1 oz. white and 1 oz. scarlet, 1 skein black, 1 skein yellow Berlin wool; 4 pins, No. 17.
Cast on 20 on 2 needles, and 23 on the 3rd. Knit 2 inches in ribs of 3 plain, 3 pearl. Join the scarlet, knit 1 plain inch. Go on with the white and knit 2 inches, ribbed, 3 and 3. Take a wool-needle, and with black wool make 2 little lengthway stitches on the plain stitches of the ribbed part. Then make a yellow stitch between the black, to imitate ermine spots. Now double back the plain knitting and hem it in a neat fold. Any other colour may be substituted for scarlet. A bright blue is pretty.
Lady’s Muffatee.
(QUICK PATTERN.)
Pins, No. 14. 1 oz. white Berlin, ½ oz. bright blue.
Cast on 20 on two needles, 24 on the 3rd. Plain 3, pearl 3. Knit 3 inches and cast off. With a bone crochet-needle make a very narrow crochet edging lengthways up and down each rib. This has a very pretty and bright effect.
Gentleman’s Muffatee.
1 oz. brown best Scotch fingering-yarn, price 5½d.
Cast on 70 stitches, 1 row plain; 2nd row, 2 plain, 2 pearl. Repeat for about an inch. Then 4½ inches of plain knitting. Another inch to match the bottom part, of 2 plain and 2 pearl alternately; remembering, of course, to make the plain stitches in one row, the pearled ones in the next. Cast off, and take care not to cast off too tightly, as this part goes over the hand. Sew up, leaving about four inches unsewn for the thumb. Join the wool at the lower part of the thumb, nearest the wrist; pick up 2 stitches; with your second needle turn and pearl off these 2 together. Now you have 1 stitch upon your needle; knit this stitch and pick up 1 from the side; turn and pearl these two; pick up another from the other side. Continue to pick up these side-stitches, but every 3 rows you must knit (or pearl) 2 together until you have decreased 8 stitches. You will now find it more convenient to have the knitting on 2 pins. Continue knitting and pearling until you have picked up nearly all the side-stitches. These few remaining stitches, about 8 (4 on either side), take up on a third needle, and knit 3 plain rounds.
Fourth round—pearl 2, plain 2. Repeat 9 times and cast off.