any Berlin Shop, at 1s. 6d. or 2s.
per ounce, and weighing much the same as any other Berlin wool.]

Begin on a foundation of 85 diamonds, and net with the cotton until
the piece is 68 diamonds long; if for a fire-veil, darn, as in
ordinary darned netting, the centre with maize wool, and the border
with green, darn the outer row of diamonds with violet, and also the
pattern inside the border; but if for any other purpose, use any
colour of the spangled wool that may harmonise or contrast well with
the draperies of the room; but, as a general rule, the netted
ground should be dark. For the fringe, cut some shaded 4-thread Berlin
wool of the same colour as the spangled--in the pattern given it is
violet--into lengths of 10 inches, tie this in tufts of 9 threads into
every other diamond; or, if preferred, 6 lengths in every diamond.
Draw the wool through the loop, placing the wool exactly in the
centre, double the two ends evenly, and tie in a tight knot; then,
with a rug needle, draw in two or three lengths of spangled wool, so
as to lie on the surface of every tuft; but, if preferred, all
spangled wool may be used, but then the work would be rendered very
costly, whereas, with the present directions, the work is sufficiently
elegant, brilliant, and exceedingly new. Darn the centre first and the
border last. Count 37 clear diamonds from the left-hand side of the
work, and 19th diamond from the bottom. In the 39th diamond from the
left-hand side and 20th from the bottom, darn the 2 first diamonds for
the stem of a flower, then work from engraving.

[Illustration: A SPANGLED WOOL NETTED COVER FOR A TEA-POY, SQUARE
WORK-TABLE, OR, IF DRAWN TOGETHER AT THE TOP, MAKES A GLITTERING
FIRE-VEIL.]

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NETTED ANTI-MACASSAR

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MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord,
No. 40, and Embroidery Cotton, No 70; mesh, one-third of an inch
wide.

This anti-macassar is done in the fashionable style of netting, with a
pattern darned on it after it is worked. Make a foundation, on which
work 67 stitches. Repeat these, backwards and forwards, until a square
is done, of as many holes up the sides as along the width. Remove the
foundation, and add either a crochet-bead border all round, or a
netted one. The bead border makes the shape more solid; the netted one
is certainly lighter, and the following is very pretty:--

With a mesh three times the siz