t petal work down the chain as follows: 1 d.c.; 4
long, join to 8th d.c. from where you joined the 1st d.c.; 3 long, 1
d.c., fasten off. Make 7 more. Joining each as you make them.

_h_. With cotton No. 16 and hook 3, 15 chain, 1 s.c. in 1st stitch:
then in loop; 24 d.c., * 1 d.c. on d.c., 7 chain, miss 2, repeat * 7
times more, then in each 7 chain, 9 d.c., except the last, which work
as follows: 5 d.c. join to 3rd point of _g_, 4 d.c. in same 7 chain.

The next _h_, join in the same manner to point of _f_ make sufficient
to go round, joining alternately to _g_'s and _f_s.

_i_. With cotton No. 14 and hook 3, ** 1 s.c. on 5th d.c. of 1st
division of _h_, * 5 chain, 1 s.c. in next division, repeat * 5 times
more, 9 chain join to next point of _g_ "9 chain," 1 s.c. in next
point of _g_, 9 chain, repeat ** from all round; d.c. all round, and
when you have come to the end of "9 chain" 4th d.c. join to the 9th
d.c.; * 7 chain, miss 2, 1 d.c. in next, * repeat 9 times the 10 and
11, join to the other side and fasten off.

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TOILET COVER IN SQUARE CROCHET.

MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton,
No. 36, with a fine hook.

The pattern for this toilet cover being so elaborate, it must be
worked in cotton not coarser than that we have indicated, if intended
for an ordinary toilet cover. Worked in a coarser material, No. 8 or
12, of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, it
would make a beautiful quilt for a small bed; and in some of the
coarser sizes of the knitting cord, a large counterpane might be
worked, and from the clear appearance this material presents, would
look very rich and handsome.

Like all square crochet, this design must be worked from the
engraving. The number of foundation chain for working it is 529,
reckoning the length, or 346 for the width, if that mode of working be
preferred as less cumbersome. It will not, however, answer so
well for a toilet cover, as the stitches would go the wrong way. For a
counterpane, on the contrary, it would be preferable.

[Illustration: TOILET COVER.]

For the border of a toilet cover, we should recommend one of the
patterns in bead work, found in other parts of this volume. For the
edge of a counterpane, nothing can be handsomer than the border and
fringe of the bassinet quilt.

It should be worked with the same cotton as the centre, and the fringe
a degree coarser.