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Double Knitting for Comforters, etc.

Large-sized needles, No. 1, and four-thread fleecy, will be required.

Cast on any even number of stitches.

First row—bring the wool forward, slip one; pass the wool back, knit one, turning the wool twice round the needle.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Every succeeding row is the same.—The stitch knitted in one row, is the slip-stitch in the next.

Knitted Lace.

Cast on twelve stitches with very fine cotton, or thread.—No. 25 needles.

[30]First row—slip one; knit two; pearl one; knit two together; turn the thread once round the needle, knit two; pearl one; knit one; turn the thread once round the needle, knit two, taken together at the back.

Second row—slip one; knit one; turn the thread twice round the needle, knit two; pearl two together; turn the thread once round the needle, knit one; pearl two together; turn the thread twice round the needle, pearl two together; knit one.

Third row—slip one; knit two; pearl one; knit two; turn the thread once round the needle, knit two together, taken at the back; knit one; knit two together; knit three.

Fourth row—slip one; turn the thread once round the needle; pearl one; knit two together; turn the thread once round the needle, knit four; pearl two together; turn the thread twice round the needle, pearl two together; knit one.[31]

Fifth row—slip one; knit two; pearl one; knit two; knit two together; turn the thread twice round the needle, knit three; pearl two together; knit one.

Sixth row—slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; slip one; knit two; turn the thread once round the needle, pearl two together; turn the thread once round the needle, pearl two together; knit one; turn the thread twice round the needle, pearl two together; knit one.

There should now be twelve stitches on the needle as at the commencement.—Repeat from the first row.

Knitted Insertion.

Cast on nine stitches in fine cotton; No. 23 needles.

Slip one; knit two; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit one; bring[32] the cotton forward, knit two together; pearl one.—Repeat.

This may be used for trimming muslin curtains, etc.

Coral Trimming for a Muslin Dress.

Cast on two stitches.—No. 2 needles, rather short.

Turn the wool round the needle, so as to bring it in front again; knit the two stitches, take together in the front.

Every row is the same.

Barley-corn Stitch.

Cast on any uneven number of stitches, with eight-thread Zephyr fleecy, or double German wool, and No. 2 needles.

Slip the first stitch, keeping the wool in front of the needle; turn the wool round the needle, so as to bring it in front again; knit two together, taken in front. Continue turning[33] the wool round the needle, and knitting two together, to the end of the row. All the rows are the same.

The two stitches, which are to be taken together, appear always as if tied together.

A Muff, in colours of Sable.

Cast on seventy or eighty stitches.

First, second, and third rows—plain knitting.

Fourth row—bring the wool forward, knit two together, taken at the back.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Repeat these four rows, until the piece be about eighteen inches long, admitting that the shading comes in correctly.

Two No. 8 needles are required, and double German wool, in four distinct shades to match the colour of sable. Commence with the lightest shade,—then the second, third, and darkest, reversing them again to the lightest.

[34]Another Muff.

Cast on forty-five stitches.—No. 8 needles.

Every row is worked the same, with a slip-stitch at the beginning;—knit one; pearl one.—Repeat to the end of the row.

It will require a piece of about twenty inches long, to make a moderate sized muff, which should be lined with gros de Naples; and stuffed with wool, and a sufficient quantity of horse-hair to retain it in shape. Cord and tassels to match the colour of the muff, may be sewn at the ends; or it may be drawn up with ribbons.

Close Stitch for a Waistcoat, &c.

To be knitted in two colours,—say claret and blue.—No. 18 needles. German wool.

First row—with claret,—knit one; slip one.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Second row—with claret,—knit one; bring[35] the wool forward, slip one; pass the wool back, knit one.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Third row—with claret,—slip one; knit one.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Fourth row—with claret,—bring the wool forward, slip one; pass the wool back, knit one.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Fifth and sixth rows—same as first and second,—in blue.

Commence again, as at first row.

Long Sleeves to wear under the Dress.

No. 17 needles, and six-thread embroidery fleecy.

Cast on forty-two stitches very loosely, and alternately knit, and pearl, three stitches, for twelve turns.

Knit ten turns plain.

Knit thirty-five turns plain,—increasing one stitch at the beginning and end of each turn.

[36]Knit twenty turns, plain—increasing one stitch every other turn.

Repeat the twelve turns as at the commencement.