Cigar or Card Case
Pattern No. 4.
Middle sized silk, shaded scarlet and blue No. 6, steel and gold beads. Make a chain of 10 stitches in scarlet.
1st round—2 stitches in 1.
2nd round—1 plain, 2 in the 2nd stitch.
3rd round—2 in the 3rd stitch, repeat the last round, working 1 stitch more until there are 128 stitches; thread on the scarlet 3 rows of steel beads; work 3 rounds, putting a bead on every stitch; thread the gold beads on the blue; work 1 plain round; then commence the star pattern; after the pattern 1 plain row; thread three rows of steel beads on the blue, and work three rounds a bead on every stitch; then work the star pattern in scarlet and gold beads; work another piece the same. It is then made up on a frame.