Part 2

_First row_--Knit two; knit two together;(a) bring the wool forward, knit two; knit two together.--Repeat from (a).--_Finish_ with--bring the wool forward, knit four.

_Second row_--pearl two; pearl two together;(b) turn the wool round the needle, pearl two; pearl two together.--Repeat from (b).--_Finish_ with--turn the wool round the needle, pearl four.

Work four other similar rows, making altogether six rows,--with scarlet.

_Seventh row_--with _drab_,--knit two;(c) bring the wool forward, knit two together; knit two.--Repeat from (c).--_Finish_ with--bring the wool forward, knit two together.

_Eighth row_--pearl two;(d) turn the wool round the needle, pearl two together; pearl two.--Repeat from (d).--_Finish_ with--turn the wool round the needle, pearl two together.

Work four other rows, similar to the two last, with drab; then, commence again, as at first row, with scarlet.

A Shawl in Raised Knitting.

The centre may be worked in violet, or dark claret: the border in eight shades of stone colour, including the extreme shades--black and white.--German wool.--Two needles, No. 16, and one needle, No. 10.

Commence with the border, by casting on four hundred and eighty stitches, with black. Work two _patterns_ in each shade of colour, decreasing, by knitting two together, at the beginning of each _row_, except on the first four;--when four hundred and twenty stitches will remain on the needle for the centre of the shawl.

With the violet or claret wool, work a _square_ of four hundred and twenty stitches, to form the centre. Then,--

Commence the opposite border, with the white shade of stone colour, increasing on every row, except on the last four; and reversing the shades of colour, so as to form a similar border to the first.

Two side borders, in separate pieces, are now to be worked in the manner first described. These are afterwards to be sewn on;--the decreasing having formed an angle, that admits of the right shades of colour joining correctly.

Each _pattern_ of the raised knitting is composed of four rows, which are worked as follows;--

_First row_--with small needle,--bring the wool forward, knit two together.--Repeat.

_Second row_--with large needle,--} plain } _Third row_--with small needle,-- } knitting.

_Fourth row_--with small needle,--pearl knitting.

A Vandyke Edging.

Cast on twelve stitches.--Needles, No. 26.--Cotton, No. 20.

_First row_--slip one; knit two; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; bring the cotton forward twice, knit two together; knit five.

_Second row_--slip one; knit six; pearl one; knit two; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit one.

_Third row_--slip one; knit two; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit two; bring the cotton forward twice, knit two together; knit four.

_Fourth row_--slip one; knit five; pearl one; knit four; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit one.

_Fifth row_--slip one; knit two; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit four; bring the cotton forward twice, knit two together; knit three.

_Sixth row_--slip one; knit four; pearl one; knit six; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit one.

_Seventh row_--slip one; knit two; bring the cotton forward; knit two together; knit ten.

_Eighth row_--slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it; knit one, pass the stitch over it; knit one, pass the stitch over it; knit eight; bring the cotton forward, knit two together; knit one.

Commence again, as at first row.

Insertion Leaf-Pattern for Tidies

Cast on twenty-one stitches for each pattern.--Needles, No. 18--Cotton, No. 14.

_First row_--knit one; knit two together; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; bring the thread forward, knit two together, taken at the back; knit three; pearl one; knit three; knit two together; bring the thread forward, knit two together; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; knit one.

_Second row_--knit three; pearl one; knit one; pearl one; turn the thread round the needle, pearl two together; pearl two; knit one; pearl two; pearl two together; turn the thread round the needle, pearl one; knit one; pearl one; knit three.

_Third row_--knit one; knit two together; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; knit two; bring the thread forward, knit two together, taken at the back; knit one; pearl one; knit one; knit two together; bring the thread forward, knit two; knit two together; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; knit one.

_Fourth row_--knit three; pearl one; knit one; pearl three; turn the thread round the needle, pearl two together; knit one; pearl two together; turn the thread round the needle, pearl three; knit one; pearl one; knit three.

_Fifth row_--knit one; knit two together; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; knit four; bring the thread forward, knit three together; bring the thread forward, knit four; knit two together; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; knit one.

_Sixth row_--knit three; pearl one; knit one; pearl five; knit one; pearl five; knit one; pearl one: knit three.

