NETTED WINDOW CURTAIN.
MATERIALS..—Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Netting Cotton,
No. 24: Embroidering Goat's-head Cotton, No. 30; a middle-sized
Netting Needle; Steel Mesh, No. 9; and a long Embroidering Needle.
If worked with the above cotton and mesh four squares will measure one
inch, which will be a guide for the number of foundation stitches to
make in the beginning for the curtain. The pattern must afterwards be
darned in embroidering cotton, No. 30, according to the engraving, by
passing the needle under and over the threads of the meshes very
regularly and even, always keeping the same number of threads in every
square, and all must run the same way and be drawn to one degree of
tightness, for all the beauty of the work depends upon its evenness
and regularity. This pattern may be extended to any size, and would
look very well if the flowers were sewn in pale pink ingrain cotton,
and the fretwork in white cotton.
NETTED WINDOW CURTAIN.
A FLOWER VASE SCREEN, FOR CONCEALING A FLOWER-POT OR BASIN WITH FLOWERS.
MATERIALS..—4 shades of Green Wool, the lightest almost a pale Lemon, 1
skein only of this, and 3 each of the darkest; 5 shades of Pink, 2
skeins of each, all 4-thread Berlin Wool; 3 yards of ordinary sized
skirt cord, the size of blind cord.
D.c. 14 stitches over the end of the cord with the darkest green,
unite; now work 2 d.c. into every loop; the next row the same; from
this row increase as may be required, working 4 rows of darkest green,
4 rows of next shade, 3 rows of next shade, in all 11 rows; there must
by 154 stitches in the outside row.
Fasten off the cord neatly, and with darkest shade of green, work 21
d.c. stitches; now turn on reverse side, and work 21 rows of ridged
crochet, which is done by working into the lower loop instead of the
upper one, and omitting at the end of every row the 1 ch. which in
ordinary ridged crochet prevents it decreasing, but by omitting this 1
ch. these 21 d.c. stitches will be decreased to a point; work 6 rows
of the 2 darkest shades, and 9 of the lightest of the 3 shades: make 7
of these points, but be careful, in joining on every shade, that the
knots are concealed, and run in the last end very neatly. With the
lightest green of the 3 shades, commence on the wrong side of the mat,
begin on the first dark ridge of the point, make 5 ch., d.c. on every
ridge, but d.c. into the point, make 5 ch., d.c. into same loop, then
5 ch., d.c. on every ridge till the last, then crochet into the 1st
ridge of next point, without making any chain between.
Palest Green.—D.c. into centre of 2nd 5 ch. from the bottom of the
point, 5 ch., d.c. into centre of every 5 ch. till the point, then
d.c. in centre of top, 5 ch., 5 ch., d.c. into same, then work down
till within the last ch. of 5, omit this, and d.c. in 2nd ch. of 5
from the bottom of next point.
1st row.—Darkest Pink: Make 41 ch., turn back, 1 l. into 9th loop
from hook, * 3 ch., 1 l. into 4th loop, repeat from * 7 times more, in
all 9 spaces.
2nd: Turn on reverse side, 3 l. under the 3 ch., 1 ch., repeat at the
point, work 9 l., 2 ch., 6 more l. under same space, then 1 ch., 3 l.
under the 3 ch., repeat; at the end cut off the wool.
3rd: With next shade commence on same side as 1st row, 1 l. between
each long, but after every 3rd l., make 1 ch. at the point, and
between each of the 6 l., make 1 l., 1 ch., then under the 2 ch., make
1 l., 3 ch., 1 more l. under same, then work the same as the half just
completed.
4th.—Next Shade: With same color, inclose some white wire drawn
from ribbon wire, thus—between each l. stitch, and under each 1 ch.,
work 1 d.c. stitch with the wire between, first bending the end of the
wire to prevent it slipping, but over the point work 2 d.c. under each
1 ch., and under the 3 ch., work 3 d.c.; now work the remaining half,
and d.c. along the bottom, still enclosing the wire to the side where
this row was commenced, twist the 2 ends of the wire together, after
pulling it into shape.
5th: Great care must be taken in working this row not to bend the
work; next shade, 1 l. on 1st d.c. stitch at the side, 3 ch., * 1 l.
into successive loops for 4 times, 3 ch., repeat from *, be careful
that a 3 ch. comes at the point; this row will end as it was begun;
then crochet along the bottom.
6th.—Next Shade: 2 l. under the 1st 3 ch., 3 ch., 2 more l. under
same; repeat this 6 times more, then repeat the same over the point,
but for 5 times make 5 ch. instead of 3. Now sew these pink points up
at the side, joining them for 6 times by the chain of 3, slipping the
wool on from chain to chain; now pin each green point on to the part
of the pink which is sewed together, stretching each green point as
high as possible; then sew these green points at about the second
shade of green, on to the pink, as in engraving.
