CHAIR CUSHION.
MATERIALS..—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 40, or 60, with a suitable hook.
This is a new and extremely pretty kind of cushion, for the back of a
chair, which renders an ordinary seat almost as commodious as a
professedly easy chair.
A small cushion is made, just the length of the back of the chair, and
narrow in the proportion seen in the engraving, which is covered
either with Berlin-wool work, or (as we have designed) with crochet.
It is suspended from the top of the chair by ribbons or cords; and the
lower edge is finished with either fringe or tassels. We have
given two sizes of cotton as suitable for this purpose, as the
dimensions must depend on those of the chair. The pattern requires a
foundation chain of 274 stitches, and if No. 40 cord is used, and an
ordinary hook suitable for it, the length will be as nearly as
possible, half a yard. Should the chair not be so wide, the same
number of stitches, with a finer cord, will decrease the cushion
cover; if required larger, for any purpose whatever, by using a
coarser material the same design will be proportionably increased.
And here we may be allowed to suggest a purpose to which this pattern
is peculiarly applicable, and which will be found an article extremely
beneficial to "the neat-handed Phillis."
CHAIR CUSHION.
In these days of homoeopathy, when the love of cold water is on the
increase (as indeed it is high time it was), and while the means for
thorough ablution are not perhaps as yet so extensively patronised as
they deserve to be, we all know the destruction occasioned to that
part of the paper which is immediately above the washhand-stand. Now
we would propose a Splash Cloth, in crochet, of this or any similar
design, to be worked in very coarse cotton, such as Brooks' Great
Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Knitting Cord, No. 16, lined with glazed
calico to match the hangings, and suspended above the washhand-stand.
It will be a pretty decoration, perfectly preventing the injury
usually occurring to the walls, readily washed, and always new.
As fine cotton decreases the dimensions of a piece of work, so thicker
cotton, with a hook proportionately large, increases its size. The
number of the cotton chosen should depend on the size of the stand.
No. 40, it will be remembered, will work it about half a yard long.
When used to cover a cushion, the cushion itself should be of a color
to match with the hangings, and the crochet work is to be tacked
lightly over it at each edge.
