. Godey's lady's book . Fasten to a stem nine inches long three largegreen pistils. Put the four petals round thesepistils, fastening them lightly together. Twistgreen worsted round the stem. RANUNCULUS. The ranunculus has seven petals of a brightred. The mould for these should be one inchand a half wide, and the petal formed like thoseof the The heart of the flower is of a deep marooncolor. Make a circle of wire, and pass themaroon worsted across it until it is entirely andsmoothly covered ; then on the edge of thismake small bunches of loops of green worsted,and between these place s
. Godey's lady's book . Fasten to a stem nine inches long three largegreen pistils. Put the four petals round thesepistils, fastening them lightly together. Twistgreen worsted round the stem. RANUNCULUS. The ranunculus has seven petals of a brightred. The mould for these should be one inchand a half wide, and the petal formed like thoseof the The heart of the flower is of a deep marooncolor. Make a circle of wire, and pass themaroon worsted across it until it is entirely andsmoothly covered ; then on the edge of thismake small bunches of loops of green worsted,and between these place small yellow , out of sight, a stem, by putting fourwires at regular distances on the circle whichforms the heart, and twisting them together invol. lxiv.—33 the centre. Then sew the petals, as seen in thepicture, to the maroon-colored circle. Cover thestem with green zephyr. •>•**> SPONGE-BAG. (See engraving, page 331.) Materials.—Crochet cotton, No. 4; a coarse crochot-hook, a steel netting-needle, and flat mesh three-quarterinch wide. This pretty and useful little article is animprovement—as far as ornament is concerned—on some used in Germany and Switzerlandfor holding the sponge. It is to be suspendedon a nail above the washstand. The foundationis round, in crochet, the size of a small ormedium-sized plate
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