e of
tightness, for all the beauty of the work depends upon its evenness
and regularity. This pattern may be extended to any size, and would
look very well if the flowers were sewn in pale pink ingrain cotton,
and the fretwork in white cotton.

[Illustration: NETTED WINDOW CURTAIN.]

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A FLOWER VASE SCREEN, FOR CONCEALING A FLOWER-POT OR BASIN WITH
FLOWERS.

MATERIALS.--4 shades of Green Wool, the lightest almost a pale Lemon, 1
skein only of this, and 3 each of the darkest; 5 shades of Pink, 2
skeins of each, all 4-thread Berlin Wool; 3 yards of ordinary sized
skirt cord, the size of blind cord.

D.c. 14 stitches over the end of the cord with the darkest green,
unite; now work 2 d.c. into every loop; the next row the same; from
this row increase as may be required, working 4 rows of darkest green,
4 rows of next shade, 3 rows of next shade, in all 11 rows; there must
by 154 stitches in the outside row.

Fasten off the cord neatly, and with darkest shade of green, work 21
d.c. stitches; now turn on reverse side, and work 21 rows of ridged
crochet, which is done by working into the lower loop instead of the
upper one, and omitting at the end of every row the 1 ch. which in
ordinary ridged crochet prevents it decreasing, but by omitting this 1
ch. these 21 d.c. stitches will be decreased to a point; work 6 rows
of the 2 darkest shades, and 9 of the lightest of the 3 shades: make 7
of these points, but be careful, in joining on every shade, that the
knots are concealed, and run in the last end very neatly. With the
lightest green of the 3 shades, commence on the wrong side of the mat,
begin on the first dark ridge of the point, make 5 ch., d.c. on every
ridge, but d.c. into the point, make 5 ch., d.c. into same loop, then
5 ch., d.c. on every ridge till the last, then crochet into the 1st
ridge of next point, without making any chain between.

_Palest Green_.--D.c. into centre of 2nd 5 ch. from the bottom of the
point, 5 ch., d.c. into centre of every 5 ch. till the point, then
d.c. in centre of top, 5 ch., 5 ch., d.c. into same, then work down
till within the last ch. of 5, omit this, and d.c. in 2nd ch. of 5
from the bottom of next point.

1st row.--_Darkest Pink_: Make 41 ch., turn back, 1 l. into 9th loop
from hook, * 3 ch., 1 l. into 4th loop, repeat from * 7 times more, in
all 9 spaces.

2nd: Turn on reverse side, 3 l. under the 3 ch., 1 ch., repeat at the
po