872 



THE nousEnoLD. 



3. Catch the thread in the same stitch as the preceding row and * make 

 nine trebles in the middle of the first shell of the second row, single crochet 

 into the single crochet at the end of the first shell in second row. Eepeat 

 from *. 



4. Like second row. 



5. Like third row. 



Scissor Case nncl Needle Cushion. — This is a neat Uttle case intended 

 to hang upon the wall near the sewing machine or work table. Our pattern 

 is made up of browu silk, and finished with three rows of cords. The cords 

 are also stitched on as finish for the pockets, which are sewn on the case 



itself. Cut from the 

 illustration a patt-eru 

 in pasteboard and a 

 similar one in silk, 

 allo'\\Tng a margin to 

 turn in. To make it 

 more substantial line 

 the silk with thin 

 muslin. The back can 

 be covered witb cam- 

 bric to match the color 

 of the silk. The needle 

 cushion measures 

 three inches across, 

 lined with muslin, 

 and drawn in at the 

 edge with a small 

 cord to give it the 

 proper curve; fill with 

 emery, fine sand, or 

 wool, il preferred. 



Tiil»le Mnls. — 



Make a chain of 

 twenty-five stitches. 



DC. all ai-ound to 

 the beginning and 

 turn the work. Tlierc 

 is one stitch upon the 

 hook; put the hook 

 back through the last loop through which the cotton was drawn, put the 

 cotton over the hook and draw it through that loop alone; then put the cot- 

 ton over the hook and draw through the two loops upon the hook— DC. the 

 row of loops on the back side of the mat to the end. 



Crochet twice in each of the throe adjoining loops .at the end— DC. to the 

 other end. Crochet twice in each of the two adjoming loops at that end, 

 bringing the ends of the fii-st row around the mat together. 



Bring the cotton in front of the hook which has upon it one loop, put the 

 hook through a loop at the t nd of this row where it commenced, and draw 

 the cotton through the two loops upon the hook joining the row. 



Turn the work over, put the hook back through the last loop that the 

 cotto« wae drawu through, put the cotton over the hook, draw through that 



SCISSOR CASE AND NEEDLE CUSHION. 



