. Godey's lady's book . and slip the silk down so as tomake the rosettes stand up in little they are all done in this manner, cut offall the ends of silk close, work a row of doublecrochet at the top, and sew on the rings, drawwith quick strings of cord with tassels, anddraw up the bottom and sew on a tassel. The purse will also look very pretty made inblack silk with gold beads, and lined with gold-colored silk. The cord and tassels should match. 4 • » » » NETTED HAND SCREENS. Materials.—Skeins of blue silk, ten skeins gold thread,a half skein of claret and cerise silk, one and a
. Godey's lady's book . and slip the silk down so as tomake the rosettes stand up in little they are all done in this manner, cut offall the ends of silk close, work a row of doublecrochet at the top, and sew on the rings, drawwith quick strings of cord with tassels, anddraw up the bottom and sew on a tassel. The purse will also look very pretty made inblack silk with gold beads, and lined with gold-colored silk. The cord and tassels should match. 4 • » » » NETTED HAND SCREENS. Materials.—Skeins of blue silk, ten skeins gold thread,a half skein of claret and cerise silk, one and a half yardsof blue silk fringe, three yards of fancy cord to match(or, what looks still better, half the quantity of each oftwo different kinds). Frames, satin, and passementeriebandies. Use a steel mesh, and a fine netting-needle. On a foundation do six stitches ; close it intoa round by doing two stitches in the first; thenthe same in every one of the others. Therewill now be six short and six long stitches the round. Do two stitches in every shortstitch and one in every long one in the nextround. There will still be only six short, buttwelve long. In this way you will continue toincrease, by invariably working two in every 408 godeys ladys book and magazine. small stitcli, until there are 30 in each of thesix sides, when three or four rounds, withoutany increase, will probably suffice to fit theframe. When both the foundations are done, stretchthem on a piece of toile cir£, and darn themaccording to the design in the engraving. Thegold thread is used for all those parts whichare represented as perfectly white : a line isdarned on each side of the close line, so thatthe radiating bars of the hexagon are open diamonds and small spots are in cer-ise, and the rest of the pattern in claret. To make up the screen, cover the frame onboth sides with satin, of the same color as thenetting, which stretch over one side, and sewit round the edge. Add the fringe an
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