edge of a counterpane, nothing can be handsomer than the border and
fringe of the bassinet quilt.

It should be worked with the same cotton as the centre, and the fringe
a degree coarser.

Crochet counterpanes should be laid over one of the American patent
quilted coverlets, which have recently been sold in London, and for
invalids, especially, are so extremely comfortable.

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TIDY IN SQUARE CROCHET.

MATERIALS.--Brooks' Great Exhibition Prize Goat's-head Crochet Cotton,
No. 14: Walker's Penelope Crochet-hook, No. 21/2.

[Illustration: TIDY IN SQUARE CROCHET. ]

Make a chain of 289 stitches, which will form ninety-nine squares;
with this cotton and hook it will measure twenty-five inches; the
pattern must be worked from the engraving, and may be increased in
size by using a coarser cotton and thicker hook.

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