whole afterwards finished with a thick twisted cord in two colours,
with massive tassels at the corners to match.

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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.

3rd: 1 s.c. on every chain stitch, and 2 s.c. on every d.c. in the
round.

4th: 3 ch., twist them, and continue as a d.c. stitch; X 3 ch., miss
3, 3 d.c., all on the second of the 2 s.c. worked on one in last row,
X 7 times; 3 ch., miss 3, 2 d.c. on last stitch of last row; slip on
the top of the three-twisted chain, which completes the round.