DESIGN No. 7.

Materials—2 shades of Green Single Berlin Wool, Penelope Needle, No. 2. For the Stars, Gold Tatting Twine, or a skein of Crochet Silk, Tatting Pin No. 3, and a small Shuttle.

THE STARS.

With the gold work 12 Octagon Stars as page 4.

1st Star, 1st round—With the light green wool and crochet needle commence in a pearl loop of one of the stars, work 5 chain and 1 plain in each of the 8 pearl loops; fasten off.

2nd round—With the dark green commence in one of the light green loops, work (7 chain, miss 5 and 1 plain in the next loop 8 times); fasten off.

Work the other 11 Gold Stars the same.

Centre Diamond—With the gold commence in the centre of the 1st loop of chain of one of the stars, work 4 chain, miss 6, 1 plain in the next loop; take another star, work 1 plain in the first loop of it, then 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop; take a third star and work 1 plain in the 1st loop of it, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop; take a 4th star and work 1 plain in the 1st loop of it, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop, then join to the 1st stitch to make it round; fasten off.

Joining Circle—With the gold commence in one of the loops of a 5th star, work (6 chain, miss 7 and 1 plain in the next loop 5 times), then 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop; take one of the four stars already joined and work 1 plain in the 7th loop of it, 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop of the 4th star, then 1 plain in the next loop of the next star of the four centre stars, 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop of the same star. Take a 6th star and work 1 plain in a loop of it, 4 chain, 1 plain in the next loop of the 6th star, then missing the last 20 gold stitches join to the plain stitch after the 5th loop of the 5th star; then on the 6th star work (6 chain, miss 7 and 1 plain in the next loop, 5 times), 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop; then 1 plain in the next loop of the 4 centre stars, 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop; take another star and work 1 plain in a loop of it, 4 chain, miss 7, 1 plain in the next loop, then miss the last 15 gold stitches and join to the plain stitch after the 5th loop of the 6th star. Repeat from the commencement of the circle, and fasten off.

Light Green Circle—Commence in the 1st 6 chain of the gold circle, work 4 chain, miss 4, 1 plain in the next 6 chain, 4 chain, 1 plain in the same 6 chain as the last; repeat twice more; then 4 chain, miss 4, 1 plain, and between the stars miss 6, 1 plain in the next 6 chain; repeat from the commencement of the circle, and fasten off.

Dark Green Circle—Commence in the 1st loop of the last circle, work (5 chain, miss 4 and 1 plain in the 4 chain 6 times), then between the stars miss 6, 1 plain in the next 4 chain; repeat all round, and fasten off.