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loop with the loop of the preceding stitch upon the needle. The white stripes are in point Russe in separate stars of black wool ; the red stripes, with leaf branches ascending and de-
scending without stalk in three shades of fawncolor, the lightest shade in silk. Each leaf consists of three long stitches of one shade, and a black woolen stitch.
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JACKETS .
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER
GOOD
THE materials required for these flat, button- black beads of several sizes ; and a little strong like ornaments are merely a little square piece black silk cordon. All these must be arranged of cardboard covered with black silk ;, some according to designs.
SMOKING - CAP:
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COLORS.
BY MRS . JANE WEAVER . In the front of the number we give, printed in colors, a design for a Smoking or LoungingCap. When a lady is desirous of making a gentleman a present of needle-work, it is always difficult to know what to give him, as there are so few things that he can make use of individually. Next to a pair of slippers, a cap is one of the most useful articles. To make the cap the following materials will be required : Seven inches of bright scarlet cloth (not too thick, ) { thirty-two inches wide ; nine velvet leaves, the same size as those shown in our illustration ; one skein of gold or maize-colored Russia braid, and one skein of fine purse-silk the same color. Keep six inches at one end of the cloth for the crown ; the remainder forms the head-piece, on which the pattern is continued, and on which eight of the leaves should be gummed or tacked, the other leaf being reserved for the center of the crown. The fibres of the leaves and the
tendrils should now be finely marked in white chalk, and the cap is ready for working. The braid must be neatly run round the leaves, and very neatly fastened on and fastened off. As this operation frequently occurs, it is particularly necessary to observe this. A sharp stiletto should be used to pierce the cloth , the braid passed through the hole, and back again in the same manner, fastening it off securely on the wrong side. The tendrils are merely sewn over rather loosely in the fine purse silk. When the work is finished , the crown should be cut round, the head-piece joined on to it, and the cap lined . The addition of a handsome tassel would also very much improve its appearance. The colors of this work may be altered in a variety of ways ; for instance, the leaves would look well in black velvet, or a black cloth cap would be pretty with bright cerise leaves, or any other gay color.
