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315 and 316.—­Netted Fichu or Cape.

Material:  Fine wool, or white and blue silk; netting needle and meshes.

This fichu or cape is made either with fine wool or with silk used three or four times double.  It may be worn as an evening wrap, either over a cap or on the hair, or as a necktie.  The ground in our pattern is white, the border blue.  The illustration of the ground and of the border, in full size, will serve as a guide for the size of the meshes to be used.  For the ground cast on the first mesh, with white silk, 56 stitches; work 2 rows on the 56 stitches.  From the 3rd row, always miss the last stitch, so that each row is decreased 1 stitch.  Continue in this manner till the 39th row, when there will be but 19 stitches left.  From the 40th row, miss 2 stitches at the end of each row.  The ground is completed with the 46th row.  The 1st row of the work is the cross-way side; the last, the point at the bottom; fasten on the blue silk to the 1st stitch of the 1st row, and on a larger mesh work 1 row round the ground of the fichu, not forgetting that the stitch on the outer edge at the sides must always be taken, and 2 stitches made in the 5th, 10th, 14th, [Illustration:  315.—­Netted Fichu, or Cape, for Evening Dress.] 18th, 21st, 23rd, and 25th stitches at the sides, as well as in each of the 2 middle stitches of the last row; in each of the other stitches 1 stitch should be made.  On the corners of the sides increase once, on the cross-way side, seven times in all.  This forms the 1st round of the edging or lace.

[Illustration:  316.—­Showing the Netting full size for Border of Fichu.]

2nd round of the lace:  In each stitch make 2 stitches—­still on the larger mesh. 3rd round:  Always miss the small flat scallop formed in last row, and work 2 stitches in the stitch which forms a tight loop.  Keep thus the same number of stitches, with which work 6 more rounds.  For the last round, work 1 stitch in each tight loop.

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317.—­Lady’s Knitted Purse.

Materials:  2 skeins of black purse silk; 2 skeins of scarlet ditto; black jet beads; a steel clasp with chain; a tassel of black beads; 5 steel knitting-needles.

[Illustration:  317.—­Lady’s Knitted Purse.]

This purse is knitted with black and scarlet purse silk, and ornamented with black beads and a black bead tassel.  Begin the purse with the black silk in the centre of the bottom part, and cast on for one part of it 7 stitches.  Knit 14 rows on these backwards and forwards, in such a manner that the work is knitted on one side and purled on the other.  The 1st stitch of every row is slipped, the 1st row of this part is purled. * On that side where hangs the thread with which you work take the back chain of the 7 selvedge stitches of the part you have just knitted on a separate needle, and knit another part,