WORK COLUMN.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XX, Issue XVI, 16 April 1898, Page 493

WORK COLUMN.

The present chilly weather makes us begin to think of additional petticoats, and on turning over last year’s flannels it will be very odd if we do not discover that the laundress has worked havoc with the lace edging. Nothing is better than hand-made crochet of a line kind, which looks pretty and yet stands wear and tear in a way that nothing else would do, and moreover looks more suitable in conjunction with wool than the finer makes of machine lace. The following reeipe will be found Isitb pretty and very durable. Make a circle of 8 chain, into which work + 5 chain, 1 treble, 3 times 3 chain, 1 treble ; turn ami repeat from +, working into the centre loop each time until you have 4 loops of o chain on either side. Then for the first row of scallop proceed as follows :—2 chain, cotton over needle 12 times, insert the needle into the nearest loop of 5 chain, cotton over needle and draw through all the st itches at once. Make 5 more of these roll stitches, with 2 chain between each, in the same loop, 1 double in the next loop, 5 chain, 1 roll stitch, 2 chain, 1 roll stitch in first loop of chain of last row ; 2 chain 1 roll stitch, 2 chain 1 roll stitch, in every chain loop to end of row. Three chain, two more points on

DESIGN FOR CROCHET WORK. foundation, then 3 chain, I treble, 3 chain, I treble into every loop of previous row of pattern, 1 double into next loop of 5 chain on foundation turn with 5 chain, 3 roll stitches with I chain lietween each, into every point of row just worked. Three chain, two more points on foundation, 4 chain, 1 treble lietween first two roll stitches, + 3 chain, I treble between next two stitches, 4 chain, 1 treble lietween second and third roll stitches, and repeat from +- to end of row. Then turn with I chain ami 1 double; + 3 picots (4 chain, 1 double into first chain), I double into first chain, that is the chain into which the first pic.ot was worked, 1 double into next loop, ami repeat from -I-, 3 chain, and proceed with foundation for next scallop. In second and succeeding scallops the first picot should lie joined by 1 double to hist small

point of previous scallop. Work a row of l> chain, I double into each loop on op|iosite side to form a firm heading. With the increasing multiplicity of newsjia|>ers comes the need of having many places where they can lie kept. Regular siilucriliers to weekly journals who do not wish to throw them away will do well, indeed, to keep two or three receptacles.

each devoted to one sort of paper. The one I give here has for its foundation a stout paste-l>oard covered with a thin layer of rotton wool, ami finally with a deep shade of goblin-blue satin. This is rendered quite neat by a narrow Isirder of plush, a little darker in tone, which is sewn on the wrong side, and then turned over to the liack so as to have the appearance of a binding. The pocket part has at the top ami bottom small brass roils, but for these liamlioo sticks might easily l>e sulistituted. The pocket is of cloth with either a device, such as that in the drawing, or a monogram, embroidered in the centre on a plush Itackground : or the side panels may lie of satin to match the centre. It is an excellent pattern for a newspajier holder, there lieing so few spots where dust may congregate, and. carried out in heavy cloth would lie particularly suitable for a library.