Commence again, as at first row.

A very pretty insertion may be made, by knitting one _pattern_ only of the above.

Vandyke and Open Pattern for a Tidy, etc.

Cast on twelve stitches for each pattern, and six, for the three edge stitches on either side.--Needles, No. 18.--Cotton, No. 14.

N.B. To prevent confusion, the _edge stitches_ are omitted in the directions.

_First row_--knit one; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--four times; knit three.--Repeat.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

_Third row_--knit two; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--four times; knit two.--Repeat.

_Fourth row_--pearl knitting.

_Fifth row_--knit three; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--four times; knit one.--Repeat.

_Sixth row_--pearl knitting.

_Seventh row_--knit four; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--four times.--Repeat.

_Eighth row_--pearl knitting.

_Ninth row_--knit three; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--four times; knit one.--Repeat.

_Tenth row_--pearl knitting.

_Eleventh row_--knit two; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--four times; knit two.--Repeat.

_Twelfth row_--pearl knitting.

Commence again, as at first row.

Open Stripe Pattern for a Tidy, etc.

Cast on twenty-four stitches for each pattern.--Needles, No. 18.--Cotton, No. 14.

_First row_--knit two together,--four times; bring the thread forward, knit one,--seven times; bring the thread forward, knit two together; knit two together,--three times; knit one.--Repeat.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

Repeat these two rows, until a piece be worked of the required size; then,--_finish_ by casting off every twenty-three stitches, and dropping every twenty-fourth stitch, to form the open stripe.

Another Tidy.

Cast on six stitches for each pattern, and four, for two edge stitches on either side.--Needles, No. 18.--Cotton, No. 14.

N.B. To prevent confusion, the _edge stitches_ are omitted in the directions.

_First row_--knit two together; knit two; bring the thread forward, knit two together; bring the thread forward.--Repeat.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

Repeat these two rows, three times.

_Ninth row_--knit three;(a) bring the thread forward, knit two together; bring the thread forward, knit two; knit two together.--Repeat from (a).

_Tenth row_--pearl knitting.

Repeat the last two rows, twice; and commence again, as at first row.

Feather Pattern for a Tidy.

Cast on nineteen stitches for each pattern, and four over, for two stitches at each edge.--Needles, No. 22.--Cotton, No. 18.

_First row_--plain knitting.

_Second row_--bring the thread forward, knit one,--three times; knit two together,--three times; knit one; knit two together,--three times; bring the thread forward, knit one,--three times.--Repeat.

_Third row_--pearl knitting.

_Fourth row_--plain knitting.

_Fifth row_--pearl knitting.

Commence again, as at second row.

Small Rose-leaf Pattern for a Tidy.

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by six, adding four stitches over, to keep the pattern even at the beginning and end.--Needles, No. 18.--Cotton, No. 14.

_First row_--knit one; knit two together, taken at the back;(a) bring the thread forward, knit one; bring the thread forward, knit one; slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; knit one.--Repeat from (a).--_Finish_ with--bring the thread forward, knit two together.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

_Third row_--knit two;(b) bring the thread forward, knit three; bring the thread forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them.--Repeat from (b).--_Finish_ with--bring the thread forward, knit three.

_Fourth row_--pearl knitting.

_Fifth row_--knit two;(c) bring the thread forward, knit one; slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; knit one; bring the thread forward, knit one.--Repeat from (c).--_Finish_ with--bring the thread forward, knit two together, taken at the back.

_Sixth row_--pearl knitting.

_Seventh row_--knit two together; knit one;(d) bring the thread forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; bring the thread forward, knit three.--Repeat from (d).--_Finish_ with--bring the thread forward, knit three.

_Eighth row_--pearl knitting.

Commence again, as at first row.

Point de l’Echelle, for a Tidy, etc.

Cast on thirty-six stitches for every two patterns, and one over, for the centre or dividing stitch between each pattern.--Needles, No. 16.--Cotton, No. 12.

_First row_--pearl three;(a) pass the thread over, knit three; knit two together; knit three; knit two together; knit three; bring the thread forward, pearl five.--Repeat from (a).--_Finish_ with--pearl three.

