Materials—4 skeins of Scarlet and 2 of Black double Berlin Wool, or 4-ply Fleecy, Walker’s Tricot Needle No. 6 Bell gauge.
Commence the Outside with the Black wool, and make a chain of 34 stitches. See Instructions for this stitch [page 28].
1st row—Miss the last chain stitch. * Put the needle into the next chain stitch, and bring the wool through it in a loop. Repeat from * until there are 34 loops on the needle. Then join on the scarlet wool, and “Work Back.” Join on the black wool.
2nd row—Work with the Black wool, and raise all the loops of the last row; then join on the scarlet wool and Work back.
Repeat as the last row until 16 inches are worked; then, to shape the Flap or part which falls over the pocket, work the same stitch, but decreasing at the beginning and end of every row by taking two stitches together until it is reduced to a point.
The Lining.
Work with the Scarlet wool and make a piece the same as the outside; when finished it is to be made round by joining the foundation row to the one before the flap is begun, so as to leave it on the outside.
For the Pocket take a piece of merino or silk the length of the muff, and about 8 inches deep double it, and sew the double part to the Lining 4 inches below the joining; then sew one edge of the silk to the joining. Wadding is to be placed between the lining and the outside, which is now to be sewn at the sides and round the flap, but the foundation row is to be joined to the other edge of the pocket. Finish with a Fur Trimming or Border, as given in the Winter Book, 1862, round the end and flap, which must be secured with a loop and button.
CROSSOVER SHAWL.
