DIRECTIONS.
1. Cast stitches on rake as described in [Chapter 3], using the color of yarn chosen for the crown of the cap.
2. Knit 7 inches.
3. Change to the other color of yarn and knit 11 inches for the rolled band.
4. Change to the first color of yarn again and knit 8 inches.
5. Cast knitting from the rake as described in [section 5] of Chapter 4.
6. Gather each end and fold so that section A, [Fig. 55], comes inside of section C.
7. Fasten gathered ends together.
8. Roll band once to make the cap with tassel, [Fig. 56], and twice to make the style shown in [Fig. 57].
Pompom.
To make a pompom for the cap cut the circle and shuttle, shown in [Fig. 58], out of cardboard.
1. Fill the shuttle with yarn the color of the band, and wind the cardboard circle until it is well covered.
2. With a darning needle, run a length of yarn along the inside circle and under the yarn. Tie as tightly as possible.
3. Cut the yarn very carefully along the outer edge of the circle.
4. Wrap the bunch of yarn in the center once or twice and fasten before drawing it through the hole in the circle.
5. Trim down to the desired size.
The stocking cap, [Fig. 56], can be made to hang longer on the side of the head by adding a few more rows of knitting to sections A and C, [Fig. 55].
FOOTNOTES:
[1] As the knitting proceeds it will be found that a nail at one end or the other is left with only one thread each time the yarn passes over and back. This corresponds to the first “slipped stitch” in knitting with needles.
[2] Care must be taken to do this after each row of stitches has been lifted over the nails. As the knitting grows it can also be gently pulled through from the other side of the rake.
[3] Be sure always to take a stitch first from one row of nails and then from the other.
[Transcriber’s note—the following changes have been made to this text:
Page 41: yelllow to yellow—“Light yellow-green.”]