 12,
meshes Nos. 4 and 9, cornucopia gauge_.


With the crochet-thread make a foundation by netting 33 loops on the
large mesh, join and net 6 rounds on mesh No. 9, then on mesh No. 4 net
4 loops in one, missing every alternate loop; net 7 rounds on mesh No.
9, then on the large mesh net 4 loops in one, missing, as before,
every alternate loop; net 15 rounds on the small mesh, net 4 loops in
every alternate loop on the large mesh, then net 24 rounds on mesh No.
9; (a) net 24 loops, then net back, leaving the last of the 24 loops: