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MY KNITTING BOOK.

Explanation of Terms used in Knitting.

It is necessary, in giving or following directions for knitting, to caution knitters to observe a medium in their work--not knitting either too loose or too tight.

Siberian Cuffs.

Nine shades of German wool, used double, will be required.--No. 8 needles.

Cast on sixty-four stitches with the darkest shade;--knit three plain rows.

Repeat these four rows, , nine times,--taking a lighter shade of wool each time.

A Knitted Silk Cuff.

Coarse black netting silk.--Four needles, No. 22. Cast on twenty-eight stitches on each of three needles:--knit two plain rounds.

Repeat the third round, until the cuff be of the depth required; then,--knit two plain rounds to correspond with the commencement.

Open Stitch for Cuffs.

With coarse silk.--Four needles, No. 22.

Cast on any even number of stitches, on each of three needles.

Repeat from the first round.

Very Pretty Cuffs.

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.

Cast on forty-six stitches. } Bring the wool forward, knit two together. } white. Knit six plain rows. }

Knit six plain rows. } Bring the wool forward, knit two together. } red. Knit six plain rows. }

Knit six plain rows. } Bring the wool forward, knit two together. } white. Knit six plain rows. }

Knit six plain rows. } Bring the wool forward, knit two together. } red. Knit six plain rows. }

Knit six plain rows. } white. Bring the wool forward, knit two together. }

Take double wool, and needles double the size.

Knit one plain row. } Pearl one row. } Knit two plain rows. } white. Pearl one row. } Knit one row. }

Knit one plain row. } red. Pearl one row. }

Repeat these two red and white stripes, alternately, four times, and finish with the two stitches together, as at the commencement.

The cuffs, when finished, roll over at the top.

Muffatees with two Colours.

German wool,--three needles, No. 25. The prettiest colours are cerise and brown;--commencing with the brown. Cast on eighty-eight stitches, viz.--thirty on each of two needles, and twenty-eight on the third.--Knit four rounds,--two stitches of each alternately pearl and plain.

Knit one plain round.

Pearl three rounds.

The above is all with one colour,--the brown.

Take off two stitches without knitting; knit six with the cerise.--Repeat, alternately, to the end of the round.

The next nine rounds are the same.

Knit one plain round with the brown.

Pearl three rounds.

Commence again with the cerise,--knitting four stitches only at the beginning of the round;--then take off two stitches, and knit six, alternately, as before.

These cuffs may be worked to any desired length, finishing off the same as at the commencement.

Gentlemen's Muffatees.

Cast on fifty-four stitches, in double German wool.--No. 14 needles.

Every row is the same,--the first and last stitches being plain. When finished they are to be sewn up.

Plain Ribbed Muffatees.

Four needles will be required.

Cast on each of three needles, eighteen or twenty-four stitches, according to the size desired.

Another Pair of Muffatees.

Three-thread fleecy, or Zephyr wool.--No. 13 needles.

Cast on thirty-six stitches.

Knit twenty plain stitches, and sixteen in double knitting.

When they are sufficiently large, knit or sew them up. The double knitting comes over the hand, the plain knitting setting tight to the wrist.

Knitted Cuffs, Shell Pattern.

These may be made either with silk, cotton, or fine wool.--Needles No. 22.

Cast thirty stitches on each of two needles, and forty on a third;--knit one plain round.

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