Materials. – 1 oz. Shetland wool; 1 oz. single zephyr, colored; 1 oz. single zephyr, white.

Make a chain with a crochet hook of one hundred and fifty stitches, then take up each stitch on a large wooden knitting-needle, and knit plain, narrowing one stitch at the beginning of every row until narrowed down to twelve stitches.

Knit a second piece exactly like this, and join the two pieces all round from point to point.

With the colored wool crochet two rows of shells, four stitches to each shell done in dc; one chain between the second and third stitches of each shell, and two chain between the shells.  The third and last row, the shells have seven stitches to the shell, *; then two ch caught into the chain of second row, two more ch caught into the ch of first row; two ch caught into the head-piece where the border begins; then two ch into the first row, two ch into the second row, two ch; then the seven stitches for the shell, *; repeat all round the hood.  The last row to be done in white, or it may all be colored, if desired.  Draw at the back with cord and tassels of zephyr, and finish with tassels at the points.