The pattern is worked with very fine cotton; the netted grounding over a mesh measuring two-fifths of an inch round.  The collar is ornamented round the outer edge with a tatted lace.  Work a straight strip of netting for the grounding; begin with 2 stitches, work 18 rows backwards and forwards, increasing 1 at the end of each row, so that the last row has 19 holes; work 1 row without increasing; then continue to work with the same number of stitches, increasing 1 at the end of one row and decreasing 1 at the end of the other.  When the strip is sufficiently long, work 1 row again without increasing or decreasing, and form the side by making 18 rows, decreasing 1 stitch at the end of each, cast off the 2 last stitches on 1 stitch without forming a new stitch on the needle.  Trace the outline of the collar on the grounding with thick cotton, and begin to darn it from illustration.  When the darning is completed work the tatted lace with the same cotton, as follows:—­6 double, 1 short purl, alternately, 3 times 3 double, 1 purl, 6 double, draw up the stitch so as to form a scallop leaving one-fifth of an inch between the first and last stitch; work a second scallop at a short distance from the first, and so on; every scallop is fastened on to the preceding one after the first 3 double stitches.  Work a row of double overcast stitch between the darned netting and the tatted lace; work this row over the cotton tracing, marking the outline of the collar on the grounding and over the cotton between the tatted scallops.  Work also a row of double overcast round the neck part, gathering in the collar a little if necessary.  Cut away the netting on the wrong side close to the row of overcast stitches.

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29.—­Mignardise and Tatting.

Materials:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s tatting cotton No. 40; fine mignardise braid.

[Illustration:  29.—­Mignardise and Tatting.]

Patterns formed of mignardise and tatting are of quite new style, and look very pretty.  The insertion is easy to work by the following process:—­Make first a circle, as follows:  1 plain stitch, 2 double, 1 purl, 6 double, 1 purl, 2 double, 1 plain; fasten the cotton on to one side of the mignardise, at the distance of about five-eighths of an inch, by taking 2 loops of it together; work a second circle at a short distance from the first, and so on.  When the strip of insertion is sufficiently long, work in the same manner on the other side of the mignardise.  This kind of work is destined to become very popular, and nothing can be more light and graceful than the union of mignardise and tatting.

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30.—­Linen Bag for Cotton.

Materials:  Fine linen, 6 inches square; Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s tatting cotton No. 40.

[Illustration:  30.—­Linen Bag for Cotton.]

The bag seen in illustration No. 30 is meant to keep the cotton for working a couvrette; it consists of a round piece, measuring 6 inches across, which is hemmed all round, and trimmed with a tatted lace.  It is drawn together at top.