e of that used for the square, do one
entire round, with three stitches in one at the corners.

2nd round: With the small mesh. Miss the first stitch, net the second,
then the missed one, repeat all round.

3rd: X Net a stitch in each of seven stitches, miss one stitch of last
round, X repeat all round.

Observe, before doing this round, count the number of stitches; if
they cannot be divided by eight, add at the corners as many as may be
required. Supposing there are so many eights and five over, then three
more will be wanted, and one must be added (by doing two in one) in
each of the three corners.

4th: X 6 over seven, miss the long stitch, X repeat.

5th: X 5 over six, missing as before, X repeat.

6th: X 4 over five, as before, X repeat.

7th: X 3 over four, as before, X repeat.

8th: X 2 over three, as before, X repeat.

Before darning netting, wash it perfectly clean, stiffen it by dipping
it into a little gum-water, and pin it out on a pillow, in the proper
form, to dry. Then darn it with embroidery cotton, every square of the
pattern being closely filled up.

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SHORT PURSE, IN NETTING.

As the following specimen is done only in the ordinary netting stitch,
we do not think any particular explanation of the art of netting can
be needed by our readers, it being so universally known. Indeed, it
would be extremely difficult to teach the stitch by writing. Whenever
any stitch, except that used in common netting, may occur in any of
the following designs, we will endeavour to explain it as clearly as
possible.

MATERIALS.--Very fine crimson netting silk, and gold thread. Two steel
meshes are required, one about No. 15, and one No. 11. Eagle
card-board gauge.

Make a piece of foundation of 9 stitches, and join your silk in the
first.

1st round (small mesh). 1 stitch in every stitch of the foundation.

2nd: The same.

3rd: 2 stitches in every one of the previous round.

4th: A stitch in every one of the last round.

5th: X 2 stitches in the first, and one in the second, X 8 times.

6th: A stitch in every stitch.

7th: Increase eight stitches in the round, by doing two in one eight
times, taking care that the stitch increased is the one which precedes
the increased stitch of the last augmented round.

8th: Like 6th.

9th: Like 7th.

10th, 12th, 14th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd: Like 6th.

The intermediate rounds like the 7th. There ought now to