needle off the loop,
insert it at the corner of second round, and draw the loop through,
then 4 s.c. under the remainder of the circle, 1 s.c. on ch. between;
X 4 s.c. under next eyelet-hole, miss 2 on the second round, insert
the hook in the third, draw the loop through, and work 4 more under
the ch.; X repeat, allowing 3 between, except at the corners.

4th: S.c. (putting the hook under both sides of the chain) at the top
of an eyelet-hole, X 5 ch., s.c. in the same way under the centre of
the next, X all round, with 6 ch. at the corners.

5th: X 1 d.c., 1 ch., miss 1, X all round, not missing any at the
corners.

6th: S.c. all round, with two stitches in one at the corners.

MOTTO BORDERS.--For these use Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize
Goat's-head Cotton, No. 12, on which the beads must be strung before
beginning to work. The borders are done entirely in s.c., the beads
being dropped on, according to the pattern, _on the wrong side_, this
_wrong_ side being the _right_ when beads are used in crochet. The
ends have 241 chain each: the sides, 397. The pattern occupies 55
rows, and the squares at the corners have 55 chain, and the same
number of rows.

The motto borders and corners are all worked separately, and
afterwards sewed together. When completed, the eyelet-hole border is
again added all round, and the counterpane then only requires a deep
open border.

This quilt would be very handsome, if worked in coarser cotton, for a
full-sized bed. The small diamonds in the centre would thus be
increased in size, and a sufficient number should be done to form a
middle just three times the dimensions of that now given. The borders
should be worked in open square crochet instead of s.c.; the pattern
and letters in close squares on an open ground. It would for this
purpose, be requisite to make the chains of three times the number of
stitches, and one over: 724 for the ends, 1,192 for the sides, and 166
for the corners. In other respects the counterpane might be worked
exactly from the instructions.

The family coat-of-arms and crest, correctly drawn, would make a very
handsome centre for a counterpane in crochet. Where a quilt is done in
square crochet, it should be laid over one of the new patent wadded
counterpanes of a colour appropriate to the furniture of the room, as
this displays the work to great advantage.

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DEEP BORDER FOR BASSINET QUILT.

MATERIALS.--Bro