Crochet counterpanes should be laid over one of the American patent
quilted coverlets, which have recently been sold in London, and for
invalids, especially, are so extremely comfortable.

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TIDY IN SQUARE CROCHET.

MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton,
No. 14: Walker's Penelope Crochet-hook, No. 21/2.

[Illustration: TIDY IN SQUARE CROCHET. ]

Make a chain of 289 stitches, which will form ninety-nine squares;
with this cotton and hook it will measure twenty-five inches; the
pattern must be worked from the engraving, and may be increased in
size by using a coarser cotton and thicker hook.

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ARABESQUE TOILET-COVER IN SQUARE CROCHET.

[Illustration: ARABESQUE TOILET-COVER IN SQUARE CROCHET.]

This pattern should be worked in Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize
Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, exactly to the size of the top of the
table, in rather thick cotton, to make it look massive, and to retain
its form; the edging must be worked in blue beads in crochet to the
pattern, and a number of beads given exactly to go round the table and
to hang down, and finished with a tassel at each corner.

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COVER FOR A HADROT LAMP.

MATERIALS.--Half-a-dozen skeins of each of seven shades of green wool,
and four of scarlet ditto. A fine netting-needle, four
knitting-needles, No. 14, and the same of No. 16.

With the darkest green wool cast on 96 stitches on each of three of
the coarsest knitting-needles (that is, 288 altogether), and close
into a round.

1st round: Plain knitting.

[Illustration: COVER FOR A HADROT LAMP.]

2nd: * knit 1, make 1, knit 6, knit 3 together, knit 6, make 1, * 18
times.

3rd: Plain knitting.

4th: Change to the darkest scarlet, and repeat the second round.

5th: Knit 7, * knit 3 together, knit 13, * 17 times; knit 3 together,
knit 6.

6th: * knit 1, make 1, knit 5, knit 3 together, knit 5, make 1, * 18
times.

7th: Plain knitting.

8th: Change to the next shade of green, and repeat the 6th round.

9th: Knit 6, * knit 3 together, knit 11, * 17 times; knit 3 together,
knit 5.

10th: * knit 1, make 1, knit 4, knit 3 together, knit 4, make 1, * 18
times.

11th: Plain knitting.

12th: Change to the next shade of scarlet, and repeat the 10th round.

13th: Knit 5, * knit 3 together, knit 9, * 17 times; knit 3 togethe