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for which this scarf is intended, will be found in the London and Paris fashions of No. 126 of the _Lady's Newspaper_. * * * * * NETTING 45. A KNITTING-BAG. _Materials--Raworth's crochet-thread No. 40; a reel of pink cotton of the same size, or two pieces of white and two of pink netting-silk; three silk pink and white tassels; two yards and a half of silk bag-cord; half-a-yard of pink sarsnet; three meshes cornucopia gauge of No. 1, No. 6, and one No. 11; two netting-needles; and a piece of cane used for drawn bonnets_. Set on 71 stitches with No. 1 mesh, join the round in pink cotton.--_No_. 11 _mesh_. Net 4 rounds of alternate white and pink.--* _No_. 1 _mesh (white cotton). 2_ plain rounds.--_No. 6 mesh_. Take 2 of the preceding row together in pink cotton; 1 plain round, same cotton and mesh.--_No_. 1 _mesh (white cotton_). Make 2 stitches in each stitch of the preceding row; 1 round plain, same cotton and mesh.--_No_. 11 _mesh (pink cotton_). Net 5 plain rounds; recommence from * twice; finish top of bag by 3 plain rows in white of No. 6 mesh, for the cords to pass through; 2 plain rows in pink of No. 11 mesh; last row, double pink cotton, with No. 1 mesh. Take the half-yard of sarsnet, join it up neatly, make 3 runners the width of the cane, the first at three inches from the bottom, the second at two inches from the first, and the third two inches from the second; run a piece of cane ten inches long in the first runner, another piece of sixteen inches and a half long in the second runner, and one of eleven inches and a half long in the third runner; tack each of these bands of cane to the 5 rows of fine netting to form the shape, close up the bottom, and place a tassel; run the cord round the top of bag, and fasten a tassel to each end. * * * * * NETTING 48. VASE-STAND. _Materials--Shaded green, shaded scarlet, and shaded amber Berlin wool; meshes Nos. 1, 4, and 8_. With scarlet make a foundation of 25 loops on mesh No. 4; join and net 1 round on mesh No. 8; fasten on the green; net 2 loops in 1; then net 3 rounds more with green, without increasing; fasten on the scarlet; net 1 round on mesh No. 4, 2 on mesh No. 8, 1 on mesh No. 4, and 2 on mesh No. 8; fasten on the green; net 6 loops in every loop on mesh No. 1; net 1 round with amber on mesh No. 8; fasten on the scarlet wool in the fourth round from edge,
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