Roman Corticelli Bag

Ever since the days of the crusades bags have been a useful and ornamental part of the feminine toilette. The bags for this season are greatly varied in design and sizes.
The newest vogue is a bag crocheted in silk in the popular Roman colors. The upper part is of heavy, dark green silk, to match the predominating color in the crochet. A dainty evening bag is made by using, instead of these colors, delicate pastel shades to harmonize with the gown.
Materials required : Corti¬celli Crochet Silk, 1 ball each Nos. 1032.8 Green, 1078.9 Rose, 1036.7 Purple, 612 Black, 914.6 Blue, 952 Tan, 1064 Garnet.

1st row: With green ch. 6 and join in ring, ch. 3, which equals 1 d. c. (each succeeding row begins with 3 ch. for the
height), 23 d. c. in ring.
2d row: 1 d. c. in each d. c. of first row. Join last d. c. with sl. st. to first 3 ch. made to complete the row. Each row following consists of d. c., increasing at regular intervals to widen.
3d row: Increase by putting 2 d. c. in every 3d st.
4th row: Same as 3d row.
5th row: d c. in every second st.
6th row: 2 d. c. in every sixth st.
7th row: Same as 6th row.
8th row: Plain.
9th row: 2 d. c. in every sixth st.
10th row: Plain.
11th row: Increase every sixth st
12th row: Plain.
13th row:Increase every sixth st.
14th and 15th rows: Plain.
16th row: Begin with Rose, plain.
17th row: Purple, increase every fifth st.
18th row: Purple, Plain.
19th and 20th rows: Black, plain.
21st row: Red, increase every sixth st.
22d row: Red, plain.
23d row: Blue, plain.
24th row: Blue, increase every sixth st.
25th row: Tan, plain.
26th and 27th rows: Blue, plain.
28th and 29th rows: Red, plain.
30th and 31st rows: Black, plain.
32d, 33d and 34th rows: Green, plain.
35th and 36th rows: Black, plain.
37th and 38th rows: Red, plain.
39th and 40th rows: Blue, plain.
41st row: Tan, plain.
42d and 43d rows: Blue, plain.
44th and 45th rows: Red, plain.
46th and 47th rows: Black, plain.
48th row: Purple plain.
49th and 50th rows: Rose, plain.
To make tassel: Lower part: Use all the colors ex¬cept the green, wind all together 80 times around a four inch book, then wind with a single thread of green 200 times. This leaves tassel when finished with green as the outside color. For top of tassel, crochet ball of green 70 stitches in widest part. Fill with cotton, slip over other part of tassel and flatten so that it will not be perfectly round. Fasten to bottom of bag.
Finish the top of the bag with a four-inch hand of silk and line the entire bag with the same silk¬ Gather the lining at the bottom to fit the bag and finish with a covered ball. A small pocket is placed about halfway up the inside of the bag. Gather this pocket at the bottom and finish the top with a half¬ inch hem, double stitched, to form a casing for elastic. While the pocket is small, this extra fullness gives plenty of room. Sew tiny gilt rings to the top edge of the bag, at intervals of about 1 1/2 inches, for cord.
Brainerd & Armstrong Crochet Silk may if desired be used for this bag selecting 1 ball each B. & A. Green No. 2086, Rose No. 2471, Purple No. 4052a, Blue No. 4078, Tan No. 2680, Garnet No. 2067 and Black.