DESIGN No. 5.

Colours—Azoff Blue, Black or White, and 2 Shades of Magenta Wool; the gold and other materials the same as No. 4.

THE DIAMONDS.

1st Diamond—With the gold twine or silk work a diamond as page 4, and for the

1st round—With the light magenta wool and crochet needle commence in one of the pearl loops of the diamond, work 4 chain and 1 plain in the next pearl; repeat 11 times more, and fasten off, always knotting the ends together.

2nd round—With the dark magenta commence in one of the loops of the 1st round, work 6 chain, miss 4, 1 plain in the next loop; repeat all round and fasten off.

Work as many more Diamonds as required for the size.

THE STARS.

With the gold make an Octagon Star, as page 4, and for the

1st round—With white or black wool commence in a pearl loop of the star, work 5 chain and 1 plain in each of the 8 pearl loops; fasten off.

2nd round—With blue wool commence in a loop of the last round, work 7 chain, miss 5 and 1 plain in the 5 chain; repeat all round and fasten off.

Work as many Stars as will be required.

THE JOINING.

1st Stripe—With the gold take a diamond and commence in a loop of chain over the centre of one of the ovals of it, + work 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop of chain, then 1 chain; take a star and join to the centre of one of the blue loops of it, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop of the diamond as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop, 1 chain, join to the next loop of the star, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop; take another diamond and work 1 plain in one of the loops over an oval of it; 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop of the 2nd diamond, 1 chain, join to the next loop of the star, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop of the diamond as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop, 1 chain, join to the next loop of the star, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop as before, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop, 1 chain, 1 plain in the same loop as before. Repeat from + until the length required is made, at the end omit the last 1 chain and 1 plain; and to form the

2nd Stripe—Take another Diamond and work 1 plain in a loop over an oval of it, then repeat from + in the 1st Stripe, making the first four joinings to the last blue star, and after the "1 chain" in italics, join to the 1 chain between the 2 plain of the opposite diamond of the 1st stripe; at the end of the stripe fasten off.

3rd Stripe—Is worked as the 1st Stripe, commencing in the 6th loop of the last diamond counting from the last gold stitch, and continuing to the end of the 2nd Stripe.

THE EDGING.

1st round—With the gold commence in a loop of chain of one of the diamonds, work 4 chain, miss 6 and 1 plain in the next loop; repeat all round, but where the diamonds join omit the 4 chain and work another plain stitch in the next loop.

2nd round, White or Black—Commence in the stitch between the diamonds, work 5 chain, miss 5, 1 plain in each loop of the 1st round, but between the diamonds omit the 5 chain, and work another plain in the next loop as before.

3rd round, Blue—Commence between the diamonds, 6 chain, miss 5 and 1 plain in the next loop, 6 chain, 1 plain in the same loop as the last; repeat all round, omitting the chain between the diamonds as before. Fasten off.