A SPANGLED WOOL NETTED COVER FOR A TEA-POY.
Materials.—If a fire-veil is required, use a flat thin bone or
boxwood mesh, nearly half an inch in width; but if for a table-cover,
etc., use a flat mesh scarcely three-eighths of an inch wide. 3 reels
of Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton, No. 10,
of a good drab, or dark claret color, the latter is preferable; 1
ounce of maize color spangled wool; 1 ounce of green ditto, and 1
ounce of violet ditto. No. 13 Netting Needles.
[Footnote: This spangled wool is a new article, extremely brilliant,
and may be obtained, by inquiry, at 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
color 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 color 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.
A SPANGLED WOOL NETTED COVER FOR A TEA-POY, SQUARE
WORK-TABLE, OR, IF DRAWN TOGETHER AT THE TOP, MAKES A GLITTERING FIRE-VEIL.
