Exercises in Knitting | Page 4

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 the 1st stitch, seam the other half with the 1st half of the 2d stitch, passing the wool twice round the pin, seam the other half of the 2d stitch with the 1st half of the 3d stitch, passing the wool twice round; repeat. Finish this round with fringe No. 2; use scarlet for the head, and scarlet and white for the fringe.

XI.
Leaf Pattern.
Pins No. 10. Cast on 116; 12 stitches to a pattern.
First row:--Knit 1, make 1, knit 3, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 3, make 1, and repeat.
Second row:--Seamed.
Third row:--Knit 2, make 1, knit 2, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 2, make 1, knit 1, and repeat.
Fourth row:--Seamed.
Fifth row:--Knit 3, make 1, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, knit 2, and repeat.
Sixth row:--Seamed.
Seventh row:--Knit 4, make 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, knit 2 together, make 1, knit 3, and repeat.
Eighth row:--Seamed.
Ninth row:--Knit 5,