of the pattern; we, therefore, recommend No. 70: but, of
course, it is optional to use coarser.

In No. 70 Cotton, about 6 patterns, besides the border, will make a
curtain two yards wide; but in No. 40, not more than five patterns
would be required.

The border should be worked at each edge, which may very easily be
done by working backwards from the centre of the last pattern, to the
edge. It is not necessary to work a border at the top of the curtains.

Each pattern contains 61 squares or 183 stitches; the border 45
squares or 135 stitches; reckoning from the extreme edge to the
straight line 8 squares, which occurs in every scroll between the
patterns. For 6 patterns and 2 borders, therefore, 1,368 stitches
would be required for a foundation, with the one over, always needed
in square crochet. In working the border along the bottom, care must
be taken completely to reverse it at the centre, that is, after 3
patterns, otherwise the corner would not be found to go right.

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KNITTED LACE FOR CURTAINS, &c.

MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord,
No, 40. Penelope Hook. Cast on twelve stitches.

1st row: Slip 1, knit 3, make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the
slip stitch over, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2.

2nd: Knit 3, purl 8, knit 2.

3rd: Slip 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 1,
knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3.

4th: Knit 6, purl 8, knit 2.

5th: Slip 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 4, make 1, knit 2
together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together.

6th: Knit 2, purl 1, knit 1, purl 1, knit 3, purl 8, knit 2.

7th: Slip 1, knit 2 together, make l, knit 4, knit 2 together, make 1,
knit 1, make 1, knit 8.

8th: Cast off seven, knit 1, purl 8, knit 2. Repeat for the length
required.

[Illustration: WINDOW CURTAIN.]

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[Illustration: WINDOW CURTAIN AND STOVE APRON.]

WINDOW CURTAIN AND STOVE APRON.

MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord,
No. 40, with a suitable Crochet Hook.

The number of stitches in this curtain must depend, of course, on the
width of the window for which it is intended. Each pattern requires a
foundation of 102 chain stitches; and the borders at the sides 57
chain each. As there will be about 560 stitches in a yard, or very
nearly five patterns and one border, it will be easy to