Materials.-Crochet thread, No. 50 and No. 4; and two yards of narrow amber or rose-color satin ribbon.

MAKE a round foundation of eight stitches. 1st round.-2 long, 2 chain, 2 long worked in one stitch, miss 1, 1 chain; repeat three more times.

2d.-2 long, 2 chain, 2 long worked in the space formed by the 2 long stitches, 2 chain, 2 long in the 1 chain, 2 chain; repeat three more times.

3d.-2 long, 2 chain, 2 long, as before, 2 chain, 2 long in the first chain and 1 long, 3

chain, 2 long in the second long and chain, 3 chain; repeat.

4th.-2 long, 2 chain, 2 long, as before, 5 chain, 2 long, 3 chain, 1 double crochet in the centre chain; 3 chain, 2 long, 5 chain; repeat.

5th.-2 long, 2 chain, 2 long, as before, 5 chain, 2 long on the last chain and first long, 5 chain, 1 double crochet in centre of chain, 5 chain, 2 long in last long and first chain, ó chain; repeat.

Continue working thus, increasing the num

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double crochet in double crochet, 7 chain; repeat.

The front is now completed. Work the back in a similar manner, but omitting the edge on two sides, which are sewed to two corresponding sides of front to form a pocket; the other half of front is folded over, as in illustration, the edge of lace being on a line with the round of double long stitches. Pass ribbon through the spaces formed by double long stitches, and place small rosettes, as in illustration.

FIGURES FOR SAMPLERS.

CORNERS FOR SAMPLERS.

THE WHATNOT.

(See engraving, page 10.) THE Whatnot consists of three trays, or shelves, with a narrow upright border, of which our illustration will furnish the best idea. They are arranged to hang one over the other, being all suspended by means of one set of cords. These trays are of light wood, each being rounded at the corners. They are usually lined with cloth or German velvet.

The border of beadwork is worked on fine canvas. The outline of all its parts is traced in with beads of chalk-white, and all the interiors are of transparent white. The veins of the leaves and the tendrils are in gold beads, as is also the spot in each berry. The ground is a light, bright, opaque blue. The little marginal edge is of black and gold.

The fringe which hangs down from each part of the treble tier, below the bead border, is formed of gold and blue, the lower part of each loop being in gold, and its upper part in blue. These loops being thread of regularly graduated lengths, each is twisted round its next neighbor, much to the improvement of the general effect.

The three different parts of the Whatnot being all complete, they are put together in the following man

(See engraving, page 9.)

ner: Four small rings are attached to each of the trays, two in the front, two in the back, in the places indicated in our engraving. In the fronts of the bottoms of the trays, in a line with the two front rings, a hole must be pierced, and through this hole a silk cord must be passed, first through the hole, then through the ring, and so on to the top, the distances being regulated by knots in the cord, and a tassel, either of beads or silk, being left