Third row—pearl 4, knit 1, pearl 2, knit 1. Repeat.
Fourth row—pearl 1, keep the thread forward, slip 1, pass the wool back to its proper place, knit 1, pass the slipped stitch over, pearl 1. Now take the next 2 stitches on a third needle, and keep them on the right side of your knitting; knit the next 2 stitches, and then knit off the 2 on the third needle.
Fifth row—pearl 4, knit 1, pearl 2, knit 1. Repeat.
Begin again from the 2nd row.
If you desire your cable broader you need only add on a few more stitches, say 9 or 10, to the pattern. With 10 stitches you would have to slip 4 on to the third needle.
It makes quite as handsome a couvrette as the one on [page 37], and costs about the same price. If 6 instead of 12-thread fleece is used, it is of course much cheaper and smaller.
Hood Pattern.—Any number of stitches divisible by 2.
First row—knit 2 together, thread forward. Repeat.
Second row—thread before the needle, pearl 2 together. Repeat. Pearl the last 2 together. Do the next row like the 1st.
Fourth row—pearl 1, * thread before the needle, pearl 2 together. Repeat from *.