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Double Diamond Stitch for a Quilt.

This is prettiest in stripes of about five inches in width, in any two colours.

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three, allowing two over, for a stitch at each end of the row.

[84]First row—plain knitting.

Second row—slip one;(a) bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two together.—Repeat from (a).—Plain knit the last stitch.

Third row—slip one; knit one; the next stitch is a double stitch (that is,—a stitch and a loop)—knit the stitch and slip the loop;—continue to knit the stitch and slip the loop, to the end of the row.

Fourth row—commence again, as at second row.

In every other second row, there will be a double stitch after the first one,—this is to be knitted without bringing the wool forward. All the other stitches are to be knitted the same as before.

N.B. The last stitch of every row is to be knitted plain.

A Quilt.

This may be knitted as a Baby's Quilt, or it[85] may be done in small squares for a large Quilt.—Eight-thread Zephyr fleecy.—No. 6 needles.

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three,—for a square of six inches, say forty-five; for a Baby's Quilt, two hundred and thirty-one.

First row—slip one; knit two, taken together in the front;(a) turn the wool round the needle, and bring it again in front; slip one; knit two together.—Repeat from (a).

Every row is alike.

N.B. The two last stitches at the end of the row are to be—the first pearled,—the second knitted.

A light and warm Counterpane.

Six-thread fleecy in two colours—say blue and white; or, what is preferable, German quilt wool—Needles No. 2, pointed at both ends.

Cast on any number of stitches in blue.

[86]First row—plain knitting, turning the wool twice round the needle.

Second row—join on the white wool, knit one; knit two together, turning the wool twice round the needle;—continue knitting two together, and turning the wool twice round the needle, to the end of the row, but plain knit the last stitch.

Third row—commence at the other end of the needle; knit two stitches taken together in front, twisting the wool twice round the needle.

Fourth row—white,—knit one; knit two together, turning the wool twice round the needle; knit one.

Fifth row—commence again as at third row.

Cross Stitch Pattern for a Quilt.

Two colours,—say gold colour and white.—No. 3 needles, pointed at both ends.—Cast on any number of stitches.

[87]First row—white,—knit one plain stitch, turning the wool twice round the needle.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Second row—gold colour,—joining on the colour where the last row of white commenced;—knit one plain stitch, turning the wool once round the needle; knit the long stitch and the one that was knitted in the last row together, turning the wool twice round the needle.—Repeat to the end of the row,—when one stitch will be left, which is to be knitted the same as the plain stitch at the beginning of the row.

Third row—white,—knit two together, taken in the front, turning the wool twice round the needle.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Fourth row—gold colour,—the same as the third,—knitting one plain stitch at the commencement of the row, and one plain stitch at the end of the row, twisting the wool once round the needle.

Fifth row—white,—knit two together,[88] twisting the wool twice round the needle.—Repeat to the end of the row.

Sixth row—Commence again, as at second row.

It may be as well to remark, that two rows are knitted at the back, and two at the front.

Another Quilt.

This should be knitted in stripes of six inches in width.—Cast on any number of stitches that may be divided by three;—German quilt wool.—No. 1 needles.

First row—bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them.—Repeat.

Second row—pearl knitting.

Third row—knit two, before the pattern is commenced, that the holes may come in a diagonal direction.

Fourth row—pearl knitting.

Fifth row—same as third.

[89]A Quilt, or Couvre-Pied, in squares.

This may be worked with Zephyr fleecy,—No. 9 needles, each piece being about three and a half inches square. Every square is worked in two colours,—as blue and white; lilac and white; gold colour and white; green and white; etc. These pieces are afterwards to be joined together, arranging them, according to their several colours. Each square, however, if preferred, may be worked the same. The following directions are for a square in green and white:—

First row—bring the wool forward, knit one,—in green. Work five more rows, in the same manner, when there should be seven stitches on the needle.

Seventh row—bring the wool forward, knit two,—in green; join on the white,—knit three;—join on another length of green,—knit two.

[90]Eighth row—bring the green wool forward, knit two; pearl three, white; knit three, green.

Ninth, and Tenth rows—knit to the end of each row, with green, increasing at the beginning, as before.

Eleventh row—bring the wool forward, knit two, green; knit seven, white; knit two, green.

Twelfth row—bring the wool forward, knit two, green; pearl seven, white; knit three, green.

Thirteenth, and Fourteenth rows—knit to the end of each row, with green, increasing, as before.

Fifteenth row—bring the wool forward, knit two, green; knit eleven, white; knit two, green.

Sixteenth row—bring the wool forward, knit two, green; pearl eleven, white; knit three, green.

Seventeenth, and Eighteenth rows—same as thirteenth and fourteenth.—There should now be nineteen stitches on the needle,—one[91] half of the square being completed. The decreasing then commences as follows:—

Nineteenth row—slip one, knit two together, knit one, green; knit eleven, white; knit four green.

Twentieth row—slip one, knit two together, knit one, green; pearl eleven, white; knit three, green.

Twenty-first, and twenty-second rows—green—decreasing at the beginning of each row.

Twenty-third row—slip one, knit two together, knit one, green; knit seven, white; knit four, green.

Twenty-fourth row—slip one, knit two together, knit one, green; pearl seven, white; knit three, green.

Twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth rows—green,—decreasing, as before.

Twenty-seventh row—slip one, knit two together, knit one, green; knit three, white; knit four, green.

[92]Twenty-eighth row—slip one, knit two together, knit one, green; pearl three, white; knit three, green.

The white is now done with. The square is to be finished with plain rows of green,—decreasing, at the commencement of each.

A Cover for an Air Pillow.

Cast eighty stitches on each of three needles, No. 9.—Three-thread fleecy.

First round—bring the wool forward, knit one.—Repeat.

Second round—slip one; knit one, pass the slip stitch over it.—Repeat.

Repeat the first and second rounds, alternately.