Material:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 8.

This border is suited for couvrettes.  It is worked in point d’esprit, point de reprise, or plain darning stitch, edged by a row of button-hole, and finished with a crochet edging.

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[Illustration:  576.—­Square in Guipure d’Art.]

576.—­Square in Guipure d’Art.

Materials:  Messrs. Walter Evans and Co.’s Mecklenburg thread No. 12; netted square of 20 holes.

This pretty square is worked in a pattern formed by point de feston, point de toile, and point de reprise, the star in the centre as that shown on page 514, omitting the alternate points; border of point d’esprit, ground worked in simple crossed bars.

Table of the right size of Mecklenburg thread to use in working:—­

|----------------------------------|--------------|
|                                  |    No.       |
|----------------------------------|--------------|
|  Antimacassars                   |    2         |
|  Borders                         |    4         |
|  Handkerchiefs                   |    20        |
|  Insertions                      |    8         |
|  Lace edgings and insertions     |    16        |
|  Lamp shades                     |    16        |
|  Parasol covers                  |    18        |
|  Sachets                         |    12        |
|  Sofa cushions                   |    8         |
|  Toilet cushions                 |    10        |
|  Toilet mats                     |    10        |
|----------------------------------|--------------|

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FRAMES

May be obtained for large, middle-size, and small squares.

Oblong frames are used for working insertions and lace edgings.

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BERLIN WORK

INSTRUCTIONS.

Berlin Work includes every kind of stitch which is made upon canvas with wool, silk, or beads.  The principal stitches used are common cross stitch, Gobelin stitch, leviathan stitch, raised or velvet stitch, tent stitch, and others.  The materials and needle must always be carefully chosen of a corresponding size.  For common cross stitch and raised stitch Penelope canvas must be used; for small articles, such as slippers, bags, or borders, single Berlin wool is preferable; for larger ones fleecy wool or double Berlin wool (the latter, however, is much more expensive).  For Gobelin stitch and tent stitch undivided canvas (not Penelope) is required.  Purse silk is often used for the latter; it is more brilliant than floss silk or filoselle.  Floss silk is generally used for other stitches because it covers the thread of the canvas better than purse silk; it is, however, often replaced by filoselle, which is a much cheaper