Each alternate row is knitted plain; this makes the loops of wool on the same side each time. Work the looped knitting to the shape of foot-warmer, and also to fit the bottom of mat over which the foot-warmer is sewn; the necessary decrease must be made by knitting two stitches together at the end of the row. A band of looped knitting, about eight stitches in width, is sewn across the top of the foot- warmers.
For the crochet edge:—
1st row: Work with dark olive one double into a stitch at the edge of border. Pass over ope stitch, one double, one half treble, one treble, one half treble, and one double into next stitch, pass over one stitch, and repeat from the beginning of the row.
2nd row (with red wool): One double into the first double of last row, one single into each stitch of scallop. Repeat.
Directions for making the balls will be found on page 214. They are of red wool and are sewn to the border by a needle and wool. The card for balls should be cut to the size of a fifty-cent piece. The rug must be lined with red baize to the edge of the border of point Muscovite.
CROCHET FRINGE.
This pretty fringe is suitable for ornamenting wood baskets, waste-paper baskets, etc.; it is worked with fine olive cord and dark crimson Berlin wool.
To commence, make a chain the length required with a crochet hook, No. 8 (Walker's bell gauge), and the cord.
1st row: One double into a stitch, three chain, pass over three stitches and repeat.
2nd row: One double into first of three chain, eight chain, one double into last of next three chain. Repeat from the beginning of the row.
