3rd:  K. 2, k. 2+, k. 1, k. 2+, k. 2.

4th:  Turn back and purl.

5th:  K. 2, k. 2+, k. 1, k. 2+, k 2.

6th:  Turn back and purl.

7th:  K. 1, k. 3+, k. 1.

8th:  Purl.

9th:  K. 3+.

20 tulips will be required.

The leaves (10 of which will be necessary).—­4 shades of green, 12 rows of each; 2 needles.

Cast on 3 stitches; k. plain, till before the centre stitch; t.f. and k. the centre stitch; t.f., k. the remainder plain; p. the next row; repeat these 2 rows, till there are 12 open stitches up the vein of the leaf; then k. 1, k. 2+, k. plain, till 2 from the centre stitch; then k. 2+, t.f., k. 1, t.f., k. 2+, k. plain, till 3 from the end; then k. 2+, k. 1; p. the next row; repeat till there are 8 more open stitches, that is, 20 from the beginning; then k. 2+ at the beginning and end of every other row, till the last ends in a point.  Now sew the leaves round the mat by the part where the stem should be; then sew the tulips on as in engraving, sewing the leaf about 6 rows from the point on the stem of the tulip.

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[Illustration:  A woven parasol.]

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Crochet.

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The stitches used in crochet are, chain, slip, single, double, treble, and long treble crochet.

To make A chain, form a loop on the thread, insert the hook in it, and draw the thread in another loop through this.  Continue this to form a succession of stitches.

Slip-stitch is made by drawing a thread at once through any given stitch and the loop which is on the needle.

Single crochet (written s.c.)—­Having a loop on the needle, insert the hook in a stitch, and draw the thread through in a loop.  You then have two on the hook; draw the thread through both at once.

Double crochet (d.c.)—­Twist the thread round the hook before inserting it in the stitch, through which you draw the thread in a loop.  Three loops being then on the needle, draw the thread through two, and then through the one just formed and the remaining one.

Treble crochet (t.c.) and long treble (long t.c.) are worked in the same manner; in the former the thread is put twice, in the latter three times, round the hook, before inserting it into the stitch.

To join leaves.—­When one part of a leaf, flower, etc., is to be joined to another, drop the loop from your hook, which insert in the place to be joined; draw the loop through and continue working.