. Godey's lady's book . va% 598 godeys ladys book and magazine. SOFA CUSHION, IN CROCHET, Materials.—8-thread black and white pearl wool; blue,crimson, green, and amber 8-thread wool, and any shortpieces of colors ; also a coarse hook ; cord and tassels. The cushion consists of stripes of variouscolors, arranged so as to harmonize with a lineof pearl wool between every two, and also allround the cushion. For this you begin andend with this wool, and afterwards work twolines, to join the other two sides of the square. With the pearl wool work a chain of seventystitches, and do one


. Godey's lady's book . va% 598 godeys ladys book and magazine. SOFA CUSHION, IN CROCHET, Materials.—8-thread black and white pearl wool; blue,crimson, green, and amber 8-thread wool, and any shortpieces of colors ; also a coarse hook ; cord and tassels. The cushion consists of stripes of variouscolors, arranged so as to harmonize with a lineof pearl wool between every two, and also allround the cushion. For this you begin andend with this wool, and afterwards work twolines, to join the other two sides of the square. With the pearl wool work a chain of seventystitches, and do one row forward and one back-ward, to make one pattern of this stitch. Joinon a colored wool, and work thirty rows, makingfifteen patterns ; then the two pearl-wool rowsagain, then another color, until you have fivecolored stripes and six narrow pearl a pearl line at the top and bottom. The pattern is worked in cross-stitch, which is done on this crochet as easily as on a large rug-needle and single-wool. Thezigzag line is in one color, brown or black, theflower in three shades o


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