TRICOT ECOSSAIS.—See [Frontispiece].
Materials—1lb. of Scarlet or Mauve 4-ply Fleecy; also 2 ounces of Black and 1 ounce of White Wool. Walker’s Tricot Needle No. 5 Bell gauge.
First Stripe.
Commence with the Scarlet Wool, and make a chain of 33 stitches.
Work 2 rows of Tricot Ecossais as described at [page 28], then join on the Black Wool to finish the last stitch.
3rd row—Black—Raise the 1st loop, then increase a loop, raise 13 loops; then decrease by taking 3 loops on the needle and working as one stitch. Raise 13 loops, increase again, and raise the two last loops. Work back. All the rows are worked in this manner, that is, increasing at the beginning and end, and decreasing in the centre.
4th row—Work as the last row.
Then with the White Wool work a row as the last.
Black 2 rows.