. Godey's lady's book . d 2 ch. 16th.—* dc, under ch, 4 ch, dc under same,* repeat this under every chain. 17th.—Sc under ch, * 3 ch, sc under nextchain, * all round. This mat supports the plate. Put a string inthe centre, and tie it into a loop, long enoughto go over your foot; then work the nettedpart, doing two stitches under every chain of about four inches in honeycomb, goingbackwards and forwards ; then plain netting,decreasing by taking two together every 8thstitch ; in the next row but one, every 7th; inthe next but one every 6th ; and so on, untilonly about 40 stitches are left
. Godey's lady's book . d 2 ch. 16th.—* dc, under ch, 4 ch, dc under same,* repeat this under every chain. 17th.—Sc under ch, * 3 ch, sc under nextchain, * all round. This mat supports the plate. Put a string inthe centre, and tie it into a loop, long enoughto go over your foot; then work the nettedpart, doing two stitches under every chain of about four inches in honeycomb, goingbackwards and forwards ; then plain netting,decreasing by taking two together every 8thstitch ; in the next row but one, every 7th; inthe next but one every 6th ; and so on, untilonly about 40 stitches are left, which are eithersewed to a piece of broad tape (one-half to eachend) or worked on a band of crochet, thus :— Do a row of sc, inserting the hook everytime under one stitch of netting, till you have taken up half the stitches ; work backwardsand forwards closely in sc for an inch and ahalf; then join to the remaining half of thestitches. This crochet band is used to suspendthe net over a nail. •4 •?• » ». m EMBEOIDERY.
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