In these days of homoeopathy, when the love of cold water is on the
increase (as indeed it is high time it was), and while the means for
thorough ablution are not perhaps as yet so extensively patronised as
they deserve to be, we all know the destruction occasioned to that
part of the paper which is immediately above the washhand-stand. Now
we would propose a Splash Cloth, in crochet, of this or any similar
design, to be worked in very coarse cotton, such as Brooks' Great
Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 16, lined with glazed
calico to match the hangings, and suspended above the washhand-stand.
It will be a pretty decoration, perfectly preventing the injury
usually occurring to the walls, readily washed, and always new.

As fine cotton decreases the dimensions of a piece of work, so thicker
cotton, with a hook proportionately large, _increases_ its size. The
number of the cotton chosen should depend on the size of the stand.
No. 40, it will be remembered, will work it about half a yard long.

When used to cover a cushion, the cushion itself should be of a colour
to match with the hangings, and the crochet work is to be tacked
lightly over it at each edge.

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TOILET COVER IN CROCHET.

[Illustration: TOILET COVER IN CROCHET]