d.c. 2 ch., miss 1, 4 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 6 d.c., 3 ch., X.

20th: Begin and end as usual. X 2 d.c. on 1, 5 d.c. on 5, 2 ch., miss
2, 6 d.c. on 6, 2 ch., miss 2, 3 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 12 d.c., 2 ch.,
miss 1, 5 d.c., 3 ch., X.

21st: Begin and end as usual, X 9 d.c. 3 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c., 2 ch.,
miss 2, 3 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 1 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 4 d.c., 2 ch.,
miss 2, 4 d.c., 2 d.c. in 1, 3 ch., X.

22nd: Begin and end as usual. X 10 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c., 2 ch.,
miss 2, 3 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 7 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 5 d.c., 2 d.c.
in 1, 3 ch., X.

23rd: Begin and end as usual. X 2 d.c. in 1, 11 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 12
d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 7 d.c., 2 ch, miss 2, 6 d.c., 2 d.c. in 1, 3 ch., *.

24th: Break off the thread in this and the following round, and begin
at the beginning of a division of the octagon, instead of at the last
stitch as hitherto. X 14 d.c., beginning on the _second_ in the
division, 2 ch., miss 2, 8 d c., 2 ch., miss 2, 9 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2,
7 d.c., 3 ch., d.c. on the centre of the 3 chain of last round, 3 ch.,
X. [Work in the ends of cotton as you go on, and slip on the first
stitch at the end of every round.]

25th: X miss the first d.c. of the last row, 1 _diminished_ stitch on
the two next, 12 d.c., 2 ch., miss 2, 12 d.c., X 2 ch., miss 2, 4
d.c., * twice; 1 diminished stitch on the next 2, ** 2 ch., miss 1, 1
d.c., ** 4 times, 2 ch., X.