Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations - Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière

With white knit 6 rows, cast off.

Work 4 pieces the same, sew them on to the shawl, and finish with a knotted fringe.

Polka.

For a Child.

Pins No. 9, double Berlin wool, or 4-thread fleecy, cast on 252 stitches with white.

1st row—Make 1, slip 1, knit 2 together; this is the stitch throughout the Polka.

Knit 32 rows, join on the color, and knit 16 rows; then knit 51 stitches, knit 3 together, work on with pattern for 144 stitches, knit 3 together, finish the row with pattern. Next row knit 51 stitches, make 1, slip 1, knit 3 together, knit 145 stitches, make 1, slip 1, knit 3 together, finish the row with pattern. Knit 24 rows. Knit 51 stitches, and knit 3 together, knit 142 stitches of pattern, knit 3 together; finish the row with pattern. Next row knit 51 stitches of pattern, make 1, slip 1, knit 3 together, knit 139 stitches of pattern, make 1, slip 1, knit 3 together; finish with pattern. Knit 24 rows; decrease as above, knitting 6 less in the middle. Knit 24 rows; decrease again. Knit 10 rows. Knit 51 stitches of pattern, then knit 1, knit 2 together, to within 51 stitches of the end; finish with pattern.

Next row, after knitting the 51 stitches, make 1, slip 1, knit 3 together, within 51; there will now be 168 stitches on the pin. Knit 36 rows. Knit the 51 stitches, leave them, and with another pin, cast off 9 stitches for the arm hole, knit 48 stitches of pattern, cast off 9 stitches; leave the fronts on the pins, and knit 40 rows; then knit 3 together, finish the row in pattern. At the end of the next row, knit 3 together. Knit 3 rows. Knit 3 together at the end of the next row. Knit 12 rows. Knit 3 together at the end. Knit 12 rows. Knit 3 together. Cast off the back.

For the fronts, knit 40 rows, knit 3 together at the arm hole; at the end of next row, knit 3 together. Knit 8 rows, decrease again, knit 8 rows, decrease, knit 8 rows, decrease, knit 2 rows, decrease as before; cast off 6 stitches at the front, decrease at the arm hole. Next row, cast off 3 stitches, decrease at the arm hole, and cast off. Knit the other front the same.