80
CROCHET
INVALID'S
SLIPPERS .
Now finish it with ribbon strings two inches Nothing can be nicer than this hood, and it in width, and also a bow at the back and on is all the rage this season : it covers the side of the top. the neck better than any other hood. www. CROCHET
INVALID'S
SLIPPERS .
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER . THESE slippers are often very useful articles, there will then be about sixty- eight stitches. and will no doubt be acceptable to many sub- After this the crochet is worked backward and scribers. The following are the most simple in- forward, leaving sixteen stitches in the front structions we can give for working them : The for the instep. Work fifty rows : these form the shaded fleecy wool is suitable for the material in sole and the back ; fold this part even in two, which to execute them. Commence by making and join up at the heel. Five rows must now a chain of twelve stitches, on which work a row be worked round the top, but these must be all round of single crochet, as if commencing a worked backward and forward, so as to leave mat ; continue to crochet round and round in an opening for the instep. A platted cord made the single stitch of crochet-that is, without put- of the wool is then run in and out, to draw the ting the thread over, but merely passing the slipper up, with two tassels at the end; and a loops through, until there are thirty rows, in- narrow fancy crochet edging, or short fringe, creasing a stitch every row on the side intended should be added to the top, when these comfor the sole of the slipper ; at the widest partfortable articles will be completed.
PATTERNS
IN
EMBROIDERY .
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER.
PATTERN IN EMBROIDERY.
J & & &c BRAIDING PATTERN.
BORDER IN CROCHET OR NETTING.
