card three inches wide, cut one end, and draw through the loop of
netting, and make four more tassels larger; over a card six inches
wide for the corners. Six squares measure one inch.

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OTTOMAN COVER.

IN SQUARE NETTING; THE PATTERN DIAMOND.

[Illustration: 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