sixty-seven stitches. Repeat these, backwards and forwards, until
a square is done, of as many holes up the sides as along the width.
Remove the foundation, and add either a crochet-bead border all round,
or a netted one. The bead border makes the shape more solid; the
netted one is certainly lighter, and the following is very pretty:--

With a mesh three times the size 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 of each of seven stitches, miss one stitch of the
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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ROUND COUVERETTE FOR AN EASY CHAIR OR SOFA.

1st round: 9 ch., unite; 3 ch., this forms 1 l. stitch; under this
circle work 24 l., that is, including the 3 ch., which reckon as "1
l.;" in fastening off this round, simply insert the hook through the
3rd loop of 3 ch., draw the cotton through, cut it off, draw it down
at the back, and tie it in a neat and secure knot.

2nd: Be careful not to begin in any row in the same place where the
previous row was terminated. 2 l. into every loop of last row; there
should be 48 l.

3rd: 1 l. into every loop, with 1 ch. between each.

4th and 5th: 1 l. upon every l., with 2 ch. between each.

6th: Commence upon a l. stitch, * 2 l. into 1 loop, 5 ch., miss 2
loops, repeat from * 3 times more, then 3 ch., miss 2 loops, 10 l., 3
ch., miss 2 loops, repeat.

7th: * 2 l. into the 3rd loop of the 5 ch.; 5 ch., repeat from * twice
more, then 10 l. on l., repeat.

8th: 3 d.c. stitches, the 1