Mother's Knitter: Containing some patterns of things for little children

by Elvina Mary Corbould

MOTHER’S KNITTER.

BY
E. M. C.

CONTAINING SOME PATTERNS OF THINGS FOR LITTLE CHILDREN.

LONDON:
HATCHARDS, PICCADILLY.
1882.

LONDON
PRINTED BY STRANGEWAYS AND SONS,
Tower Street, Upper St. Martin’s Lane.

CONTENTS.

PAGE GENERAL REMARKS [5] TERMS USED IN KNITTING [6] BABY’S BOOT: SMALL SIZE [22] ” ” MEDIUM SIZE [25] ” ” FULL SIZE [30] CHILD’S JACKET OR SPENCER [7] ” SOCK [19] DAISY-STITCH SHAWL [33] FROCK [10] INDEX OF THINGS IN KNITTING-BOOKS [35] OPEN-WORK PATTERN [18] PETTICOAT [16] SHAWL [34] TAM O’SHANTER CAP [17]

GENERAL REMARKS.

Always cast off loosely, unless directed to the contrary.

The size of wool and pins is important in trying a pattern. Wools necessarily vary, both in quality and price; the best kinds to use for babies’ boots are Merino, Andalusian, 2-thread Lady Betty, and Eider yarn. Penelope wool is a trifle thicker, and is sold in 2-oz. skeins. Small-sized things can be increased by using larger pins and coarser wool: for instance, the smallest boot in this book can be made to fit a much older baby by using Berlin fingering and bone pins, No. 13.