Make button-hole by pulling aside the stitches and working over. The buttons ought to be small, flat moulds, covered with crochet.
It is a good plan to match the sash for the frock with the wool first, as it is not possible to get in all shades a good match for silk and wool.
Petticoat.
This is a very simple and quick pattern to fit a little child; it is meant to be sewn to the stays.
Use pins No. 9 and white Scotch fingering. Cast on 150 stitches and knit plain for 8 inches. Use finer pins for 2 more inches. Then use steel pins, No. 16, and knit 2, pearl 2, for 6 rows. Cast off. Pull out the knitting a good deal while you are measuring. This particular work looks better with the rows wide apart.
Tam O’Shanter Cap.
The crown is done in crochet, treble or double round and round until large enough, increasing wherever necessary to make it lie flat. The improvement is to make the brim of knitting instead of crochet. Use single Berlin wool, wheeling, or fingering yarn.
For an ordinary size, to measure 22 inches, 114 stitches.
Pick up with 3 pins, No. 14, 38 on each pin, knit 2, pearl 2 for 14 rounds, and cast off very loosely. A tight knitter had better cast on 6 more, as this pattern is for a loose knitter.
For a child of 4 years have 35 stitches on 2 pins, and 36 on the third, and rib 2 plain, 2 pearl.