ich represents the whole table-cover, the edge is formed
of the small subjects contained in the wide border and not of the
little stars. The Gobelin stitches in the centre of fig. 337, are in
dark green, the star stitches and the stroke stitches on the outside in
red. The wide border consists of stars, every other row of which, is
worked in red; the intermediate rows, successively, in blue, green, and
yellow. The corners are composed of four detached stars, framed by a row
of stroke stitches, one red and one blue, alternately. This line skirts
both sides of the border, and forms the base to the quaint figures, that
terminate the design and which can be worked in all the colours used for
the inside.

[Illustration: FIG. 337. SMALL DETACHED SUBJECT OF FIG. 340.]

[Illustration: FIG. 338. OUTER BORDER OF FIG. 340.]

[Illustration: FIG. 339. MIDDLE OF FIG. 340.]

The original of our illustration, which is on fine Rhodes linen, in
Coton a broder D.M.C No. 25, is only a small table-cover; for a larger
one, if you wish strictly to adhere to the pattern, Java or Ceylon linen
will be the best material to select, with Coton a tricoter D.M.C No. 12,
for the stroke stitches and Coton a repriser No. 25 for the Gobelin
stitches.

[Illustration: FIG. 340. TABLE-COVER IN GOBELIN AND STROKE STITCH.
MATERIALS.--According to the stuff: Coton a tricoter D.M.C Nos. 6 to 16,
Coton a broder D.M.C Nos. 16 to 35, Coton a repriser D.M.C Nos. 12, 25,
50, Fil a pointer D.M.C Nos. 10 to 30, or Cordonnet 6 fils D.M.C Nos. 3
to 20.[A] COLOURS: Rouge-Cornouille 450, Vert-Pistache 319,
Violet-Lie-de-vin 372, Jaune-Rouille 364, Bleu-Indigo 322.[A]]

FOOTNOTES:

[A] See at the end of the concluding chapter, the table of numbers and
sizes and the list of colours of the D.M.C threads and cottons.

[Illustration: INSERTION--PLAIN STITCHES AND OVERS]

Knitting.

Knitting is one of the earliest forms of needlework, and one, which has
been carried to the highest perfection. It would be difficult to invent
new stitches or patterns and, we shall therefore confine ourselves to
describing the stitches in general use, and reproducing those of the old
patterns we consider the most useful, that our readers may make their
own selection.

In former days, knitting served mainly for the manufacture of stockings,
and even now, in spite of machines, handknit stockings, and numberless
other useful and ornamental articles, such as shawls, counter