se on next, 8 white, 3 cerise (the second over 1
cerise), 8 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.

11th: X 1 cerise on next, 6 white, 3 cerise, 1 white, 1 cerise, 1
white, 3 cerise, 6 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.

12th: X 1 cerise in next, 6 white, 11 cerise, 6 white, 1 cerise. 3 in
1, X 6 times.

Next shade of cerise.

13th: X 1 cerise in next, 5 white, 5 cerise, 2 white, 1 cerise, 2
white, 5 cerise, 5 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.

14th: X 1 cerise in next, 7 white, 3 cerise, * 1 white, 2 cerise, *
twice, 1 white, 3 cerise, 7 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, x 6 times.
15th: X 1 cerise in next, 11 white, 3 cerise, 1 white, 3 cerise, 11
white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.

16th (Lightest cerise): X 1 cerise in the same stitch as the last 3,
13 white, 2 cerise, 1 white, 1 cerise, 1 white, 2 cerise, 13 white, 4
cerise in 1, X 6 times.

17th: X 1 cerise in the next, 16 white, 3 cerise (over 1 w., 1 c., 1
w.), 16 white, 1 cerise, 3 in 1, X 6 times.

[Illustration: LAMP MAT.]

18th: X 1 cerise on next, 18 white, 1 cerise, 18 white, 1 cerise, 3
cerise in 1, X 6 times.

19th: X 1 cerise in next, 39 white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6
times.

20th: X 1 cerise in 1, 2 white, * 2 cerise, 3 white, * 7 times, 2
cerise, 2 white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.

21st: X 1 cerise in next, * 3 white, 2 cerise, * 8 times (the white
over white, the cerise over cerise), 3 white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1,
X 6 times.

22nd: X 1 cerise in next, 3 white, * 1 cerise, 2 white over 2
cerise, 1 cerise, 1 white, * 8 times, 2 more white, 1 cerise, 3
cerise in 1, X 6 times.

23rd: X 1 cerise in next, 3 white, * 1 cerise, 4 white, * 8 times, 1
cerise, 3 white, 1 cerise, 3 cerise in 1, X 6 times.

24th: Entirely cerise, working 3 in 1 at all the 6 points.

25th: White and cerise alternately, a single stitch of each, with 3 in
1 at the points.

26th: All cerise, increasing, as before, at the corners.

This completes the centre of the mat. Now cover six of the rings with
the darkest cerise, 12 with the lightest, 12 with the second lightest,
and 24 with white. They are to be done in s.c. The darkest are sewed
in the centre of each side of hexagon, with a white at each side, and
two more (joined together) above it. The lightest cerise are placed at
the points the two being joined together, and one to the mat. These
form the extreme points, and the other twelve are placed to connect
the lightest rings with the white. The sho