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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
and in successive rows until 
you have but seven stitches, 
as at first between the seams. 
This makes but one shell, and 
fifteen of them will be suffi¬ 
cient for the length of the 
wrist. Three of them can be 
continued up the back of the 
mitten if so desired. The 
thumb is started and the 
hand finished according to 
directions given for silk 
mittens in the Cabinet for 
August, ’84. M. L. T. 
CROCHET AND MEDALLION-BRAID EDGING. 
Child’s Skirt. 
Although you have recently published a pretty 
pattern for a knitted skirt, mine has been so much 'ad¬ 
mired that I venture to send it, especially as it differs 
from most patterns by forming of itself a deep pointed 
edge, and therefore requires no other finish. For a 
little girl five years old, I used cream white German¬ 
town yarn, and bone needles about the size of an 
ordinary slate pencil, and knit the skirt in two breadths 
which afterwards were sewed together and fastened to 
a band. The pattern is in elevens, and for one half the 
skirt you will need one hundred and twenty stitches. 
To set it up, make a loop and from this knit on the 
necessary number of stitches. It is quite important to 
make the stitches in this way so that the bottom points 
will shape nicely; knit once across plain and seam 
back. 
1st row—Knit one, 1.1. o. (put thread over as if to seam) 
knit three, slip one, narrow and bind the stitch obtained 
by narrowing with the one slipped off. Knit three, t. t. 
o.—knit one. 
2d row—Scam all the stitches. 
3d row—Same as the 1st. 
4th row—Seam all the stitches. 
5th row—Same as the 1st. 
6th row—Knit plain to give you one row of seam on 
the right side of the work. 
7th row—Seam. 
8th row—Knit plain and you will have now three 
rows of seam on the right side; this completes the pat¬ 
tern. Repeat it by beginning with 1st row—knit as 
deep as you wish in this way and complete the neces¬ 
sary length by simple garter stitch. Navy blue or car¬ 
dinal is very pretty for every day wear, as it is not as 
delicate as the white. Saxony yarn and finer needles 
should be used for a small child, and the. pattern is as 
pretty in the fine yarns as the heavy. 
S. A. Wray. 
Some very pretty edgings are made from medallion 
braid, which comes in different sizes for coarse and fine 
work, and is sold at nine cents a bunch. One of the 
prettiest patterns for crocheting it, is shown in our 
illustration. As it is represented full size, no explana¬ 
tion of the stitches will be necessary as they are SO' 
simple the pattern can be easily followed. 
Skate Bags. 
The straight bag shown in the illustration is intended 
for boys’ skates. It is made of dark green cloth or 
flannel, and a spray of holly embroided on in Ken¬ 
sington stitch with crewels. The leaves are worked in 
shades of green and the berries in bright red ; the 
initials on the flap are outlined with red. 
For an ordinary pair of skates make the bag fifteen 
inches long and eight inches wide, the length of the 
flap must be allowed on the back. After the front is 
embroidered baste chamois on the inside of it and also 
on the back piece. Cut an extra piece of chamois the 
same length and width of the front for a partition; bind 
the top of it and also the flaps with dark green braid- 
SKATE BAGS. 
