red, indented_"
crochet-hooks.

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ANTI-MACASSAR.

MATERIALS.--Four reels of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize
Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 8, 1 ditto, No. 4, 4 ounces of
turquoise blue beads.

The anti-macassar of which we give a representation in the engraving
is intended to fit the top of a library chair. One half only is seen.
A similar piece of crochet is to be made and sewed to it, the
two forming a sort of bag, which is slipped over the back of the
chair. It is a great improvement on the old-fashioned anti-macassar,
as it is not liable to be displaced. A border is added to the front of
it, the pattern of which is made in beads (in the style of the
bassinet quilt, page 24). This, from its weight, serves to keep the
anti-macassar from shifting, and is finished with a handsome fringe.
Spotted muslin, or any similar material, may be used for the back of
the anti-macassar, instead of crochet, for those who would prefer
saving themselves the trouble of working the second piece.

[Illustration: ANTI-MACASSAR.]

The upper part may be worked from the engraving, being done in square
crochet, for which we have already given full directions. Make a chain
of 277 stitches. Do one row of double crochet; then work from
the engraving, beginning with that row which is in open square
crochet, except the first and last squares, which are close. When you
come to the diminished part, begin the row thus:--Miss 1, slip on the
2nd, single crochet on the 3rd, double crochet on the 4th. Reverse the
process at the end of the row. This diminishes the row one square at
each end. Some few rows narrow the squares at each end. In that case
miss 4 at the beginning and end, instead of one. Work in the ends as
you go on. This part of the anti-macassar uses three reels of cotton.
Thread the blue beads on the 4th, No. 8 reel, and work the borders.

Begin by a row of single crochet on the _wrong_ side, on the
foundation chain. All the subsequent rows are done on the same side.
Begin every row with two plain stitches, beside those in the pattern.

1st pattern row: X 2 plain, 2 beads, 5 plain, 2 beads, 14 plain X
repeat to the end in this and every future row.

2nd: X 1 plain, 1 bead, 2 plain, 3 beads, 1 plain, 3 beads, 14 plain
X.

3rd: X 1 plain, 1 bead, 2 plain, 1 bead, 2 plain, 3 beads, 15 plain X.

4th: X 2 plain, 7 beads, 1 plain, 1 bead, 14 plain X.

5th: X 4 plain, 4 beads, 3 plain, 1