Exercises in Knitting | Page 4

knit 3, and repeat.
Fourth row:--Seam 2 (seam 2 together and make 1 six times), seam 9
(seam 2 together and make 1 twice), seam 1, make 1, seam 3, make 1,
seam 2, and repeat.
Fifth row:--Knit 3, make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together, pass the slipped
stitch over, make 1, knit 3 (make 1 and knit 2 together twice), knit 9
(make 1 and knit 2 together six times), knit 1, repeat.
Sixth row:--Seam 3 (make 1 and seam 2 together six times), seam 6,
seam 2 together, make 1, seam 1, make 1, seam 2 together, make 1,
seam 2 together, seam 7, repeat.
Seventh row:--Knit 6, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1,
knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 4 (knit 2 together and make 1 six
times), knit 4, repeat.
Eighth row:--Seam 5 (make 1 and seam 2 together six times), seam 2,
seam 2 together, make 1, seam 2 together, seam 1, seam 2 together,
make 1, seam 2 together, make 1, seam 2 together, seam 5, repeat.
Ninth row:--Knit 4, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1,
knit 1, make 1, knit 3, make 1, knit 3 (knit 2 together and make 1 six
times), knit 6, repeat.
Tenth row:--Seam 7 (make 1 and seam 2 together six times), seam 3,
make 1, slip 1, seam 2 together, pass the slipped stitch over, make 1,
seam 3, make 1, seam 2 together, make 1, seam 2 together, seam 3,
repeat.

IX.

Shield Pattern, surrounded with Open Work.
Pins No. 11; 15 stitches to a pattern. Ten shades of four-threaded
German wool, 8 rows of each shade, the shades to be reversed from the
centre the same as No. 2. Cast on 113 stitches.
First row:--Knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit
1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together.
Second row:--Seamed.
Third row:--Knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1,
knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together.
Fourth row:--Seamed.
Fifth row:--Knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit
3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together.
Sixth row:--Seamed.
Seventh row:--Knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1,
knit 5, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together.
Eighth row:--Seamed.
Ninth row:--Knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 7,
make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together.
Tenth row:--Seamed.
Eleventh row:--Knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2
together, knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1.
Twelfth row:--Seamed.
Thirteenth row:--Knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2
together, knit 2 together at the back, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together,
make 1, knit 1.

Fourteenth row:--Seamed.
Fifteenth row:--Same as the 13th row.
Sixteenth row:--Seamed.
Seventeenth row:--Same as the 13th.
Eighteenth row:--Seamed.
Nineteenth row:--Knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2, knit 2
together, knit 2 together at the back, knit 2, make 1, knit 2 together,
make 1, knit 2.
Twentieth row:--Seamed.
Twenty-first row:--Knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 1, knit
2 together, knit 2 together at the back, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together,
make 1, knit 3.
Twenty-second row:--Seamed.
Twenty-third row:--Knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2
together, knit 2 together at the back, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1,
knit 4.
Twenty-fourth row:--Seamed.
Twenty-fifth row:--Knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, knit 2 together,
make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit 2
together.
Twenty-sixth row:--Seamed.
Twenty-seventh row:--Knit 2 together at the back, knit 3, make 1, knit
2 together, make 1, knit 1, make 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, knit
2 together.
Twenty-eighth row:--Seamed.

Repeat from 1st row.

X.
Canvass Pattern.
Two stitches to a pattern, 3 half-ounce skeins of shaded scarlet
8-threaded wool, and 2 skeins of 8-threaded white wool, 6 rows of
scarlet, and 4 of white. Cast on 100 stitches.
First row:--Seam 1, seam the remainder of the stitches, passing the
wool twice round the pin. This row is not repeated, but the knitting
continued with the 2d and 3d rows till large enough.
Second row:--Knit half the 1st stitch, knit the other half with half the 2d
stitch, passing the wool twice round the pin, knit the other half of the
2d stitch with the 1st half of the 3d stitch, passing the wool twice round
the pin, and so on.
Third row:--Seam half