fins D.M.C (braids) for the coloured stitches, in
the place of cotton. The dark stitches standing, so to speak, on another
ground of stitches the pattern will look brighter, if it be worked in a
flat material that will spread out more than cotton does.

The stripe, worked in its entire length and always on the right side,
must be begun by a chain of stitches of the length the stripe is to be.

1st row--1 plain stitch on each chain stitch.

2nd row--1 plain stitch with white or unbleached cotton, on each second
stitch of the preceding row; 1 long plain stitch with the coloured
cotton or the braid, in each second loop of the chain stitch.

When red and white cotton are used, only one thread must be drawn
through the 1st loop, and the other through the two last loops.

3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, 11th rows--plain stitches of the colour of the
grounding = 4th row--between every 5 coloured stitches 3 white = 6th
row--between every 4 red, 5 white = 8th row--between every 3 red, 7
white = 10th row--between every 2 red, 9 white = 12th row--between the
single red stitches, 11 white plain.

In the second half of the pattern the red stitches must increase in the
same proportion as that in which they decreased before.

PATTERN OF A COUNTERPANE IN TUNISIAN CROCHET (fig. 476). This pattern,
on a reduced scale, of a counterpane in Tunisian crochet, though it is
worked here in several colours, can be done all in one. The numbers of
the stitches, as they are here given, refer of course to the pattern
represented in our figure; if worked on a larger scale, the number of
stitches would have to be increased every way in the proper proportion.

For the inner square, which is worked in a light material, make 20 chain
stitches, on which you make 17 rows of plaited Tunisian crochet, fig.
445, then fasten off.

[Illustration: FIG. 476. PATTERN OF A COUNTERPANE IN TUNISIAN CROCHET.

MATERIALS: Coton pour crochet D.M.C Nos. 6 to 8, or Coton a tricoter
D.M.C Nos. 6 to 12.[A]

COLOURS: Gris-Amadou 385 and Rouge-Cardinal 346, Vert-Bouteille 492 and
Violet-Mauve 316, or Bleu-Gentiane 479 and Gris-Ecru 706.]

For the first coloured border, which immediately surrounds the centre
square, take a coloured thread and make 2 chain stitches and upon these
the common Tunisian stitch, fig. 444. Increase to the right in every row
by one stitch, to the number of 6 = then put the needle into the first
stitch on one side of the square, turn the thread round an