Pretty Open Stitch for a Bag.
Middle-sized netting silk.—Needles, No. 23.
Cast on six stitches for each pattern.—Forty-four patterns form an ordinary sized bag.
First round—bring the silk forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; bring the silk forward, knit three.—Repeat.
Second round—plain knitting.
Third round—knit three;(a) bring the silk forward, slip one; knit two together, pass the slip-stitch over them; bring the silk forward, knit three.—Repeat from ([a]).—Finish with—bring the silk forward, slip one; knit two, pass the slip-stitch over them.—The latter operation prevents the round decreasing.
Fourth round—plain knitting.
Commence again, as at [first round].