Chenille Pansy Bag

Materials required:
8 skeins (i8 yd.) Bear Brand Metal Chenille, No. 1; 3 cards Klondyke Crochet Gold; 1 Bear Brand Handbag cord, No. 2835; 10 Bone 1/2 in. rings; 1 Star steel crochet hook, No. 3.
Pansy: with gold thread chain 4 and join.
First round: ch. 3, 14 d. c. in the ring, join with slip stitch to top of ch. 3.
Second round: draw chenille through and with it * ch. 3, 2 d. c. in first stitch of previous round, 3 d. c. in each of the next two stitches, 2 d. c. in fourth, ch. 3, t s. c. in fifth and repeat from * twice to form three petals; chain 8 for stem and fasten off.
Third round: with gold thread, * 1 d. c. in the ch. 3, 2 d. c. in each of next 10 d. c., r d. c. in oh. 3, r s. c. caught down in d. c. of gold center. Repeat twice from *; then make s. c. on both sides of stem. Make two more pansies in the same way.
Leaves: ch. 9, skip first ch., 1 s. c. in next, 1 d. c. in each of the next 6 chs., 3 s. c. in last ch.; then 6 d. c., 1 s. c. down the other side. Fasten off. Make four more leaves in same way. With chenille join the centers of three of the leaves with a slip stitch, ch. 8, catch to center of another leaf, ch. 5, join next leaf, ch. 12 for stem and fasten off. With gold thread work around each leaf as follows: 1 s. c. in each of the first and last three stitches, 2 d. c. in each of the other stitches. Work around all the steams with s. c.
Cabochon: with chenille, chain 6 and join, ch. 3, make ii d. c. in ring and join.
Second round: draw gold thread through and make clusters as follows:ch. 4 thread over needle, pick up a loop in second ch., repeat from¬ seven times, thread over and through all the loops on needle, ch. 1 snugly, fasten with s. c. in second chain also, ch. 1, 1 s. c. and repeat from * 8 times, nine clusters in all.
Third round: with chenille make 9 clusters in same way excepting that only two loops are picked up to form a cluster.
Fourth round: with chenille and gold thread worked together, * ch. 12, fasten back in second ch., ch. 1, fasten with 1 s. c. between clusters and repeat from *.
Fifth round: with gold thread * ch. 8, 3 s. c. in top of loop, ch. 8, 1 s. c. on s. c. of last round and repeat from *.
Sixth round: slip stitch up to third ch. of gold loop, * 2 s. C., 10 d. c. into first half of loop, 3 d. c. on the 3 s. c., 10 d. C., 2 s. c. in the other half of loop and repeat from *.
Tack motifs on a piece of muslin 8% inches deep by 9% inches wide. The back of bag and filling in around motifs is of chenille crocheted in knot stitch. Make a loop a half inch long. Hold the knot between the thumb and forefinger and * through the loop pull another loop of the che¬nille, this time very short, since it is really the first loop of a s. c. Take up the second loop of the s. c. through the new long loop. Pull the chenille through the 2 loops on needle and the s. c. (or knot, as it is called) is finished. The present loop on the needle should be pulled up long and corresponds to the first loop made. When it is pulled up, hold the knot just made between the thumb and forefinger and repeat the directions from * until 21 knots have been made, including the one made for beginning.
Second row: turn and hold the double side of the loop toward the top. Make 1 s. c. through the double thread on the right side of fourth knot and another s. c. on the left side of knot; then 2 loops and 2 knots caught down on each side of the sixth knot. Continue in this way, catching down with s. c. on each side of every other knot.
Third row: make 3 loops and 3 knots to turn, catch down in last knot of second row (skipping the s. c. worked in first row), * then 2 loops and 2 knots catching down in next knot of second row. Repeat from * across row, a perfect square of 4 loops being formed every time the loops are caught down. 9 squares in the row, for the depth of the bag, (8 1/2 inches). Repeat the third row until there are ten rows, in all, when the width should be 9j inches for the back of the bag. Continue working up and down in this way for the front of bag, catching to the motifs when they are reached, and fastening off chenille only when absolutely necessary. Be careful to have nine squares for the last row, then join to the back.
Drops: ch. 3, with chenille and join. 6 s. c. in the ring. Do not join. Make 2 s. c. in each stitch for the second round and fasten off. Make 11 more drops. With gold thread make * 1 s. c. in center of first knot, catching also the corresponding knot on the back of bag to join across the bottom, ch. 8, catch with s. c. to drop, then put 2 s. c. in each stitch all around drop, 1 s. c. in each stitch of chain, ch. 3, 1 s. c. in knot below, ch. 3, fasten in upper knot, ch. 3, 2 s. c. in each stitch of drop, 1 s. c. in each stitch of ch. and repeat from * all across the bottom.
Border: 1 s. c. in the middle of some point, * ch. 4, 1 s. c. in next point and repeat from *.
Second round: * 2 s. c., ch. 4, and catch back into first ch. to form picot, 2 s. C., all in the first ch. loop of 4 of preceding round. Repeat from in each ch. loop all around.
Third round: * 1 s. c. in center of 4 s. c. of last round, ch. 4, 1 s. C. in the picot, ch. 4 and repeat from * all around.
Fourth round: * I s. C., 2 d. c. in first ch. loop, 1 d. c., ch. 4 and catch back for picot, 1 d. c. all in the s. c. of third round, 2 d. C., 1 s. C. in second loop and repeat from * all around.
Cover the bone rings with s. c. done in gold thread. After lining bag with cloth of gold, fasten rings inside within 1 inch of top of lining.
Make a net cover for chenille tassel with gold thread, as follows: ch. 6 and join, ch. 5, 1 s. c. in next ch. and repeat all around, 6 loops in all. Next two rounds: ch. 5 and fasten with s. c. in center of each loop.