“I cannot offer you my magic needles you know,” went on Fairly Flew; “but I can help you learn the lesson. Just watch me closely.”
She pulled two tiny gold knitting needles from her pocket. The heads of the needles sparkled so that Mary Frances thought they must be diamonds.
Then the fairy drew some fine yarn from her pocket and began to do the lesson just as she had given the directions to Mary Frances.
“Now, watch me closely,” she said, “and take your needles and do exactly as I do.”
Before Mary Frances realized it, she had fifteen nice rows of knitting done.
“Isn’t that splendid!” exclaimed Fairly Flew. “Now you are ready to learn—
How to Bind Off
(How to Finish Knitted Work)
Note.—When first learning how to bind off work it is easier to use a crochet hook in the right hand in place of the knitting needle, as shown in the picture on [page 167].