THE WORK-TABLE FRIEND.

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4th Round. (Next scarlet, and green) +7 green on 5, 3 scarlet on scarlet,+7 times.

5th Round.-(Next scarlet, and silk.) + 4 silk, 1 long silk taken on centre of 5 green in third round, 4 more silk (all 9 on green), 5 scarlet on 3, +7 times.

6th Round.-(Next scarlet, and silk.) + 4 silk on centre 3 of 9, and all the space between closely covered with scarlet. + 7 times.

7th Round (Lightest scarlet, and silk.) In this round a single long stitch is taken with the silk, on the centre of the 3 scarlet in the third round, and all the rest of the tond is wool. Fasten off the cord.

With the darkest scarlet, and a coarse hook, do a round thus: +1 Dc, 1 Ch, miss 1, +

work on one side of the chain thus: miss 1, 1 slip, 1 Sc, 1 Sdc, 9 Dc, 1 Sde, 1 Se, 7 Sc; bend the wire down the other side of the chain 2 more Sc in the same stitch, 1 Sc in the first on the other side of the chain, 1 Sdc, 9 Dc, 1 Sdc, 1 Sc, 1 slip. Twist the ends of the wire, with those of wool, together, and for each flower make 5 petals. For the scarlet, one side of the petal is done with the lightest shade, the other with the next to it. Some ends of the crystal cord, and four pieces of chenille, each an inch long, are fastened in the centre of each flower. The green chenille is put in the scarlet flowers, and scarlet in the white.

THE LEAVES.-18 are to be made, 6 in each shade of the crystal wool. Cut 18 pieces of wire, each five inches long. Make a chain of 18 stitches. Hold in the wire even with the chain, on which work (missing the first stitch) 1 slip, 1 Sc, 1 Sdc, 11 Dc, 1 Sdc, 1 Sc. In the stitch at the point the wire down

side of the chain; do 1 Sc, 1 Sdc, 11 Dc, 1 Sdc, 1 Sc, 1 slip. Fasten off as for the petals. Sew the flowers, each with three leaves,

at equal distances on the border of the mat, so as completely to conceal the calico.

MEDALLION CHEMISETTE AND COLLAR. Materials. French muslin, with Messrs. W. Evans and Co.'s royal embroidery cotton, Nos. 40 and 60.

WE have selected the accompanying design for the readers of the FAMILY FRIEND, because being able to give one perfect pattern, from which the whole can be drawn, it will be found particularly useful to those of our correspondents who are too far from large towns to have many facilities for obtaining novelties.

The medallion style (of which this is a specimen) is just now extremely fashionable in Paris, and is worked in two ways, suitable either for the novice or the practised needlewoman. The medallion itself is always of rather a solid, heavy character, the within in satin-stitch instead of broderie; but the between the medal. lions, both in the chemisette and the collar, are either left of the plain muslin, or worked in bars, with the muslin between them cut

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In order to draw the pattern, first cut out the collar and front of the habit-shirt in muslin (leaving ample margins); then, in the latter, mark with a pencil the portion you wish worked. Cut out a piece of tracing-paper the size of the collar and of the embroidered part of the habit-shirt, and oopy off the full-sized medallion, which we give, on a separate piece. Lay this under the tracing-paper, to draw the centre of the five medallions round the neck. When this is traced, shift the pattern for the neck, and so on till all are completed. The collar is to be drawn in the same way, beginning with the centre.

From the pattern thus prepared, any number of collars may be traced on the muslin with a taper brush or soft quill, dipped in a solution of indigo and gum

water.

The outer circle of holes in the medallion is done in button-hole stitch, with No. 40 cotton; the inner ones are simply sewed over with the same. The petals and stem of the flower in satin stitch, with No. 60; the eyelet holes with the same cotton, overcast. The scallop is in graduated overcast stitch, with No. 40. Should the ground between the medallions be barred, the bars must be done in the irregular way seen in the mousquetaire collar, page 198, Vol. 3, New Series of the FAMILY FRIEND. They must be traced, closely covered with buttonhole stitch, and then the spaces between them cut out.

To various correspondents who inquire respecting elementary instruction, we beg to suggest that Vol. 6, Old Series, FAMILY FRIEND, and Vols. 1 to 4, New Series, contain the clearest possible instructions in all kinds of fancy work, with diagrams, terms used, &c. We beg them, therefore, to obtain these back volumes at their earliest convenience, and to consult their pages in any difficulty that may arise, our space being too limited to permit us to repeat the first lessons in each branch of decorative work.

