int, work 9 l., 2 ch., 6 more l. under same space, then 1 ch., 3 l.
under the 3 ch., repeat; at the end cut off the wool.

3rd: With next shade commence on same side as 1st row, 1 l. between
each long, but after every 3rd l., make 1 ch. at the point, and
between each of the 6 l., make 1 l., 1 ch., then under the 2 ch., make
1 l., 3 ch., 1 more l. under same, then work the same as the half just
completed.

4th.--_Next Shade_: With same colour, inclose some white wire drawn
from ribbon wire, thus--between each l. stitch, and under each 1 ch.,
work 1 d.c. stitch with the wire between, first bending the end of the
wire to prevent it slipping, but over the point work 2 d.c. under each
1 ch., and under the 3 ch., work 3 d.c.; now work the remaining half,
and d.c. along the bottom, still enclosing the wire to the side where
this row was commenced, twist the 2 ends of the wire together, after
pulling it into shape.

5th: Great care must be taken in working this row not to bend the
work; next shade, 1 l. on 1st d.c. stitch at the side, 3 ch., * 1 l.
into successive loops for 4 times, 3 ch., repeat from *, be careful
that a 3 ch. comes at the point; this row will end as it was begun;
then crochet along the bottom.

6th.--_Next Shade_: 2 l. under the 1st 3 ch., 3 ch., 2 more l. under
same; repeat this 6 times more, then repeat the same over the point,
but for 5 times make 5 ch. instead of 3. Now sew these pink points up
at the side, joining them for 6 times by the chain of 3, slipping the
wool on from chain to chain; now pin each green point on to the part
of the pink which is sewed together, stretching each green point as
high as possible; then sew these green points at about the second
shade of green, on to the pink, as in engraving.

[Illustration: BREAD CLOTH.]

MATERIALS.--Three reels of Brooks' No. 24, and two of No. 16, Great
Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton. A hook suitable for the
fine number.

The octagon shape is one extremely well adapted for bread baskets, as
well as for papier-mache trays of the usual forms; but it requires a
little nicety to produce even edges at the sloping sides. The way it
is done is this. The whole pattern, it will be perceived, is done in
square crochet, and in the increasing sides a close square is added
at each end. This is done by making one chain extra at the beginning
and end of the first row of d.c. 2nd row: 1 ch., 2 d.c. on the chain,
and 2 on the first d.c. at the co