My Knitting Book
Preface
The examples of knitting, contained in the following pages, have been selected with the greatest care,—many are original,—and the whole are so arranged as to render them comprehensible even to a novice in the art.
Knitting being so often sought, as an evening amusement, both by the aged and by invalids, a large and distinct type has been adopted,—as affording an additional facility. The writer feels confident in the recommendation of “My Knitting Book,” and humbly hopes it may meet with the same liberal reception that has been accorded to her “Hand-Book of Needlework.”[iv]
The numerous piracies that have been committed on her last mentioned work, have been one inducement to publish this little volume; and from the low price at which it is fixed, nothing, but a very extended circulation, can ensure her from loss. Some few of the examples have been selected from the chapter on knitting, in the “Hand-Book.”
- 3, New Burlington Street, November 1843.
- EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN KNITTING 9
- THE STANDARD FILIÈRE 12
- SIBERIAN CUFFS 13
- A KNITTED SILK CUFF 13
- OPEN STITCH FOR CUFFS 14
- VERY PRETTY CUFFS 14
- MUFFATEES WITH TWO COLOURS 16
- GENTLEMEN’S MUFFATEES 17
- PLAIN RIBBED MUFFATEES 17
- ANOTHER PAIR OF MUFFATEES 18
- KNITTED CUFFS, SHELL PATTERN 18
- DOUBLE KNITTED CUFFS 20
- A BRIOCHE 21
- FRINGE PATTERN KNITTING 23
- AN OPERA CAP 24
- A SONTAG, OR CEPHALINE 26
- A BONNET CAP 28
- DOUBLE KNITTING FOR COMFORTERS, ETC. 29
- KNITTED LACE 29
- KNITTED INSERTION 31
- CORAL TRIMMING FOR A MUSLIN DRESS 32
- BARLEY-CORN STITCH 32
- A MUFF, IN COLOURS OF SABLE 33
- ANOTHER MUFF 34
- CLOSE STITCH FOR A WAISTCOAT, ETC 34
- LONG SLEEVES TO WEAR UNDER THE DRESS 35
- TWELVE PATTERNS FOR D’OYLEYS, TIDIES, ETC. 36
- LEAF AND TRELLIS PATTERN 36
- ROSE-LEAF PATTERN 40
- POINT PATTERN 42
- GOTHIC PATTERN 43
- SCOTCH PATTERN 44
- CHEVRON PATTERN 45
- VANDYKE PATTERN 46
- LACE PATTERN 47
- FISH-BONE PATTERN 49
- GERMAN PATTERN 49
- DIAMOND PATTERN 52
- SHELL PATTERN 53
- CABLE KNITTING 54
- A PURSE 55
- PRETTY STITCH FOR A PURSE 55
- A PENCE JUG, OR PURSE 56
- A STRONG PURSE 59
- A PRETTY OPEN STITCH FOR A PURSE 60
- OPEN STITCH PURSE WITH BEADS 61
- A PURSE IN FINE SILK 62
- HERRINGBONE, OR SHETLAND STITCH FOR A PURSE 62
- FIVE PRETTY PATTERNS FOR BAGS 63
- DIAGONAL CHECK PATTERN BAG 63
- LOZENGE PATTERN BAG 64
- HEM-STITCH PATTERN BAG 65
- SPIDER PATTERN BAG 68
- STRIPE PATTERN BAG 69
- A BAG, WITH BLACK OR GARNET BEADS 69
- KNITTED FRINGE 70
- VANDYKE BORDER 71
- A WARM HALF-SQUARE SHAWL 73
- A WARM DOUBLE KNITTED SCARF, IN TWO COLOURS 74
- A BORDER FOR A SHAWL OR QUILT 75
- RAISED KNITTING FOR A SHAWL 76
- A RUSSIAN SHAWL, IN BRIOCHE STITCH 77
- A LIGHT STITCH FOR A SHAWL 77
- STAR PATTERN SHAWL, IN TWO COLOURS 78
- BARÈGE KNITTING FOR SHAWLS 79
- A SHETLAND KNITTED SCARF 80
- SHETLAND PATTERN FOR A SHAWL 82
- OTHER PATTERNS FOR SHAWLS 83
- DOUBLE DIAMOND STITCH FOR A QUILT 83
- A QUILT 84
- A LIGHT AND WARM COUNTERPANE 85
- CROSS STITCH PATTERN FOR A QUILT 86
- ANOTHER QUILT 88
- A QUILT, OR COUVRE-PIED, IN SQUARES 89
- A COVER FOR AN AIR PILLOW 92
- A BABY’S HOOD 92
- A BABY’S SOCK 97
- ANOTHER BABY’S SOCK 99
- A BABY’S STOCKING 100
- A CARRIAGE BOOT 102
- A DOUBLE-KNITTED NIGHT SOCK 104
- A FRILEUSE OR NECK TIPPET 106
- WHEEL PATTERN FOR TIDIES, ETC 106
- KNITTED CORAL 107
- HINTS ON KNITTING 107
- REVIEWS ON MISS LAMBERT’S PREVIOUS BOOK 108
Reprinted from My Knitting Book, by Miss Lambert (1843). Free for personal use. Please share a link rather than copying this page.