Exercises in Knitting | Page 3

pattern; 6 shades of scarlet four-threaded
German wool, 12 rows of each shade, and for the centre, 12 rows of
white. Cast on 128 stitches.
First row:--Knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 3 (make 1 and knit 2
together 3 times), knit 2 together and draw the preceding stitch on the
right-hand needle over the stitch formed by knitting the last 2 together,
make 1 and knit 2 together twice, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 2
together; repeat.
Second row:--Seamed.
Third row:--Knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3 (knit 2 together and
make 1 three times), knit 1 (make 1 and knit 2 together twice), make 1,
knit 3, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1.
Fourth row:--Seamed.
Fifth row:--Knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1 (knit 2 together and
make 1 three times), knit 3 (make 1 and knit 2 together three times),
knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together; repeat.
Sixth row:--Seamed.
Seventh row:--Knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1 (knit 2 together
and make 1 three times), knit 5 (make 1 and knit 2 together three times),
knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, and repeat.
Eighth row:--Seamed.
Ninth row:--Knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1 (make 1 and knit 2
together three times), knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 2 (make 1
and knit 2 together four times).
Tenth row:--Seamed.
Eleventh row:--Knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3 (make 1 and knit
2 together three times), knit 2 (knit 2 together and make 1 three times),
knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1.

Twelfth row:--Seamed.

VI.
Pretty Feather Pattern.
Pins No. 11; 25 stitches to a pattern. Six shades each of scarlet, drab,
and blue. Cast on 108 stitches. Commence with the darkest blue and
knit 4 plain rows.
First row:--Knit 2 together four times, bring the wool forward and knit
1 eight times, knit 2 together four times, knit 1, and repeat.
Second row:--Seamed.
Third row:--Knit.
Fourth row:--Seamed.
The shade is changed after the completion of these 4 rows. The 6
shades of blue are knit from dark to light; then the 6 shades of scarlet;
and then the shades of drab: each set of shades is knit twice, and you
will finish with the lightest drab. Knit 4 plain rows of that colour
besides the 4 pattern rows.

VII.
Rose-Leaf Pattern.
Pins No. 10; 19 stitches to a pattern. Fifteen shades of blue four-thread
German wool, and 6 rows of each colour. Cast on 122 stitches.
First row:--Knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass the
slipped stitch over, seam 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, seam 1, knit 1, slip 1,
knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over, seam 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, make
1, and repeat.

Second row:--Seam 3, knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, seam 4,
knit 2, seam 1; repeat.
Third row:--Knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, make 1, slip 1, knit 1,
pass the slipped stitch over, seam 1, knit 2 together, seam 1, slip 1, knit
1, pass the slipped stitch over, seam 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1,
make 1, and repeat.
Fourth row:--Seam 4, knit 1, seam 1, knit 1, seam 1, knit 1, seam 5, knit
2, seam 1, and repeat.
Fifth row:--Knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, make 1, knit 3, make 1, slip 1, knit 2
together, pass the slipped stitch over, seam 1, slip 1, knit 2 together,
pass the slipped stitch over, make 1, knit 3, make 1.
Sixth row:--Seam 6, knit 1, seam 7, knit 2, seam 1, and repeat.
Seventh row:--Knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, make 1, knit 5, make 1, slip 1,
knit 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over, make 1, knit 5, make 1, and
repeat.
Eighth row:--Seam 16, knit 2, seam 1, and repeat.
Begin again from the 1st row.

VIII.
Pretty Spider-Net Pattern, with Open Work between.
Pins No. 12; 35 stitches to a pattern. Fourteen shades of four-threaded
scarlet German wool, 6 rows of each shade. Cast on 113 stitches.
First row:--Knit 2, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2
together, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 9 (make 1, and knit 2 together 6
times), knit 5; repeat.
Second row:--Seam 4 (seam 2 together and make 1 six times), seam 9

(seam 2 together and make 1 twice), seam 3, make 1, seam 2 together,
seam 1, and repeat.
Third row:--Knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2
together (make 1 and knit 2 together twice), knit 9 (make 1 and knit 2
together six times),