Knitting, Crochet, and Netting, with Twelve Illustrations

by Eléonore Riego de la Branchardière

For a child 3 or 4 years of age.

Pins No. 5, Berlin wool, 6 shades of each color, and white. With the darkest shade, cast on 348 stitches.

Pattern—Make 1, knit 2 together, knit 4. All the rows are the same.

Knit 2 rows of each shade, and 12 of white; 12 shaded, 12 white, 12 shaded; knit the rest white until long enough.

BODY.

Cast on 90 stitches.

With the 6th shade, knit the pattern to the lightest shade, and 4 rows of white; then knit 15 stitches of pattern, cast off 12 stitches. With another pin knit 36 stitches, turn back, and knit 8 rows of 36 stitches; this is for the front.

For the back: on the side where the stitches were cast off, knit 8 rows of white; on the other side, cast off 12 stitches, knit 8 rows; put all the stitches on 1 pin again, and with the lightest shade, work to the darkest.

FOR THE SLEEVES.

Cast on 36 stitches with the darkest shade.