ngerie Trimming | 50 | 70 |
| Collars and Cravats | 50 | 70 |
| Pocket Handkerchiefs | 100 | 120 |
| Parasol Covers | 100 | 120 |
| Antimacassars | 20, 30 | 0 and 20 |
| Pincushions | 60 | 80 |
| Caps | 100 | 120 |
| Lace | 60, 80, 100 | 80, 100, 120 |
| Insertions | 20, 40, 80 | 40, 80, 100 |
|--------------------------------|-----------------|---------------|

Ladies at a distance from town or on the Continent will be glad to have
some guide as to the quantity of cotton required to complete their work.
The quantity of tatting or crochet cotton used by an average worker is
found to be two yards to the square inch with a single shuttle; three
yards to the square inch with two shuttles.

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EMBROIDERY

INSTRUCTIONS.

The art of embroidering with cotton on linen, muslin, cambric, pique,
&c., is very easy to learn by strictly attending to the following
instructions.

The size of the thread and needle must correspond to that of the
material on which you embroider; the needle must not be too long, and
the cotton must be soft. Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.'s embroidery
cotton is the best. Skilful embroiderers never work over anything,
because when you tack the material on paper or cloth each stitch shows,
and if the material is very fine, leaves small holes; but for those that
are learning we should advise them to tack the material to be
embroidered upon a piece of _toile ciree_. If you work without this,
place the material straight over the forefinger of the left hand; the
material must never be held slantways. The three other fingers of the
left hand hold the work; the thumb remains free to give the right
position to each stitch. The work must always, if possible, lie so that
the outline of the pattern is turned towards the person who works. For
the sake of greater clearness one part of the following illustrations is
given in larger size than nature. Preparing the patterns is one of the
most important things in embroidery, for the shape of the patterns is
often spoiled merely because they have not been prepared with sufficient
care.

[Illustration: 6