_Second row_--pearl knitting, except the stitches pearled in the previous row, which are to be knitted plain.

_Third row_--pearl three;(b) knit one; bring the thread forward, knit three; knit two together; knit one; knit two together; knit three; bring the thread forward, knit one; pearl five.--Repeat from (b).--_Finish_ with--pearl three.

_Fourth row_--same as second.

_Fifth row_--pearl three;(c) knit two; bring the thread forward, knit three; knit three together; knit three; bring the thread forward, knit two; pearl five.--Repeat from (c).--_Finish_ with--pearl three.

_Sixth row_--the same as second.

Commence again, as at first row.

N.B. In the above pattern, when casting off, every nineteenth stitch is to be dropped.

A Fish or Basket Napkin.

Cast on twenty-four stitches for each pattern, and one over, for the edge stitch.--Needles, No. 16.--Cotton, No. 12.

_First row_--knit one; bring the thread forward, knit four; knit two together, taken at the back; pearl eleven; knit two together; knit four; bring the thread forward.--Repeat.

_Second row_--pearl two; turn the thread round the needle, pearl four; pearl two together; knit nine; pearl two together, taken at the back; pearl four; turn the thread round the needle, pearl one.--Repeat.

_Third row_--knit three; bring the thread forward, knit four; knit two together, taken at the back; pearl seven; knit two together; knit four; bring the thread forward, knit two.--Repeat.

_Fourth row_--pearl four; turn the thread round the needle, pearl four; pearl two together; knit five; pearl two together, taken at the back; pearl four; turn the thread round the needle, pearl three.--Repeat.

_Fifth row_--knit one; bring the thread forward, knit eight; knit two together, taken at the back; pearl three; knit two together; knit eight; bring the thread forward.--Repeat.

_Sixth row_--pearl two; turn the thread round the needle, pearl eight; pearl two together; knit one; pearl two together, taken at the back; pearl eight; turn the thread round the needle, pearl one.--Repeat.

_Seventh row_--knit three; bring the thread forward, knit eight; knit two together, twice; knit seven; bring the thread forward, knit two.--Repeat.

_Eighth row_--pearl four; turn the thread round the needle, pearl seven; slip one; pearl two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; pearl seven; turn the thread round the needle, pearl three.--Repeat.

Commence again, as at first row.

Fern Pattern Fish Napkin.

Cast on twenty-nine stitches for each pattern, and nine over, to make both sides correspond.--Needles, No. 16.--Cotton, No. 12.

N.B. The nine extra stitches, at the end of each row, are to be knitted the same as the nine stitches, at the commencement.

_First row_--pearl three; knit one; bring the thread forward twice, knit two together; pearl three; pass the thread over, knit five; knit two together; knit six; knit two together; knit five; bring the thread forward.--Repeat.

_Second row_--knit three; pearl two together; slip one; turn the thread round the needle, pearl one; knit three; pearl one; turn the thread round the needle, pearl five; pearl two together; pearl four; pearl two together; pearl five; turn the thread round the needle, pearl one.--Repeat.

_Third row_--pearl three; knit one; bring the thread forward, slip the loops; knit one; pearl three; knit two; bring the thread forward, knit five; knit two together; knit two; knit two together; knit five; bring the thread forward, knit two.--Repeat.

_Fourth row_--knit three; pearl one; knit the loops; pearl one; knit three; pearl three; turn the thread round the needle, pearl five; knit two together,--twice; pearl five; turn the thread round the needle, pearl three.--Repeat.

Commence again, as at first row.

Open Pattern for a small Quilt.

Cast on five stitches for each pattern.--German wool, used double.--Needles, No. 7.

_First row_--bring the thread forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them; bring the thread forward, slip one; knit one, pass the slip-stitch over it.--Repeat.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

Commence again, as at first row.

This quilt is prettiest when lined with coloured silk. It should be trimmed with a vandyke edging, knitted with wool.

Pretty Open Stitch for a Bag.

Middle-sized netting silk.--Needles, No. 23.

Cast on six stitches for each pattern.--Forty-four patterns form an ordinary sized bag.

_First round_--bring the silk forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; bring the silk forward, knit three.--Repeat.

