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Miss Lambert, 1843

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Chapter 8

Cuffs

Siberian Cuffs

  1. Nine shades of German wool, used double, will be required.—No. 8 needles.
  2. Cast on sixty-four stitches with the darkest shade;—knit three plain rows.
  3. Fourth row—bring the wool forward, knit two together.
  4. Repeat these four rows, (which form the pattern), nine times,—taking a lighter shade of wool each time.
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A Knitted Silk Cuff

  1. Coarse black netting silk.—Four needles, No. 22. Cast on twenty-eight stitches on each of three needles:—knit two plain rounds.
  2. Third round—bring the silk forward, slip one; knit one; pass the slipped stitch over it; knit one; pearl one.
  3. Repeat the third round, until the cuff be of the depth required; then,—knit two plain rounds to correspond with the commencement.
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Open Stitch for Cuffs

  1. With coarse silk.—Four needles, No. 22.
  2. Cast on any even number of stitches, on each of three needles.
  3. First round—knit two together.
  4. Second round—bring the silk forward, knit one.
  5. Third round—plain knitting.
  6. Repeat from the first round.
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Very Pretty Cuffs

  1. Two colours are generally used—say red and white. They are prettiest in four-thread embroidery fleecy, or German wool.—Two needles No. 16, and two No. 20, will be required.
  2. Cast on forty-six stitches.
  3. Bring the wool forward, knit two together.
  4. Knit six plain rows.
  5. white.
  6. Knit six plain rows.
  7. Bring the wool forward, knit two together.
  8. Knit six plain rows.
  9. red.
  10. Knit six plain rows.
  11. Bring the wool forward, knit two together.
  12. Knit six plain rows.
  13. white.
  14. Knit six plain rows.
  15. Bring the wool forward, knit two together.
  16. Knit six plain rows.
  17. red.
  18. Knit six plain rows.
  19. Bring the wool forward, knit two together.
  20. white.
  21. Take double wool, and needles double the size.
  22. Knit one plain row.
  23. Pearl one row.
  24. Knit two plain rows.
  25. Pearl one row.
  26. Knit one row.
  27. white.
  28. Knit one plain row.
  29. Pearl one row.
  30. red.
  31. Repeat these two red and white stripes, alternately, four times, and finish with the two stitches together, as at the commencement.
  32. The cuffs, when finished, roll over at the top.
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