iron intended for the purpose being easily procured at a small
expense.

ETRUSCAN LACE CUFF.

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_Use crochet thread Nos. 8 and 9._

Make a chain of 106 loops with thread No. 80; turn back and work in
double crochet, always working on one side, commencing at the right-hand
side of foundation.

_1st row._--Single open crochet, with thread No. 90.

_2d row._--Double crochet.

_3d row._--5 chain, 7 long; repeat.

_4th row._--7 chain, 5 long; repeat.

_5th row._--7 chain, 3 long; repeat.

_6th row._--5 chain, 5 long; repeat.

_7th row._--3 chain, 7 long; repeat.

_8th row._--3 chain, 9 long; repeat.

_9th row._--3 stitches of 3 chain crochet, 7 long; repeat.

_10th row._--4 stitches of 3 chain crochet, 5 long; repeat.

_11th row._--5 stitches of 3 chain crochet, 5 long; repeat.

_12th row._--5 stitches of 3 chain crochet, 3 long; repeat.

Crochet the ends with double crochet.

_13th row._--12 chain, 2 long; repeat. Work this row round each end of
the cuff, and work the band in double crochet with thread No. 80,
missing every fourth stitch of foundation.

NOTE.--Our pattern has been reduced in size from
the original, but by working as above directed the
true size will be given.

KNITTED FLOWERS.

PERIWINKLE

CAST on ten stitches with white split Berlin wool.

_1st row._--Make one stitch, knit two through the row.

_2d row._--Purled.

Fasten on a pale and delicate shade of lavender.

_3d row._--Make one stitch, knit three, turn back, purl the same
stitches (take a deeper shade of lavender), and continue to work in
alternate plain and purled rows (increasing only in the plain rows),
until you have seven stitches on the needle.

Now fasten on a still darker shade of lavender in the ninth purled row,
and knit and purl alternately six more rows, making one stitch at the
beginning of the plain row, and taking two stitches together at the
beginning of the purled rows. Cast off the seven stitches, which
completes one petal. Break the wool about a yard and a half from the
work, thread a rug needle with it, and bring the wool along the left
edge of the petal first made to the next stitches on the needle. Make
one stitch, knit three, turn back, and continue exactly as for the first
petal. When you have thus worked all the stitches into five petals,
cover a wire, by twisting one thread of split lavender wool round it,
and sew it round the edg