_Second round_--plain knitting.

_Third round_--knit three;(a) bring the silk forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; bring the silk forward, knit three.--Repeat from (a).--_Finish_ with--bring the silk forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them.--The latter operation prevents the round decreasing.

_Fourth round_--plain knitting.

Commence again, as at first round.

A new Pence Jug or Purse.

Two colours in German wool,--say blue and orange.--Needles, No. 25.

Cast twelve stitches on the first needle, for the spout; and ten stitches on each of three other needles,--with _blue_. Knit three rounds.

_Fourth round_--with _orange_, plain knitting.

In the next twelve rounds, pearl two, and knit two, alternately; except the twelve stitches for the spout, which are to be knitted plain; decreasing one stitch, alternately, on each side of these twelve, in the first four rounds, and one stitch on one side only, in the next eight rounds. The spout, together with the first seventeen rounds, will now be finished, when thirty-one stitches should remain on the needles.

Knit twelve rounds, pearling two, and knitting two, alternately, except under the spout, where one stitch only is to be knitted. Then,--

With the _blue_ wool, commence forming the bowl of the jug; increasing, by knitting two stitches in one,--first knitting the front of the stitch, and then the back; which will prevent the appearance of the increasing.

Pearl two rounds.

Knit four rounds,--with _orange_, slipping every fourth (blue) stitch.

Knit one round,--with _blue_, increasing twelve stitches, by knitting two stitches in one, as before, every sixth stitch.

Pearl two rounds,--with _blue_.

Knit four rounds,--with _orange_, slipping every fourth (blue) stitch, as before.

Knit one round,--with _blue_, increasing twelve stitches, by knitting two stitches in one, as before; when eighty-eight stitches should count on the needles.

Pearl two rounds,--with _blue_.

Knit five rounds,--with _orange_.

Knit one round,-- } } with _blue_. Pearl two rounds,--}

Knit four rounds,--with _orange_, slipping every fourth (blue) stitch, as before.

Knit one round, decreasing ten stitches,--} } with _blue_. Pearl two rounds,-- }

Knit four rounds,--with _orange_, slipping every fourth (blue) stitch, as before.

Knit one round, decreasing six stitches,--} } with _blue_. Pearl two rounds,-- }

Seventy-two stitches should now remain on the needles. Divide this number of stitches by six, and knit eleven rounds with _orange_; decreasing six stitches in each round, by knitting two together, at the commencement of each division; when a star of six points will be formed, and six stitches only will remain on the needles:--these are to be drawn up at the point.

Take up eight stitches on the side opposite the spout; then, in pearled, and plain rows, work a piece about an inch and a half long--with _orange_. The end of this is to be attached to the first row of the bowl of the jug, to form the handle.

An Easy Stitch for various Purposes.

This is an easy and light stitch. It may be worked with fine or coarse wool, for half handkerchiefs, bonnet caps, under spencers, sleeves, etc. For most useful purposes, three-thread fleecy, and needles No. 12, may be employed.

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three.

_First row_--bring the wool forward, knit two together; knit one.--Repeat.

_Second row_--plain knitting.

Repeat these two rows, alternately.

When knitting sleeves, or any other article, where decreasing is necessary, knit two together, at the beginning of every second row.

A Chancelière.

Six-thread fleecy, say two colours, blue and drab.--Needles, No. 14.

Cast on forty-two stitches, and knit six, or eight, _patterns_, (see directions next page), alternately drab and blue, until a piece about twenty-four inches in length be worked. Then--with one colour--knit, in a similar manner, a band about thirty inches in length, and three or four inches wide, to form the sides.

In brioche stitch, work two corresponding pieces, with white, to form the lining. These four pieces are to be wadded, and mounted, in the usual form. The opening for the feet should be edged with a worsted ermine trimming.

The _pattern_ is knitted as follows;--

Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by three.

_First row_--bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two together.--Repeat.

_Second row_--knit two; slip the long stitch.--Repeat.

_Third row_--knit two together;(a) bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two together.--Repeat from (a).--_Finish_ with--bring the wool forward, knit one.

_Fourth row_--knit one; slip one;(b) knit two; slip one.--Repeat from (b).

