The Ladies Work-Book

Ladies' Work-Book, The

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Title: The Ladies' Work-Book Containing Instructions In Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, etc.
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THE
LADIES' WORK-BOOK

CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS IN
Knitting, Crochet, Point-Lace, &c.
[Illustration]

LONDON:
JOHN CASSELL, LA BELL SAUVAGE YARD, LUDGATE HILL.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Casting on with one needle
To cast on with two needles
Plain knitting
The German manner
Purling
To make a stitch
To take up stitches
To knit two pieces together
To form a round
To cast off
Infant's shoe in knitting
The tulip-wreath flower-vase mat
A woven parasol
Anti-macassar
Anti-macassar
Netted anti-macassar
Bound couverette for an easy chair or sofa
Floral anti-macassar
Ottoman cover
Music-stool couverette
Chair cushion
Toilet-cover in crochet
Star-pattern d'oyley
Crochet d'oyley
Rose d'oyley
Toilet cover
Tidy in square crochet
Arabesque toilet cover in square crochet
Cover for a Hadrot lamp
Lamp mat
Candle-lamp mat
Hand-screen
Crochet counterpane for a bassinet
Deep border for bassinet quilt
Crochet stripe for bed-quilt
Centre stripe for bed-quilt
Handkerchief case, for hanging to the head of a bed
Watchpocket
Toilet sachet
A lady's nightcap
A shaving tidy
Oval tidy for easy chair
Crochet window-curtain
Window-curtain
Window-curtain and stove apron
Netted window-curtain
Bread-cloth
Bread-cloth
A spangled wool netted cover for a tea-poy, square work-table, or if drawn together at the top, makes a glittering fire-veil
Netted anti-macassar
Short purse, in netting
Bridal purse, in crochet
Lady's short purse
Handsome purse
Mousquetaire crochet collar
Raised rose crochet collar
Point collar
Point collar, in crochet
Lounging-cap, in crochet
Crochet edgings and insertions
Insertions
Venetian edging
Venetian bars
Edging Venetian bars
Sorrento bars
Stitches
Open English lace
Brabant edging
Lyons point
Brussels lace
Little Venetian lace
Deep point-lace edging
Collar in Spanish rose point
Handkerchief border, in antique point lace
Apron in broderie en lacet
Pincushion cover in point lace
Pincushion

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THE
LADIES' WORK BOOK.

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KNITTING.
There is not one art practised by ladies which is more deservedly popular than Knitting. It is so easy, requires so little eyesight, and is susceptible of so much ornament, that it merits the attention of every lady; and in giving instructions for acquiring it, we add, also, such admirable diagrams of the various processes, we are sure that no difficulty will be felt in executing any pattern.
[Illustration: CASTING ON WITH ONE NEEDLE.]
The first process in knitting is known by the term CASTING ON. There are two ways of doing this: with one needle, and with two. Our first diagram represents the former process. Take the thread between the second and third fingers of the left hand, leaving an end of about a yard for every hundred stitches; pass it round the thumb of that hand, giving it a twist, so as to form a loop. Take a knitting-needle in the right hand, insert the point in the loop, and pass the thread from the ball round the needle; then bend the point of the needle through the loop, which tighten, and one stitch will be complete. Continue to make loops over the thumb, with the end of thread, and knit them with that from the ball until the proper number is cast on.
TO CAST ON WITH TWO NEEDLES (generally called the Spanish method), begin by making a loop on the end of the thread, into which slip the point of one needle, holding it in the left hand. Take the other needle in the right hand, and slip its point into the same loop, bring the thread round the point of this needle, and bend the needle towards you, so that the thread forms a loop on it. Slip that also on the left needle, without withdrawing it from the right. Put the thread round the right again, and repeat the process.
[Illustration: TO CAST ON WITH TWO NEEDLES.]
PLAIN KNITTING.--After all the stitches are cast on, hold the needle containing them in the left hand. Pass the thread round the little finger of the right hand, under the second and third, and above the point of the first. Then take the other needle in the right hand, slip the point in the first stitch, and put the thread round it; bring forward the point of the right-hand needle, so that the thread forms a loop on it. Slip the end of the left-hand needle out of the stitch, and a new stitch is knitted.
GERMAN MANNER.--The thread, instead of being held by the fingers of the right hand, is passed over and under those of the left. The process otherwise is exactly the same.
PURLING.--Begin by bringing the thread in front of the right-hand needle, which slip into a stitch pointing towards you; that is in the reverse of the usual mode (see diagram). Put the thread round the point of the needle, still bringing it towards you, bend the needle backwards to form a loop, and withdraw the