ON WEAVING AND PLAITING HAIR ORNAMENTS.

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THE pattern we are now about to give our readers is for a brooch. It is to be worked in

m five lengths, three of which-those for the bows-are to measure three inches each, and the other two (those for the ends) two inches each. Lighter weights must be used, and for this purpose leaden bullets of a quarter of an ounce each will do very nicely, if a groove be made round them to receive the twist.

Twenty-eight strands of six or nine hairs each, depending on the fineness of the hair, must be prepared according to the instructions already given at page56. These strands are to be arranged in groups of four; each group being lettered a b c d, on the table, and a cross is to be made between two of the groups, to mark the place for com mencing each round, as in cut of the table and strands in page 75.

1st Round.-Commence with the first group immediately on the right of the cross. Take strand d (or the fourth one) in the right hand, and strand c in the left hand, pass the former over the latter, and lay them down in each other's places: take strand a in the left hand, and strand b in the right hand, and pass the former under the latter, moving strand b into the place of a, while the original strand a, instead of

being laid down on b, is carried over strand c, and takes its place, this latter passing under it, and becoming b. Proceed now to the second group, and weave it in the same way-viz., passing d over c, and bringing a under b and over c. Continue thus through each group, until the cross is reached. This round is worked to the right.

2nd Round. Take two strands from the group on the right, and two from the one on the left of the cross, and arrange them into a group in the space which intervenes between the two lettered groups, and work them exactly as in the previous round, viz., passing the fourth, or right-hand strand, over the third, and the first, or left-hand strand, under the second and over the third: then raise up two strands in each hand, draw the woven plait gently up to the tube in the centre, and restore the two strands in the right hand to their places on the a and b of the first group to the right of the cross, and the two in the left hand to the vacant d and c in the first group to the left of the cross, taking care not to twist or misplace them, but to see that they come straight from the centre,

Proceed now as follows:-Take strands a and b from the first group to the left of the cross, and strands d and c from the second group to the left, and arrange these four in the intervening space between the letters on either side, work them in the manner we have just directed, gently draw the knot or plait thus woven up to the tube, and replace the strands: continue to repeat this all round until the cross is reached. This round is worked towards the left.

These two rounds constitute the whole pattern, and are to be repeated alternately, first working towards the right and using the original groups, and then working to wards the left, and compounding each group. Eight-inch hair will be long enough for weaving the brooch. The tube in the centre must not measure more than an inch in circumference.

When the requisite lengths have been worked, scalded, dried, and slid off the tubes, the bows must be cemented into their proper form, the two extremities being neatly brought together, and fastened off firmly and finely; the ends must then be cemented at either extremity, and with great neatThe work is now ready for the It should be borne in mind that

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the great beauty of a hair-brooch consists in its transparency, evenness, and delicacy; hence every thing likely to mar these qualities must be carefully avoided.

A bracelet may likewise be made with this pattern by arranging thirty-two or forty strands in groups of four, and putting twice or thrice as many hairs in each strand. А tube of two inches or rather more in circumference, and hair eighteen or twenty inches in length will be requisite.

EAR-RING."

The above pattern may be worked in four-inch hair; it is made in two lengths or plaits each measuring an inch and a quarter. Eighteen hairs will be required for each strand, and a fine wire must be substituted for the central tube: the ordinary weights may be used. Draw on the table with white chalk sixteen lines radiating from the centre like the spokes of a wheel. Arrange these lines in pairs, so that each pair shall be equidistant, and exactly parallel with, or opposite to another pair. Letter that pair of lines exactly at the centre of the bottom of the table, or the part close to us, and their opposites, or those exactly at the centre of the top of the table,

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Letter the pairs immediately in the centres of the right and the left-hand sides of the table b: letter the pair between the bottom a and the right-hand b and those opposite c: letter the pair between the bottom a and the left-hand b and those opposite d.

Having carefully prepared the strands in the proper way, and attached the balance weights, lay a strand on each of the sixteen lines, and commence as follows:

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Take up the two strands or the pair at bottom lettered a, and turn them over into the places of the pair at top lettered a, laying them down just inside those already there, and lifting those from the top back to fill the vacant lines at bottom take up the pair from the b on the right-hand side, and lay them down inside the pair lettered on the left-hand side, bringing these latter back to fill the vacant lines on the right now take the pair from the bottom c, and transfer them to the position occupied by their opposites, bringing the