First row:—Knit 2 together four times, bring the wool forward and knit 1 eight times, knit 2 together four times, knit 1, and repeat.
Second row:—Seamed.
Third row:—Knit.
Fourth row:—Seamed.
The shade is changed after the completion of these 4 rows. The 6 shades of blue are knit from dark to light; then the 6 shades of scarlet; and then the shades of drab: each set of shades
is knit twice, and you will finish with the lightest drab. Knit 4 plain rows of that colour besides the 4 pattern rows.
VII.
Rose-Leaf Pattern.
Pins No. 10; 19 stitches to a pattern. Fifteen shades of blue four-thread German wool, and 6 rows of each colour. Cast on 122 stitches.
First row:—Knit 1, seam 2, knit 1, make 1, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over, seam 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, seam 1, knit 1, slip 1, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over, seam 1, knit 2 together, knit 1, make 1, and repeat.