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Bath and Boudoir

   Here are new ideas for trimming your "extra special" linens. J. & P. Coats or Clark's O.N.T. Mercerized Crochet, sizes 30 and 50, are popularly used. Edgings and insertions crocheted of Clark's O.N.T. "Brilliant" have a rich, lustrous effect. For delicate laciness, use J. & P. Coats Tatting Cotton, size 70, or fine sizes of Mercerized Crochet.

   Bath towel edgings are attractively made of Pearl Cotton, size 5, Clark's O.N.T. Cronita and J. & P. Coats Knit-Cro-Sheen—using Milward's steel crochet hook No. 5, 6 or 7.

8054 • buttercup road

   To make braid, ch 11, 1 tr in 1st st of ch. * Ch 11 and without turning, make 1 tr in ring formed by last tr. Repeat from * for desired length. Ch 15, turn. 1st row: 1 s c in next ch-11 loop. * Ch 6, 1 s c in next loop. Repeat from * across. Ch 1, turn. 2nd row: Work (6 s c under next ch) 3 times. 1 s c in next sp. * Ch 25, slip hook out of loop, insert in 11th st of ch from hook, catch loop and draw through to form a ring. 1 s c, 1 half d c, 2 d c in ring, ch 3, 1 sl st back in 16th s c on braid, ch 3, 1 sl st back in top of last d c on ring, 7 more d c in ring, a ch-5 p, 9 d c, 1 half d c and 1 s c in rest of ring.

   Cover stem ch closely with s c, 1 s c in same sp on braid. Repeat from * 4 times, on each ring, after the ch-3, making the sl st back into 2nd d c up side of previous ring, ch 3, 1 sl st back in last d c of last ring. This joins all rings together. When 5th ring is completed and braid is reached again, make 6 s c under each of next 2 ch-loops, 3 s c under next, ch 3, 1 sl st up into 2nd d c on side of last ring, ch 3, 1 sl st in last s c on braid. 3 s c on same sp on braid. Repeat from beginning of 2nd row.