Knitting
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26BONNET-PRESERVER. (Knitting)
What you needRaworths thread No. 34, or fine knitting-cotton; pins No 16.
- Cast on 92 stitches.—
- 1st row. Plain.—
- 2d row. Knit 1, (a) thread forward, knit 2 together; repeat from (a).—
- 3d row. Pearl.—
- 4th row. Cast off 13 stitches at the beginning and end of the row, knit the remaining stitches.—
- 5th row. Pearl.—
- 6th row. Knit 3, (a) thread forward, knit 5, thread forward, knit 3 together; repeat from (a), and finish with knit 3.—
- 7th row. Pearl.—
- 8th row. Knit 1, knit 2 together, (a) thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 3, knit 2 together, thread forward, knit 1; repeat from (a), and finish with knit 2 together, knit 1.—
- 9th row. Pearl.—
- 10th row. Knit 2, (a) thread forward, knit 3, thread forward, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together; repeat from (a), and finish with knit 2.—
- 11th row. Pearl.
Commence again at 6th row, beginning each row with knit 2, and knit until five diamonds are worked; knit two plain rows, then thread forward, knit 2 together, after which a pearl row, and cast off loosely in knitting the two last diamonds, and the remaining rows increase by making a stitch at the beginning and end of each row; join the piece behind, and pass a narrow ribbon through the open loops and down the front, leaving sufficient for strings.
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