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A SCALLOPED FRINGE OR BORDER
From the Handbook of Needlework, 1842
Cast on nine stitches.
First row - slip one; knit one; bring the cotton forward, knit two together three times; bring the cotton forward, knit one.
Second row - plain knitting.
Repeat these two rows nine times, plain knitting the additional stitches.
Knit three plain rows, ending at the point; the middle one of these will form the first half of the scallop.
Make the other half of the scallop decreasing thus: -
First row - slip one; knit two together; bring the cotton forward, knit two together four times; knit seven.
Second row - plain knitting.
Repeat these two rows alternately, until reduced to ten stitches.
Bring the cotton forward, knit two together three times; when there will be the same number of stitches as at the commencement of the scallop.
Knit three plain rows.
Commence another scallop as before.
First row - slip one; knit one; bring the cotton forward, knit two together three times; bring the cotton forward, knit one.
Second row - plain knitting.
Repeat these two rows nine times, plain knitting the additional stitches.
Knit three plain rows, ending at the point; the middle one of these will form the first half of the scallop.
Make the other half of the scallop decreasing thus: -
First row - slip one; knit two together; bring the cotton forward, knit two together four times; knit seven.
Second row - plain knitting.
Repeat these two rows alternately, until reduced to ten stitches.
Bring the cotton forward, knit two together three times; when there will be the same number of stitches as at the commencement of the scallop.
Knit three plain rows.
Commence another scallop as before.
A D'OYLEY
From the Handbook of Needlework, 1842Gentlemen's Muffatees
Cast on any number of stitches that can be divided by ten - No. 6 cotton, and No. 14 needles
First row - knit one; pearl nine; knit one; pearl nine; and so on, alternately, to the end of the row.
Second row- pearl one; knit seven; pearl two.
Third row - knit three; pearl five; knit two.
Fourth row - pearl three; knit three; pearl four.
Fifth row - knit five; pearl one; knit four.
Sixth row - knit four; pearl one, knit five.
Seventh row - pearl four; knit three; pearl three.
Eighth row - knit two; pearl five; knit three.
Ninth row - pearl two; knit seven; pearl one.
Tenth row - pearl nine, knit one.
Commence again as at the first row.
A Winter's Gift for Ladies 1845
Two Needles, No. 14, 4 skeins of colored German lamb's-wool, and 4 of white
Cast on 54 stitches; bring the wool forward, slip a stitch, and knit two stitches taken together; repeat the same to the end of the row; every row is the same; knit up one skein of colored wook, two of white, and finish the muffatee with one skein of colored wool; sew it up.
PATTERN FOR A CHAIR TIDY, OR D'OYLEY
Miss Lambert, 1842
Cast on one hundred and sixty-eight stitches. This will form
the foundation, on which the pattern is to be repeated eight
times.
First row - pearl knitting.
Second row - knit two together; knit three; knit two together;
knit one; bring the wool forward, knit one; bring the wool
forward, knit one; knit two together; knit three; knit two
together, knit one; bring the wool forward, knit one; bring the
wool forward, knit two; - repeat this to the end of the row.
Third row - pearl knitting.
Fourth row - knit two together; knit one; knit two together; knit
one; bring the wool forward; knit three; bring the wool
forward, knit one; knit two together; knit one; knit two
together; knit one; bring the wool forward; knit three; bring the
wool forward; knit two plain.
Fifth row - pearl knitting.
Sixth row - slip one; knit two together, draw the slip stitch
over them; knit one; bring the wool forward, knit five; bring the
wool forward, knit one; slip one; knit two together; draw the
slip stitch over them; knit one; bring the wool forward, knit
five; bring the wool forward, knit two.
Seventh row - pearl knitting.
Eighth row - knit two; bring the wool forward; knit one; bring
the wool forward, knit one; knit two together; knit three; knit
two together, knit one; bring the wool forward, knit one; bring
the wool forward, knit one; knit two together; knit three; knit
two together.
Ninth row - pearl knitting.
Tenth row - knit two; bring the wool forward, knit three; bring
the wool forward, knit one; knit two together; knit one; knit two
together; knit one; bring the wool forward, knit three; bring the
wool forward, knit one; knit two together; knit one; knit two
together.
Eleventh row - pearl knitting.
Twelfth row - knit two; bring the wool forward, knit five; bring
the wool forward, knit one; slip one; knit two together, bring
the slip stitch over them; knit one; bring the wool forward, knit
five; bring the wool forward, knit one; slip one; knit two
together, bring the slip stitch over them.
This pattern may be worked in cotton, No. 6, for a chair tidy,
and finished with a netted fringe. It is also very pretty for
light shawls, in four-thread embroidery fleecy. Needles Nos. 14
or 15 may be used with either material.
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