Point de l’Echelle, for a Tidy, etc.
Cast on thirty-six stitches for every two patterns, and one over, for the centre or dividing stitch between each pattern.—Needles, No. 16.—Cotton, No. 12.
First row—pearl three;(a) pass the thread over, knit three; knit two together; knit three; knit two together; knit three; bring the thread forward, pearl five.—Repeat from ([a]).—Finish with—pearl three.
Second row—pearl knitting, except the stitches pearled in the previous row, which are to be knitted plain.
Third row—pearl three;(b) knit one; bring the thread forward, knit three; knit two together; knit one; knit two together; knit three; bring the thread forward, knit one; pearl five.—Repeat from ([b]).—Finish with—pearl three.
Fourth row—same as second.
Fifth row—pearl three;(c) knit two; bring the thread forward, knit three; knit three together; knit three; bring the thread forward, knit two; pearl five.—Repeat from ([c]).—Finish with—pearl three.
Sixth row—the same as second.
Commence again, as at [first row].
N.B. In the above pattern, when casting off, every nineteenth stitch is to be dropped.