_Pattern No. 5. Berlin wool._

_Make a chain of 160 st.i.tches, or 100 for double Berlin wool. Colours, 4 shades of green, 4 of scarlet, 4 of stone, and white._

1st pattern--Open crochet, 3 treble, 3 chain, miss 3.

1st row--Darkest green.

2nd row--3rd shade of green, working the 3 treble st.i.tches in the 3 chain of the last row.

3rd row--2nd shade of green.

4th row--1st shade of green.

2nd pattern, No. 5.

1st row--Darkest stone and darkest scarlet.

2nd row--3rd shades of stone and scarlet.

3rd row--2nd shades of stone and scarlet.

4th row--1st shades of stone and scarlet.

5th row--White. This is the ground of the stripe.

6th row--1st shade of green and white.

7th row--2nd shade and white.

8th row--3rd shade and white.

9th row--4th shade and white.

10th row--Same as 9th.

11th row--Same as 8th.

12th row--Same as 7th.

13th row--Same as 6th.

14th row--As 5th.

15th row--As 4th.

16th row--As 3rd.

17th row--As 2nd.

18th row--As 1st.

Then work the open pattern again, and repeat until square.

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Half-Square Shawl.

_Plain Crochet. Double Chene wool of various colors and black. Make a chain of 3 st.i.tches._

1st row--Work 2 st.i.tches in 1 at the beginning of the row; work the rest plain at the end of the row; leave 7 inches of wool for the fringe. In commencing a row the ends must be worked under for a few st.i.tches.

Pattern--1 row black and 2 chene. Increase until there are 350 st.i.tches; then loop in a fringe to correspond with the other side.

Another Shawl.

_3 Shades of Violet, 3 of Stone, and White._

Increase as the last, and work 1 row of each shade.

Crochet Shoes.

_Berlin wool, pattern No. 6._

The shoes must be worked from a paper pattern the size required.

Commence at the toe, and increase by working 2 st.i.tches in 1 at the beginning and end of the row until sufficiently deep. For the sides work about a third of the front.

Gold color and French blue for the ground, and 3 shades of each for the pattern.

1st row--2 st.i.tches of blue and 2 of gold.

2nd row--Gold.

3rd row--Gold and dark blue.

4th row--2nd shade of blue and gold.

5th row--3rd shade of blue and gold.

6th row--Gold color, repeat from 1st row.

The next pattern the same, except the ground is blue, and the spots shades of gold.

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