Commence again, as at first row.

A Warm Half-square Shawl.

German wool--used double.--Needles, No. 6.--Scarlet, and four shades of bright green slate colour, form a pretty contrast. The shawl should be worked in alternate stripes of the two colours; each stripe being composed of four patterns,--that is, one pattern in each shade of the green slate colour, and four patterns in scarlet.

Cast on two hundred and forty stitches with the lightest shade of _slate_ colour.

_First row_--bring the wool forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them.--Repeat to the end of the row, except on the two last stitches, which are to be knitted together.

_Second row_--pearl knitting.

Repeat these two rows, with the three other shades of slate colour,--decreasing (by knitting two together) at the end of every pattern row.

With the _scarlet_ wool, knit four patterns, in a similar manner.

Two stripes, of an equal width, will thus be formed;--the one, composed of four shades of slate colour, and the other, of scarlet. These are to be repeated, alternately, until the half square be finished.

A fringe for this shawl may be knitted with scarlet, as follows.

Fringe for a Shawl.

This forms a very pretty fringe for the preceding shawl pattern.

Cast on twelve stitches with scarlet German wool--used double. --Needles, No. 6.

_First row_--bring the wool forward, knit two together.--Repeat.

Every row is the same. When finished, cast off three patterns; and unravel the remainder for the fringe.

Before unravelling, the knitting should be thoroughly damped, and afterwards dried before a fire. This will cause the wool to curl, and form a better fringe. Each loop should be knotted, close to the knitting.

It is advisable to knit this fringe in one length. It may be easily made to sit well round the point of the shawl, by fulling it a little, in the sewing on.

THE TWELVE FOLLOWING PATTERNS ARE INTENDED FOR A SET OF D’OYLEYS.--THEY ARE TO BE WORKED WITH KNITTING COTTON, NO. 20, AND NEEDLES, NO. 26. WHEN WORKED WITH COARSER COTTON, AND LARGER NEEDLES, THE OPEN PATTERNS FORM TIDIES; AND THE CLOSE PATTERNS (OF THE SIZE DIRECTED), MAKE PRETTY COVERS FOR TOILET CUSHIONS, ETC.

D’Oyleys.

These D’Oyleys, as nearly as the patterns will allow, work about six inches square; they have an open border, with a plain edge of three stitches, on each side. Some of the centres are arranged to contain a certain number of _perfect_ patterns; but others, where such an arrangement would have interfered with the symmetry of the borders, are curtailed of a few stitches:--thus, No. IV. contains four perfect patterns, each composed of fifteen stitches; and one pattern of thirteen stitches only--the open part of the pattern, on one side, being omitted.

In addition to the borders above mentioned, these D’Oyleys should be trimmed with a netted scalloped edging, or, with one of the knitted edgings to be found in this book: a coarse lace, however, if preferred, will equally answer the purpose.

As the first twelve rows--composing the border--of each D’Oyley, are the same, the repetition of them, in each pattern, appears useless; the following directions, therefore, will serve for the commencement of all, and form--

A Border for each D’Oyley.

Knit _six_ plain _rows_.

_Seventh row_--knit three; bring the thread forward, knit two together.--Repeat, except on the last three stitches, which knit plain.

_Eighth row_--pearl knitting, except on the first three, and last three, stitches, which are to be knitted plain.

Repeat the seventh, and eighth, rows, making altogether, twelve rows from the commencement.

The above forms the upper border of the D’Oyley. The side borders are included in the directions given for each row of the centre patterns.--The lower border--worked the same (reversed) as the upper--it appears unnecessary to repeat.

N.B. The pattern of the centre is always commenced on the _thirteenth_ row of each D’Oyley.

I.

Willow Pattern.

Cast on seventy-four stitches; that is,--eighteen for the two borders, and fifty-six for the centre. Each centre pattern occupies four stitches.

Knit the upper border, as before directed. Commence the side-borders, and centre, as follows;--

_First row_--knit three; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--three times; knit two; knit two together;(a) bring the thread forward, knit two; knit two together.--Repeat from (a).--_Finish_ with--bring the thread forward, knit four; bring the thread forward, knit two together,--three times; knit three.